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First Seated, First Silver Dollar, Same day

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osgood

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Tuesdays are turning out to be my lucky day. The choir director at our church has an 1850 ish 7 acre farm. Go there this past Tues, a week after my oldest find (1817 large cent), on tues the 26th and not near the house but where a barn used to be get my first silver dollar, an 1883, put a ding in it with my digger. For some reason it is an ugly grey color, how should I clean that, should I? .On the bank between the house and the road about 40 feet away, I get a dateless indian head nickle, a 1948 roosevelt, then i get an 1899 barber dime. Then im diggin something stubborn under a tree root and give up and mark the spot with a stick thinking if i have any energy left ill hit it later before i leave. So then i get a pocket watch, gold plated, all beat up, really bad. Its like in the 80' degrees and im 4 hours into the dig. Im tired and dehydrated. Then I get a a large cent, looks like 1836?, young lady type. Then a silver commemorative, 1855, July 4th, anti alcohol, commemorating the passage of the prohibition act back then, note the drinking glass turned up side down. Found out it is brass and actually fairly valuable, perhaps more than any of the coins here. I was finding clad all along and wheaties as early as 1919. Also found tootsy toy car, a 14 k gold filled bracelet, and other stuff. From dehydration i have no voice left, i ask my 12 year old, should we go now or should i dig that signal under the root i told you about? He didnt answer me, busy reading a book. So it 6 hours and im ready to quit and i think should i bother with the root?, probably a memorial cent , and im delirious. Well i digs it and come up with an 1876 seated dime in good condition. Im am telling you guys i almost walked away from my first seated, can you believe it? Really. Im going to go back next week and do near the barns and pastures. Im going to redo part of the hill. It wasnt mowed and about10 inches thick in grass at some points.- the LTD was doing good, even with one battery bar left. Since renewing this hobby 3 years ago I have been extremely lucky finding sites. I think this one tops that small park, with old coins I reported on last year. I was having one of those terrible night taking photos, and least with my special rig I think i got a decent one of the seated. It still has a little pine pitch on it, kept it dark so as to avoid the glare. Finding a seated was a major goal for me, I cant believe it happened. Visit these sites more than once a day, love reading all your post. Thanks for looking, Good Hunting, CO
 
That was a killer hunt Curt, congrats on your first seated :thumbup:

I've never seen a silver dollar come out of the ground like that, I wonder if it's possible it's a period counterfeit silver dollar ?

HH,
Brian
 
Really great spot and hunt, Curt. I am like Brian on the half? Unless it has been laying where manure had been. I have seen them stained so bad from the acid in farm animals waste and couldn't get them cleaned to look like silver. Great find, anyway. HH jim tn
 
jim, the dollar was at a former barn site. Maybe, since its in rough shape anyway, I could do a fine scrape on the side to see if its silver underneath? or is best to try other cleaning methods first? I dont think it was a particularly critical year date wise. So far I just basically rinsed it good with water and cleaned it a little with a soft toothbrush. I didnt know they where faking the dollars back then. CO
 
Curt that is some great detecting. Good job. ....Z
 
Try a little baking soda and tooth brush scrub and or, boil some peroxide in the micro wave and then let it set for a minute in that solution. Good luck. HH jim tn
 
After Jim's suggestion. If it is still crusty. Do the salt & white vinegar soak. Do not scrape coin to verify if genuine:).
 
Guys thanks for the advice, I honestly think it is fake. The liquid is turning green and there is some green finish over a finely pitted brown surface like some of the degraded large cents Ive dug up- still cool to have found though. I will give it more of a soak and see what happens. thanks CO
 
osgood said:
Guys thanks for the advice, I honestly think it is fake. The liquid is turning green and there is some green finish over a finely pitted brown surface like some of the degraded large cents Ive dug up- still cool to have found though. I will give it more of a soak and see what happens. thanks CO
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It's still a totally cool find. If you think about it, period counterfeit Morgans must be more rare then the real McCoy! Although perhaps not a precious metal, it's still a nice little piece of history saved.

HH,
Brian
 
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