BottleCapKing
Elite Member
I found this at the site where cellrdwellr dug the Barber half and Quarter. While, psyched for him, I wasn't feeling particularly good about my hunt, or 99% of the hunts I did this year. CD finds the goods, I get the rocks.
This site, while glorious for old silver, is dangerous in its own right due to innumerable eye level twigs. Darkness and twigs is not a good combination. So, I went back to my car and got my headlamp and swapped out coils. The mineral strength of this place is so unbelievable weak, I decided a concentric coil would be better than the 6x10DD I was using. So, on went the 950.
I got this signal that was in the mid-60's at around 6.5 inches. Figured it was an IH or a wheatie. I was stunned with what I found. Out into the night air popped a very thin disk that was clearly not bronze. Saw the figure on the front and I was like Yeah! It was definitely a seated dime. CD was coming over to show me the really cool sterling bracelet he found. Felt like I was stealing his thunder, but, this was my first silver for the year! I had to have him read the date, because, well, aging eyes don't see dates so well, and he is like 20 years younger than I am. Much better eye sight. He flipped it over and announced that he was pretty sure it was a CC mint mark. I was even more psyched at this point. I have never found anything with a CC mint mark. This is my oldest silver to this point (my previous oldest was the only other seated dime I have found - 1877S)
This awesome find gave necessary motivation to not take an extended vacation from detecting. Morale was pretty low, and I even told CD that if I didn't find something good this weekend, I was walking away for a while.
The dime is really worn, but, I am happy that the date and the mint are still clear.
This site, while glorious for old silver, is dangerous in its own right due to innumerable eye level twigs. Darkness and twigs is not a good combination. So, I went back to my car and got my headlamp and swapped out coils. The mineral strength of this place is so unbelievable weak, I decided a concentric coil would be better than the 6x10DD I was using. So, on went the 950.
I got this signal that was in the mid-60's at around 6.5 inches. Figured it was an IH or a wheatie. I was stunned with what I found. Out into the night air popped a very thin disk that was clearly not bronze. Saw the figure on the front and I was like Yeah! It was definitely a seated dime. CD was coming over to show me the really cool sterling bracelet he found. Felt like I was stealing his thunder, but, this was my first silver for the year! I had to have him read the date, because, well, aging eyes don't see dates so well, and he is like 20 years younger than I am. Much better eye sight. He flipped it over and announced that he was pretty sure it was a CC mint mark. I was even more psyched at this point. I have never found anything with a CC mint mark. This is my oldest silver to this point (my previous oldest was the only other seated dime I have found - 1877S)
This awesome find gave necessary motivation to not take an extended vacation from detecting. Morale was pretty low, and I even told CD that if I didn't find something good this weekend, I was walking away for a while.
The dime is really worn, but, I am happy that the date and the mint are still clear.
I know, bad pun, hahaha! Great job and nice read of the soil with the coil change. Now I gotta find something, somewhere, somehow. 
Best damn rock I've ever seen King!
