California Stage Stop Seated Half!

[Silverseeker]

After years of thinking my favorite local spots were done producing, I decided to give it another try. Yesterday, I re visited a stage stop that was in use from the 1870's to the 1880's. This site is mostly untouched for the last 130 years, with no modern trash. It is basically 5 acres of rusty square nails, can dumps, barrel rings, and debris. It is very difficult to hunt, but it has produced a few gems over the years.

After two hours of digging a surprising amount of targets (for a site I thought I hunted out), I finally got something to brag about. My first seated liberty half. It came out of the ground ugly and barely identifiable. I wasn't able to see the date till I got it home ... 1854.



This turned out to be my oldest coin, and my first seated half. Ugly or not it's a great find for me. Here's a pic of it cleaned.

 

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[bountyhuntergirl86]

Great find still looking for my first seated anything :-)

 

[wildcarrot]

Really nice piece of old silver. If only it could tell us a story about how it got there....

 

[Blueblood]

Good job, diligence pays off.

 

[Ifoundit69]

Awesome score ! I have a few sites I just know there is some silver there just waiting to walk over that one spot !

 

[RCGoodin]

Great find.............Everyday I review this site, I find it amazing the amount of treasure found everyday......HH.

 

[treblehunter]

Great find, I too have yet to find anything seated.

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Great find!!..I would love to find a seated anything...and a Half to boot....Very cool!!

I cant belive it was that dark when you found it, I wouldnt have even thought it was silver

 

[pl8man]

She is not ugly at all ! She is a beauty ! Congrats
Glen

 

[Davers]

A find def, worth bragging about..Congratz

 

[Msbeepbeep]

That's a nice silver coin congrats!

 

[park pirate]

Nice...

 

[g-olden years]

Your seated half is a beauty! Not the beauty of youth, but hey she's been waiting a long time to be dug up! CONGRATS!

Andi

 

[Argentium]

Great save there ! Yeah , count me among those who are still looking for a seated coin .

 

[WHADIFIND]

I haven't found a lot of big coins, but each one of them is a memory I won't forget.

WTG!

 

[adeptr]

Great find! I have yet to find any coins pre 1900. Some day..............

 

[jewelerguy]

sweet seated. congrats!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

The ugly duckling became the beautiful seated lady! Congrats and HH!

 

[kw509]

Nice, nothing seated for me yet.

 

[docbars]

Very nice.