RainorShine
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Please forgive the photo's - you'll probably get a crick in your neck. I can't get the bloody things to upload in the proper orientation for my life!
Haven't posted anything recently 'cause I haven't found anything worth posting. Anyway, got an invitation from my occasional hunting partner Buelride to do some curbstripping today. Even though he said he hadn't had a lot of success in the area we were hunting, hope springs eternal. Sadly, he was right - we found clad, clad, clad and 1 wheat penny.
We were thinking of going off to another spot when we noticed a young guy out for a smoke at a good looking prospective permission. I approached and asked if we could hunt the front yard, and he said go ahead. Paul was generous and gave me the upper inside part of the yard since I had asked for the permission. Again, nothing but clad and memorial pennies. Then just as it looked like a complete bust I got a great 34-35-36 tone on my Nox. Figured I'd be digging another big jar or can lid, when I cut out the plug.
The coin was embedded in the plug and not visible so I had to remove some dirt. When I first saw the coin, I thought it must be some kind of medallion, but on closer inspection, I could see an Eagle. Paul was talking to a guy about us helping to try recovering a lost ring at his house, so I waited until he was done for the final reveal. You can imagine I was pretty excited.
As he was walking back, I motioned for him to come over and see what I had found. He asked "Is it big?" I said take a look. Didn't really know what I had until I flipped it over and there was an 1871S Seated Liberty half dollar in pretty darned nice condition. Paul was as awed as I was, and was kind with his congratulations.
For those of us here in the Pac NW, this is a pretty rare find! He told me that I don't get to complain about finding nothing for a long time, maybe a whole year. Got to agree with him. Thanks for looking and HH?
Please forgive the photo's - you'll probably get a crick in your neck. I can't get the bloody things to upload in the proper orientation for my life!
Haven't posted anything recently 'cause I haven't found anything worth posting. Anyway, got an invitation from my occasional hunting partner Buelride to do some curbstripping today. Even though he said he hadn't had a lot of success in the area we were hunting, hope springs eternal. Sadly, he was right - we found clad, clad, clad and 1 wheat penny.
We were thinking of going off to another spot when we noticed a young guy out for a smoke at a good looking prospective permission. I approached and asked if we could hunt the front yard, and he said go ahead. Paul was generous and gave me the upper inside part of the yard since I had asked for the permission. Again, nothing but clad and memorial pennies. Then just as it looked like a complete bust I got a great 34-35-36 tone on my Nox. Figured I'd be digging another big jar or can lid, when I cut out the plug.
The coin was embedded in the plug and not visible so I had to remove some dirt. When I first saw the coin, I thought it must be some kind of medallion, but on closer inspection, I could see an Eagle. Paul was talking to a guy about us helping to try recovering a lost ring at his house, so I waited until he was done for the final reveal. You can imagine I was pretty excited.
As he was walking back, I motioned for him to come over and see what I had found. He asked "Is it big?" I said take a look. Didn't really know what I had until I flipped it over and there was an 1871S Seated Liberty half dollar in pretty darned nice condition. Paul was as awed as I was, and was kind with his congratulations.
For those of us here in the Pac NW, this is a pretty rare find! He told me that I don't get to complain about finding nothing for a long time, maybe a whole year. Got to agree with him. Thanks for looking and HH?
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huge congrats! Beautiful find!
