1889 Seated dime!~

[Ocean7]

found this today around 5" deep. My first seated dime with the EX II !!!
Slight nick on edge but in good shape.?

 

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[richg]

That dime looks in excellent shape!! A real nice find!! I still have yet to find my first silver coin, a couple silver rings but no coins. Anyway Happy Hunting!!

 

[BRD]

Beautiful dime, Ocean 7.
Congratulations,
BRD

 

[lab rat]

Spectacular! Congratulations!

 

[Leon]

Very Nice!

 

[elkboy]

WOW what a great looking find congrats. HH Dave

 

[comfyinvermont]

Hey O7, that is one beautiful looking coin. It must have been lost just about 1889. Doesn't appear to much wear on it at all. Really nice find, Congrats...Lance

 

[Ocean7]

yeah i was quite pleased when I saw the thing unveiled. Spend 5 hours hunting and that's the only worthy thing I found. Since I've learned my lesson about removing caked dirt on silver coins in old areas - I resisted removing the caked dirt on either side until I got to a sink. All I knew is that it definitely was silver. When I finally did clean off caked on dirt to see the seated Liberty and date - I can tell you was very happy that I resisted doing this in the field.

Old silver in particular will scratch very easily and most dirt has very fine stone particles that you cannot even see. I hate waiting but someone wised me up to the folly of being impatient because on a key old silver coin - you could lose 100's if not 1000's of $$$ due to scratching coin in the field.

Thanks all!

 

[beetle662]

Suh-Weet!!!! Nice coin! Congrats!

 

[LEVERK5102]

That will make anyones day! Wtg.

Kerry

 

[el_detecto]

That is a beautiful dime! Congrats!