Beautiful Half Dime from the beanfield

[Goes4ever]

Last two day I was hunting the harvested bean fields. Friday I hit a field I hit last yr, wanted to go back because it was corn last year, didn't get a lot, but didn't expect much since I already hunted it pretty hard before. Found a thimble, the decorative leaf piece, lipstick tube, a button, a busted crotal bell and lastly a 1941 merc. The indian came from the day before at a farm house.


Saturday I hit a virgin "to me" bean field. First coin of the day was within 30 min of being there and it was the ONLY coin the entire day, and I hunted from 830am to 130pm. BUT I am not complaining, it was a real nice 1855 half dime!!!! It is only my second half dime in 6 yrs, these lil guys don't show up much around here. I guess I did find another coin kinda....it was one of those Chinese coins, it was broke in 3 pieces, part was on top the ground, the other 2 pieces were bout 2" deep, had to stick in in a coin flip to hold it together, I know nothing about them, no idea how old it is?


This field had very little targets for being virgin, I found the large brass front door piece, thought that was really cool. My buddy got 3 indians, one was a 1869, of course that is one I need to complete my dug set.....hahahaha.

 

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[Jyverb64]

Nice finds and that half dime is sweet

 

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[Tenspeed]

Beautiful half dime! I would love to find one of those.

You sure do find the Indians! Only 6 to make a complete dug set is pretty impressive.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Very nice finds Terry!
I love this little leaf shaped piece, this button and of course the 1855 Seated!

Dave

 

[treblehunter]

Wow, nice finds!

 

[mattysee]

I got two 69 injuns this year lol

 

[Nana40]

GREAT hunting G4E! That dime is tops!
WTG
Nana

 

[Davers]

No I need 6 to complete a dug set, I re-read what I posted and see how it sounds like the 1869 was the ONLY one I needed to complete the dug set. I have been detecting for 6 yrs have dug over 550 indians and still need 1869..1871..1872..1877..1908s..and 1909s and I will have a complete dug set. I think the 1877 and 1909s will be near impossible, but who knows? I never dreamed I would dig a 1916D merc either!!

OK , I fig, you had the tuffest dates knocked out ie;1877 , 1909s & the rest of the 1870s; still in 6 yrs that is very impressive [ its impressive in any amount of time]. I started hunting in late 98 with a hunk of time off say 2001-2008 but have only dug 9-10-Indians in that time ,all common dates . The county I live in is well known for it's Civil war history & has been hunted hard from the start of the hobby. Still research always pays off & you being a few years younger than me ,I believe with research ,skill, and luck your feat can be accomplished . p.s. I can only imagine how muck Silver you have dug. Good luck & leave some for the rest of us LOL. I just reread your orig, post & you said " that is one I need to complete my dug set . SO My Bad.

 

[Evolution]

Boy, you got a little of everything there. Crotal bell...thimble.. silver... IH... buckle.. the list goes on. Very nice hunt. I found a half dime today too...though not in nearly as good shape as that one. I'll post mine up in a little while. Congrats to you.