My best find ever

Tbrom

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Last year I found a Morgan Silver Dollar that had been severely damaged. I am not complaining I just thought that may be the only dollar coin I may ever find. Last week on the 4th I found my first seated coin a dime. That had been very high on my list for the past 4 years. Well yesterday I was hunting an 1800s gristmill when I got a 12-43 on my CTX. I figured it was a dime. I dug the plug and noticed a silver reeded rim on edge in the bottom of the hole. I knew it was too large to be a dime but thought it was a quarter. To my total surprise I pulled what follows out of the hole. I am still shocked!

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Wow. Congrats! Seriously, these crazy good finds need to spread themselves out! Everyone's finding Seated dollars, trade dollars, and buckets of silver! Wow...just wow.
 
UMMMMMM WOW!!!!! I've never seen a seated DOLLAR dug... AMAZING, INCREDIBLE, JUST UNREAL!!!! Insane find!!!! How many words can I say???:wow:
 
UMMMMMM WOW!!!!! I've never seen a seated DOLLAR dug... AMAZING, INCREDIBLE, JUST UNREAL!!!! Insane find!!!! How many words can I say???:wow:

Isaac said it all. I have never seen or even heard about a dug seated dollar. When you sent me the pics yesterday, I was astounded - still am. Funny, just a few days ago I was looking at the coin book and looked at these. I thought, well there's a coin I'll never find. And two days later you find one!!! So happy for you! Wish I could have been there. Congrats man! Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Enjoy it - once in a lifetime.
 
With that hole in it, you need a necklace now, :bling:
metal detecting pimpin style :laughing:
Congrats ! wish and hope to find something close to that someday!
 
Holy cow!!! That is a rare find there. Congrats on digging a once in a lifetime find. You should post a picture holding it in your had so we can get a perspective of just how big that old silver coin is. We are used to seeing seated dimes but never see seated dollars.
 
Damnit, I wanted to be the first........ :lol:

The place I am digging has produced my only 2 silver coins for I have ever found, both are seated quarters. I was hoping to pull out a seated dollar from there and be the first to post one here...... ;)

Truly awesome find!!!! Huge congrats! Obviously the hole takes away in value, but the detail is great for almost 150 years. It's a $250+ coin at it's lowest value.......
 
Holy cow!!! That is a rare find there. Congrats on digging a once in a lifetime find. You should post a picture holding it in your had so we can get a perspective of just how big that old silver coin is. We are used to seeing seated dimes but never see seated dollars.

Thanks everyone. I added the merc for reference.


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Congratulations, that thing is huge!!
Just imagine somebody drilling a hole in it, and putting it on a chain or something, thinking "I will never lose it now":lol::laughing:
 
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