🥇 BANNER Sidewalk tearout yields gold, big silver, seateds and then some!!

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Carson City NV
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** Thanks everyone for the my first Banner and all the congrats! **
Haven't posted in a while, but figured this time I got so many goodies that I had to share. I have been working a sidewalk replacement in town this summer, and over the last 3 months have pulled out some old, yet pretty worn, corroded coins. 2 dateless wheats, a 1864 2 cent piece, a 1898 Barber, and a almost unrecognizable and hard to read seated dime. (1865s?) So toasty it's hard to tell
Then last month I scored a beautiful 1862 Seated half! I then got a blood clot in my leg and wa laid up for 3 weeks. As soon as I got back out, they were on the last phase of the tear out so I figured it was my last chance to get more good stuff, so started working where I could. After a week of hunts with nothing to show but 2 broken spoon handles and a dateless wheat penny, I switched to my iron buster Eurotek Pro. Found a zinc penny, then my next signal I got a clean, bronze looking coin, but at first didn't recognize the size or the bust. The dirt wiped right off and there was a gorgeous piece dated 1844, Five D, O mint mark gold coin!! Then the next day a 1875 (maybe CC) dime, and the next day a 1887 s seated dime. Today they finished the last of the paving, so now have to wait another 50 years until they do it all over again!
I have some other pictures I'll load later of the dig, but have to head home from work right now. Thanks for looking!

** I added a couple additional pictures of the location (now, and from 19th century, taken from roughly same place) and other finds ** The CC Mint is sideways, but you can see the demolition of the sidewalk nearby. Also, note the oyster shells that I found throughout. Imported from San Francisco during the silver boom in Virginia city and the shells thrown into the street.
 

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Banner vote from me congrats on the gold and silver
 

Great finds! Old American gold is always worth a banner.
 

Congrats! Every bucket list item covered!
 

Wow! Fantastic coins, especially the half and the $5 Gold. That sidewalk was a bonanza for you!
 

Wow, congrats on some great coins! Love that gold!
 

Gold coin=banner. Nice finds.
 

Metal detecting dreams DO come true! Wow man that's just crazy. Gold coin = banner
 

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So awesome. If I ever find a gold coin, I hope to have the good fortune of having brown pants on.
 

Amazing!! Congrats on these great finds. Still waiting to find gold here... Lisa & John
 

Thanks guys. Most of the coins didn't fare that well over 100+ years under the pavement.
 

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Sweet finds great display case coins love the gold that's what is all about Thanks for sharing!!!!!!
 

What a great coins!! That gold is a jaw dropper! I hate seeing things get buried that you can't get to. Wish you could have hunted for those 3 weeks:) You sure have a beautiful coin!!!
 

Amazing hunt and finds. Killer gold coin man! I really like those old pictures. Can you imagine what's entombed under all the pavement out there. If just some sidewalk yielded this, I bet there is loads more under that road.
 

Well gee, I see that this gold coin, and even another, haven't made banner. Not so long ago, it was pretty automatic that gold coins got voted into that status. But I guess there's been "grade inflation". Such that it takes a bit more "umph" to push into banner nowadays. Ie.: maybe needs to be a key-date gold coin now. haha :tongue3:
 

It may be that Administrators have dates set to review such. I doubt they are on 24 hour call for judging banners.
 

I'm late to the party, but I still wanted to congratulate you on a really nice grouping of finds. It's lots of fun to find those toasted old desert coins. The worn 1844 half eagle is a stunner. It has lots of shine and personality. It looks like it has some patina, which is beautiful, but you could also soak that in some oxalic acid from the hardware store, and it wouldn't harm the gold one bit. It's finders choice on that. Found gold coins are kinda special.

I'm ready to go find one just like it!

Congrats!
 

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