Finds of 6/1&2/19 Including my oldest American Silver

[407floyd]

Hi everyone. Found some good stuff over a weekend and just got around to cleaning it up to see what I had. The 1840O dime is the oldest American silver coin I've ever found. It was among some buried bricks and was crusted over with minerals. Electrolysis only took care of the reverse side, but the obverse is being stubborn. That same site produced a 1945 Washington, 1952 Roosevelt, 1909 & 1899 V nickels, 1939, 1943, & 1948 Jeffersons, 1891 IH, & a 1919D Lincoln. There's a Pensacola Railroad lead seal under the small pocketknife. I don't know much about the really old bullets, only that they're very old. There's a 1949-1951 Ford trunk key. The pic to the right has a nice skeleton key, Sterling pin, a Winchester 45-70 shell, a 1917D Buffalo, a 1933D & 1919D Lincoln, a 1916 Mercury that missed the pic, a K-L.O.&F. CO. token for 1 Gallon of something, and some printer's blocks from the 1920s. The last site produced one of my favorite finds: the 1920 drivers license, my earliest. There's a Plume & Atwood oil lamp thumb wheel(1871-), a beautiful 1901 IH, a 1913D Lincoln, what I think is a flat button next to the IH, a Sterling thimble, a broken "Special Officer" badge, a Curtis car key(still researching which car make), and the ugliest ring I've ever seen between the two aluminum tokens. Lots of other relics mixed in. Thanks for looking

 

[utmike]

Nice find! Congratulations on the old seated!

 

[Mark kus]

Nice finds that reverse on the seated has the O above the wreath?

 

[407floyd]

Yes indeed, Mkus. The mint mark can be above or below the wreath.

 

[still looking 52]

Love that old seated dime, 1840WOW that's old! That coin was made when the west was wild and life was hard back then.

 

[bootyhoundpa]

Great finds....awesome display...

 

[CZconnoisseur]

Love that seated dime! I need to get out more...

 

[JimmyCT]

Awesome display of finds! Too bad that seated dime took a beating

 

[LawrencetheMDer]

Man, I'm worn out just looking at all the stuff you dug, and that doesn't include prob even more junk. Great workout and great weekend.

 

[407floyd]

Yeah Lawrence. I recycle most of the junk. Brass, copper, aluminum, and lead gets thrown in individual 5 gallon buckets.

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Howdy 407floyd--

As usual, you display your finds very well! Congratulations on your 1840-O Seated Dime! That 1920 License is really neat too! Best of luck and...

Happy Hunting!
Blind Squirrel

 

[407floyd]

I started working on zapping some of the crust off the 1840 dime. It's coming off very slowly, but you can see the progress from how it looked straight out of the ground.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Congrats on the great mix of finds and on your oldest US Silver !

 

[zac]

Nice finds! I’m still looking for my first seated.