Big old silver that I NEVER thought I'd dig!

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So I figured I'd go get a quick hunt in today despite the heat and my half broken shovel. Well I was doing pretty good and got 3 nice dropped 3 ringers and 2 little bits of broken silver something or another. As I'm swinging in a place I had hit many times before I get a banging 93-94 on the deus 2 and proceeded to dig the plug. As I'm popping the plug I hear and feel .y shovel give up the ghost so I'm bummed and thinking this had better not be trash that I broke my shovel on. I get it out and the target is in the bottom side of the hole. When I pop it lose I see big silver and get excited. I'd only ever found one silver half and it was a Franklin. Couldn't make out what it was because of the mud so I look at the edge and see lettering! I'm thinking I have a capped bust so I get super excited! I was wrong! 1805 Draped Bust half dollar! Not too many other coins out there I'd be ok with breaking my shovel on! Never thought id find one and easily top 5 bucket lister coins!

 

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Question for everyone. Anyone have an online resource for Overton varieties on early half dollars? I'm curious as to if I can figure out which die pairings this one is and can't find anything. If I have to buy the book I might just do that but I'm hoping not to have to.

 

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