New oldest coin for the year

Cherry Picker · May 4, 2015

My hunting buddies and I always have a running contest for the oldest coin on the year. I thought John had it wrapped up with his find of an 1877, I believe it was, seated dime from our local park. Well I went out for a quick hunt at the same city park before going to bed and my first find was an 1857 seated dime. Found at the same location where the city is doing all the construction work.

Dakotademon7 · May 4, 2015

Congrats on that find. Very nice.

High Tone Drifter · May 4, 2015

Man, that is nice! Congrats! I would be taking a vacation day and visiting that park thoroughly!

ks coyote · May 4, 2015

Sounds like a hot spot. Congrats on the old seated.

Ice Scratcher · May 4, 2015

Nice save man!!

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Lbcwanabe · May 4, 2015

cleaned up nice!

DashHopes · May 4, 2015

Sweetness

matmit · May 4, 2015

Hell yeah!
Way to go

Captain Silver · May 4, 2015

Congrats on the Seated Dime, that's a excellent dig!

ugadigger · May 4, 2015

Sweet oldie!!!!!

upstatedigger · May 4, 2015

Beauty of a find. Congrats !

BBsGal · May 4, 2015

What a nice one, cleaned up great, congrats!

MoBob · May 4, 2015

That's a nice seated , great find .

jwp1964 · May 4, 2015

Great find! Congrats on the seated.

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BentRod · May 5, 2015

Awesome coin!

Swing360 · May 5, 2015

woowee! that thing was DIRTY! I would say that's one of the worst looking dirt silvers I've seen this year!

Congrats on a great save and getting that PR out of the way.

What did you clean it with? Looks good

Ice Scratcher · May 5, 2015

Swing360 said:
woowee! that thing was DIRTY! I would say that's one of the worst looking dirt silvers I've seen this year!

I agree that thing looked like it came out of a Michigan inland lake...

Was it really low or wet ground you found it in?

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Cherry Picker · May 5, 2015

It was found in dirt roughly 4" but this is at the construction site in the park. It is in the same area where the Santa Fe Trail spit off from the main trail that continued west following the Arkansas river. This trial was known by the Mexicans as Jornada Del Muerto or Journey of Death. There was a watering hole at this location so maybe it had been lost in the water for many years and then the construction moved it to dirt?

I cleaned it by holding it in water while using a Dremel Tool with a brass wheel. Probably not a good way to clean a coin if you plan on selling it.

High Tone Drifter · May 5, 2015

Detector said:
I cleaned it by holding it in water while using a Dremel Tool with a brass wheel. Probably not a good way to clean a coin if you plan on selling it.

YIKES!! ~la la la la la....I can't hear you....~ :yikes:

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