YEEHAA!!!!

[Anonymous]

I managed to get out for about 45 minutes yesterday. On a whim, I decided to go to the biggest park in town, and go out into the woods where I had recovered a Wheat at a couple weeks ago. I wasn't getting much, just the occasional pulltab, or some trash. In the last few minutes, I got a shallow High Coin hit in the center of a trail. Ok, copper penny or clad dime. I ran a depth reading, and it was really shallow, like an inch or so. I flipped over some dirt, and looked for the coin. Couldn't see it. I waved my coil over the dirt in an "X" style pinpoint to get a general location. I picked up a couple likely clods of dirt and scanned those. Nothing. I was about to reach for my Vibraprobe, when suddenly I saw the edge of a coin under the loose dirt. To be in that position, it must have only been 1/2" under the surface. Then, I realized that it looked like silver. Sweet! Another silver Roosie out of the woods. I picked it up, and shook off the loose dirt. When I looked at the coin, I realized this was no Roosie. I was looking at the words "One Dime" surrounded by a corn, wheat, and oak leaf wreath. Yes! My first Barber dime of the year. I flipped it over to get the date.

Let me tell you, I almost had an accident right there and then. I wasn't looking at a Barber, but the head, staff, and Liberty cap of a SEATED! My hand started shaking, and I immediately hollered and jumped around for about 4 seconds in a completely involuntary Chicken Dance. A glance at the date showed I had an 1873 Seated dime.

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Needless to say, this is my first seated. I accomplished one of my set goals for this year, to find a Seated "anything". This is also the first silver from the 1800's, as well as my oldest silver to date. My next oldest silver is a 1900-O Barber Quarter.

I was so excited, I didn't even take a good, close, look at the condition of the coin until later in the day. It wasn't until I really looked at it good to realize that this coin is practically uncirculated. Lady Liberty has a little bit of wear and tear on the high points, but I can see details in her hair and dress. The lines are visible in the shield, and it has a full "Liberty" on the shield. You can also see that the design around the rim of the coin is sharp, and the lettering has nice crisp detail. The reverse of the coin does have some wear. There is some light pitting on the obverse. All I did to it was soak it to rinse the dirt off. I have no idea what the value is on this coin, as I can't find my Blackbook. I guess it's time to go buy a new one.

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HH from Allen in MI

 

[birdman]

Congrats! That is one nice coin. HH

 

[Jackpine Savage]

on your first seated and oldest coin!

Keep hitting those woods ya never know what it was like 100 years ago, it could have been the prime picnic area back then with more to be found.

Tom



tom

 

[Buffalo Hunter]

Good Find Allen!!! Good thinking outside the box. Some of my best finds were off the beaten path. Yes a squirrel does drop a nut sometimes. You can pull finds like this from perimeters of choice areas, just the fact they are so overlooked. Not all good finds are under the oak tree at the park.

 

[WVAdirtdigger]

You deserve a find like that with all of the time and effort you put in.

You don't have to have a black book to find the value. There are websites for that like this one.

http://www.pcgs.com/prices/

Dave

 

[ron@stlouis]

You're the man. Wow. What a find. I know what you mean when you start dancing around or pumping your fist up in the air. I did that on my first (and only) barber dime, a 1903.

 

[kaptainkosmic]

n/t

 

[Anonymous]

There's three different varieties of that year's issue my dime could be. I've also found my jeweler's loupe, and checked it, unfortunately, it is NOT the double-die obverse. To bad I didn't find an 1873CC w/ arrows. That dime would pay for all my detecting equipment and then some!

HH from Allen in MI