🥇 BANNER BEST hunt to date!! 6 coppers, 2 seated quarters, a BUST HALF DOLLAR and more

[Coilcrazy2]

Hey everyone,
Today's hunt started like all the rest but about an hour into it, I got a nice read on my T2 and dug a crusty LC. After that, I decided to grid the surrounding area. About 2ft from the LC I found one of the seated quarters. At this point quite excited. Not long after I got another LC, and then another and another and another and then another!! I was ecstatic at this point. I took my haul back to the car and gave it a few more swings in my gridded area. I sure am glad I did because I found another seated quarter and a few feet from that....AN 1838 BUST HALF DOLLAR. This was a first for me! I actually ended up licking the obverse side of it in the field because I wasn't carrying any water. All three of the silvers are in fantastic condition. The one quarter is absolutely stunning. I took pictures of them before rinsing the dirt off, after rinsing, and after some light brushing with a Qtip. The copper are all large cents from the 1830s and 1840s. I believe this all was either part of a cache or someone lost a change purse in the 1840s or 1850s. In addition to the coins, I found a quartz arrowhead, a few musket balls and a few buttons. Truly a hunt to remember......

 

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[Coilcrazy2]

I hope it does make it! I'll give it a little more time

 

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[baspinall]

My vote was in as soon as I saw that awesome hunt!

 

[Coilcrazy2]

My vote was in as soon as I saw that awesome hunt!

Thanks Brian!

 

[dansalata]

insanely cool...

 

[Chestdiesel]

Banner for me. Those coins are gorgeous. Unbelievable hunt!!

 

[TheGreatNorth]

Wow!! That is a nice pile of coins!! I've still never found any of those...congrats!!

 

[stealthycat]

good
gawd


wow

 

[Metal Illness]

Simply AMAZING! What a day for the ages, you'll always remember that DREAM HUNT! Great save on the Bust Half and of course the Seated Silvers! Big Congrats!

 

[Coilcrazy2]

Thanks guys! Looking into get them graded

 

[Mudslide]

You must have felt like you were dreaming! Fantastic hunt!! So happy for ya!!

 

[toasted]

Just voted banner. Didn't at first thinking it would make banner faster than I could get done typing.

 

[Coilcrazy2]

Thanks toasted!

 

[bigfoot1]

remarkable hunt...surely a spill or cashe...outstanding !!!

 

[masterjedi]

It doesn't get any better than this!! So awesome!

 

[Coilcrazy2]

Thanks! In the process of getting the 1844 seated slabbed

 

[Tom Bigbee]

Would love to see it when you get it back from the grading Co.

 

[DownNDirty]

You know you had a great hunt when you don't bother to post pics of the buttons! Fantastic day-the quarters and half are in amazing condition.

 

[Iron Patch]

Oh, I get it now.

 

[CRUSADER]

Bear with me on this one, but I think this might highlight a 'gap' in the banner process.

Lets assume for a minute that not 'any one' of those coins/finds are in themselves a 'banner worthy' find. (Like I say, that maybe debatable)

When you take all those great finds together, its no doubt a 'BANNER DAY'. Maybe we need to pay more attention to the aggregation of finds on 1 day & clarify the rules to include days like this.

I know the MODs are going to hate me debating this, but I think it worthy of thought.

PS> I too didn't vote thinking it would make it, so guess what I'm now doing....

 

[Iron Patch]

Bear with me on this one, but I think this might highlight a 'gap' in the banner process.

Lets assume for a minute that not 'any one' of those coins/finds are in themselves a 'banner worthy' find. (Like I say, that maybe debatable)

When you take all those great finds together, its no doubt a 'BANNER DAY'. Maybe we need to pay more attention to the aggregation of finds on 1 day & clarify the rules to include days like this.

I know the MODs are going to hate me debating this, but I think it worthy of thought.

PS> I too didn't vote thinking it would make it, so guess what I'm now doing....

I don't think they have any problem at all looking at the over all day, otherwise you probably would not see the bullets up there. Pretty sure I've seen at least a few posts with Civil War relics where no single find was anything fantastic, but it was a pile of good stuff so made it up.