1824 Capped Dime, NJ Copper, 1796 Liberty Cap

[artyfacts]

Had a relaxing day at a new site I was given permission to hunt. I went directly to the back side of the 22 acres that butted up against the river to begin my hunt. The first hit was the 1796 Liberty Cap large cent followed by the intact watch winder. A few buttons and allot of lead took me into lunch. While I was eating I watched this lime green tree frog jumping towards me. I grabbed my camera as he leaped onto my shovel and climbed onto the top of the kick. He froze when I approached and stayed perfectly still for a neat little photo shoot , a very cool guest. The New Jersey copper was fried but at least it was identifiable. More buttons and lead buckshot with a bright signal right in the middle of the lead infested area. The 1824 capped bust dime came out looking like it was just dropped. After finding fried copper coins and buttons the silver made the day even sweeter... Art

 

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[DocBeav]

Great find! Here is more info on your dime. Looks like one sold in 2001 for $2,875 (MS-63 grade). May be worth getting that sucker graded and appraised! (and insured!)
1824 Dime - JR-1

Bust Dimes NumisMedia Price Guide-Good-MS60

1824/2 N-5 R4 Overdate 4 over 2 F15. - Price Estimate: $650 - $0

 

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[Bubba65]

Great finds, that dime is AWESOME CONGRATS

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[gleaner1]

Great find right there....

 

[Jyverb64]

That dime is very sweet

 

[Trezurehunter]

Great looking dime, & your appreciation for nature by taking a picture with the tree frog is also cool.

 

[Don in SJ]

Art, still looking to try and attribute the NJ, a hard one for sure with the corrosion damage, but like you said, good enough at least to ID what it is. Now, about that frog. I used to be a volunteer for the state NJDEP on conducting frog population surveys and I had to take a Federal test yearly to "be qualified" to ID the frogs by sound or sight. I knew the frog in your photo did not match any of the frogs that were supposed to be residents in NJ so googling showed me it to be a Green Tree frog, with a maximum northern range of southern Delaware. This morning I found this link on-line and yes, they were only recently reported to be found in NJ (2011). So besides your actual finds, that frog is also a special find. The American green treefrog found in southern New Jersey! « Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

Art - I see you wasted no time in picking up where you left off last season. That's some very nice digs for a first hunt. Hopefully this will become field of dreams #2 for you. HH ..... Bill

 

[artyfacts]

Art, still looking to try and attribute the NJ, a hard one for sure with the corrosion damage, but like you said, good enough at least to ID what it is. Now, about that frog. I used to be a volunteer for the state NJDEP on conducting frog population surveys and I had to take a Federal test yearly to "be qualified" to ID the frogs by sound or sight. I knew the frog in your photo did not match any of the frogs that were supposed to be residents in NJ so googling showed me it to be a Green Tree frog, with a maximum northern range of southern Delaware. This morning I found this link on-line and yes, they were only recently reported to be found in NJ (2011). So besides your actual finds, that frog is also a special find. The American green treefrog found in southern New Jersey! « Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey

Thanks for the info Don. Yes very pleased to have been able to at least know its a NJ. The obverse side is gone. I believe this tree frog just wanted to be photographed, hey we are here in NJ... I used to catch tree frogs in my home state of Connecticut. One time I brought one home to put in the tank with my two chameleons. Well about two in the morning this little guy decided to talk, it was like a fire alarm went off in the house, it was so loud. The family all woke up. Six of us gathered at my aquarium starring into it in disbelief that this little frog was that loud. My father turned to me and announced, get rid of it, turned and went back to bed... I released my noisy little friend that night and went back to my room. My eye was bothering me as I laid in bed so I rubbed it. Never EVER rub your eye after handling tree frogs, they have a very nasty residue on their skin that will absolutely send your eye into a tizzy, yes I said tizzy. Anything with two Z's in it has to be painful. Twenty gallons of water must have been used to rinse out my eye that night.

 

[artyfacts]

The capped bust is beautiful! Its gonna be another great year for you Arty!

Thanks, just coming into the season makes me feel like a kid in a candy store... And I really like silver candy...

 

[artyfacts]

What did the frog ring up as Nice Silver

SS

Thanks for the laugh. Figures this new, NJ tree frog wanted to be my best find of the day. It rang right between a good day, and an awesome day.

 

[artyfacts]

Thanks Bill, The twenty two acres had a homestead on it. I'm working the far end, hopefully the rest of the field towards the hotspot produces. My maps show a homestead in the 1840's and just as I hoped, older finds means this site was around way before it appeared on the maps. The first silver of the year is sweetness...Art

 

[SouthJerseyJim]

Great finds Art! I'm itching to get out too. Too bad our fields are over grown right now. It looks like I'm going to have to go out and get some permission too. That dime is real special. As well as the coppers.

 

[CREEKGEEK]

Hey jealousy!! Lol. Nice!! Thats a great day.

 

[artyfacts]

Great finds Art! I'm itching to get out too. Too bad our fields are over grown right now. It looks like I'm going to have to go out and get some permission too. That dime is real special. As well as the coppers.

Thanks Jim, won't be long for the other fields. The dime is a beaut. When the dirt washed off of it I realized it was the nicest of my 6 cap bust silvers of the year, hard to believe...

 

[artyfacts]

There is an 1824 "Over 2" variety , it appears that this is what you have - Excellent find ! Beautiful coin .

Forgot to thank you for the ID. And the frog was the surprize of the day... Art

 

[Tnmountains]

That just sounds like the perfect hunt. What a nice day and finds. A[h=2]1824 Capped Dime, NJ Copper, 1796 Liberty Cap[/h]Does it get any better than that! Oh yeah the tree frog was a nice guest.
HH
TnMtns

 

[huntsman53]

Congrats on some awesome finds! Could you post some pics of the 1796 Liberty Cap Cent once it is cleaned up some? It could be a very scarce to rare Variety and appears to be in at least VG-8 condition or better!


Frank

 

[birdman]

That dime is epic!

 

[Davers]

VERY BEAUTIFUL COINS , You are def, hunting in a great location. Congratz