First Seated, and she is in great shape

[pointdlr]

I only had 2 goals for the year. 1 was to find a seated coin. Scratch that one off the list!!!!!!!!!!!!
I found it in a pounded out park. I think I just got lucky and hit the perfect angle to hear it. There were low conductors on 2 sides of it, and an iron null in front of it. I was not able to pinpoint, but had a pretty good idea of where it was. I estimate the coin to be in the 9"-10" range depth wise. It was covered in mud, so I took a walk over to the drinking fountain and let the water do some work. I saw the shield first, and knew a seated dime had finally come my way. It took almost a 1 1/2 years to find one. Hope the next one comes much sooner. I was extremely pleased after cleaning it off at the office with the condition. Hope everyone else is finding what they are looking for.
Regards,
Jon Dickinson
www.prehistoricartifacts.com

 

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Wow great find. I would make that my avatar.

 

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[MaineRelic]

congrat's !! my fist seated was this spring ! 1877 quarter ! @ 2 days later an 1842-O half dime ! so hang on it will happen 2 u 2 !! MAINERELIC.

 

[time4me]

Congrats on your first seated! I've been detecting over 30 years and I've never found one. Still a goal. That, and a large cent!

The detail on that dime is incredible.

 

[drodda777]

I am decent with my machine, but learn something new almost every time out. What I learned on the day of the seated coin, was that my headphones were seriously holding me back. I was set to meet lostlake at the park b/c he left his headphones in my car. I beat him to the park, and just decided to try his. It was like night and day and the proof was a seated coin. I ordered a pair and should have them soon.
Regards,
Jon Dickinson.

You can't make a statement like that without naming the type of headphones you are refering to? Great job on a very nice seated. It's all down hill from there though as most seated are not in that good of shape from what I have read. That is one nice example of a seated coin.

Now go find your second!!!

HH,

Dave

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Congratulations Jon on your first Seated coin. 1 and a half years is not all that bad. I've been detecting for about 20 years and finally last Sunday found my first seated half dime.
Chris

 

[Finman]

Congrats on your first seated coin Jon!!! Lots of beautiful detail left on her!!! I'm still looking for my first seated coin, going on 3 years.

HH Joe

 

[pointdlr]

Re: First Seated, + seated half dime eyeball find.

Drodda,
I bought my SE used and the headphones were awful. There is a little detector shop near me, and the owner told me I should buy some that were made by White's. I don't even know what they are called, but they are purple and say "White's" on the side. They are absolute junk, but I didn't know that until I used my buddies Koss UR-30's. Now I have a pair of those on order.

Colonial Zeus - I found my first(and only) seated half dime about 10 years ago. I didn't find it with a detector, but with my eyes while hunting arrowheads. Hard to imagine seeing it in a field, but I did. Here are pics of it. I have always meant to post it, but wanted to wait until I found one with my detector. I am going to make a separate post in Best "eyeball" Finds.

Regards,
Jon Dickinson

 

[michiganbutcher]

Man she sure is pretty ! Congrats....

 

[Bob S]

WTG