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CarsonChris

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Well I’m pissed at myself. I’m at the most pounded park in Reno NV. I get a great high tone and a 33 VDI. I’m thinking garbage as I’ve hit two survey markers nearby in the last few minutes. I’m not digging carefully. Well son of a gun out pops a seated 1/2 that I nicked digging through rocks. 1A3F088F-3E71-4C9D-BD97-7A021DA50181.jpeg
 
Huh ?? A seated half ?? Can you post a closeup better pix ? Congratz !

Oh, and if you found that on the CA side of the border : You know the drill: Send me my 30% :cool:
 
Just gotta tell yourself it was already nicked, nice find just the same, don't beat yourself up, look on the bright side, it could've been in the ground another 100 years or so
 
Sweet find! Crazy to hear those can be pulled up in a pounded area like that. Keep up the good work!!


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coin pirate said:
Just gotta tell yourself it was already nicked, nice find just the same, don't beat yourself up, look on the bright side, it could've been in the ground another 100 years or so
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Yeah, I feel your pain, for sure, but I’d rather dig and nick one than not dig one at all, but I’m biased, as I’ve yet to find a seated anything let alone a half. Congrats again!
 
Nice save. I agree, better that you nicked it and recovered it that not to have recovered it all! They are a sight to behold, arent they? My absolute favorite coin design. Way to go!
 
Chris, I know you are probably sick-to-your-stomach to have to consider it, but .... just curious, what would you consider to have been the grade of that ? The pix are a bit too blurry to tell (of the reverse that you direct-emailed me). But it appears to be a very high grade.

Believe it or not, there is actually jewelers, who are so-skilled, that they can actually do repairs (fix nicks, for example) that leave utterly no trace that it was ever fixed. I nicked a gold coin (gggrrr) a few years ago, and have considered getting it fixed. The jeweler friend of mine who told me he could do it, said that modern technology can actually do so perfectly, that you can't even tell.

Of course it's probably only worth it for something in the very rare numismatic cases.
 
Tom_in_CA said:
Chris, I know you are probably sick-to-your-stomach to have to consider it, but .... just curious, what would you consider to have been the grade of that ? The pix are a bit too blurry to tell (of the reverse that you direct-emailed me). But it appears to be a very high grade.

Believe it or not, there is actually jewelers, who are so-skilled, that they can actually do repairs (fix nicks, for example) that leave utterly no trace that it was ever fixed. I nicked a gold coin (gggrrr) a few years ago, and have considered getting it fixed. The jeweler friend of mine who told me he could do it, said that modern technology can actually do so perfectly, that you can't even tell.

Of course it's probably only worth it for something in the very rare numismatic cases.
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The front was a little warn on the date. The back was pretty mint. Not sure though but I was wondering about getting it repaired.
 
Awesome save Chris. A coin most won't ever find. I wouldn't sweat too much over the ding. Again ATTABOY on a great find. HH Mark
 
Tom_in_CA said:
Chris, I know you are probably sick-to-your-stomach to have to consider it, but .... just curious, what would you consider to have been the grade of that ? The pix are a bit too blurry to tell (of the reverse that you direct-emailed me). But it appears to be a very high grade.

Believe it or not, there is actually jewelers, who are so-skilled, that they can actually do repairs (fix nicks, for example) that leave utterly no trace that it was ever fixed. I nicked a gold coin (gggrrr) a few years ago, and have considered getting it fixed. The jeweler friend of mine who told me he could do it, said that modern technology can actually do so perfectly, that you can't even tell.

Of course it's probably only worth it for something in the very rare numismatic cases.
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The major grading companies will know. Particularly if it's a rarity with big value.
 
KOB said:
The major grading companies will know. Particularly if it's a rarity with big value.
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That's the exact same objection I gave to my jeweler friend. Because, as you well know, there's even cautions given in the coin-guide-book , to "beware of removed mint mark", etc....

But he assured me that the technology has now come so far, that .... in the right specialist's hands, it CAN be done with no trace. Yes, even removal of mint marks (which .... he could neither confirm nor deny they had done for a customer :roll: )

It is very specialized. Not just normal run-of-the-mill jeweler stuff.
 
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