MTtrashdigger
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I continue to hunt the oldest park in town because it has history, being our original fairgrounds and a baseball venue since at least 1910. The original ballfield is long gone, lots of trees have been planted over the years and many are now in excess of 100 years old. This park has given me some of my best and oldest finds, but I have scoured it to the point where it rarely even gives up a wheat penny anymore. Lots of derelicts and sketchy types hang out there and one needs to remain situationally aware at all times. But I keep going back, and yesterday I was rewarded with a coin that I assumed I would never dig in Montana, especially in my town. I took a couple of reveal pics and assumed I had a rosie or maybe a merc, since it wasn't even that deep, probably less than 6 inches under the sod, and a text book 26-28 high tone my Equinox. When I peeled the dirt off, I was looking at an 1877 seated dime.
Once home, I gave it the Q-tip and spit treatment and took the closeups. It is tarnished and worn but it is my first seated coin and now my oldest coin of any type. This reinforces the theory that no place is completely hunted out. Thanks for looking , stay safe and don't give up. There is still some good stuff out there.
Once home, I gave it the Q-tip and spit treatment and took the closeups. It is tarnished and worn but it is my first seated coin and now my oldest coin of any type. This reinforces the theory that no place is completely hunted out. Thanks for looking , stay safe and don't give up. There is still some good stuff out there.
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