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

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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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congratulations on finding those great coins
 

Holy Cow !!! Speechless........... Just awesome, Congrats and HH
 

Seated...seated...seated...........Liberty Head $5 :o
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Nice, Great find and pictures:occasion14:
 

Well well well, I guess gold coins CAN still make banner ! (especially when surrounded with sweet seateds and cool story to go with them all).

So now that you've found a gold coins AND made T'net banner, then a few questions for you:

1) Will you still detect with mere mortals ? (those persons who haven't found a gold coin yet).

2) How will you require that others address you now ? Eg.: "Oh mighty one", or .... what ?

3) Have you decided how much you will charge to autograph other's metal detectors ?

Congratz!
 

Congrats on earning Banner with your great hunt....well done!
 

At one time, it musta been the bus terminal...! - they didn't need exact change, then....! :laughing7:
SUPER Finds, man...! :icon_thumright:
 

I moved back from Vegas last year. This was Carson City. See the CC mint in one of the pictures. The zincoln was from a grass strip that was part of the modern sidewalk that was taken out.

on the reverse of the gold, it has an "O" for New Orleans
Hey, its a VERY NICE FIND!
 

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Holy cow some incredible finds! Congratulations! I have to admit I'm super jealous, been hunting 2 1/2 years and never found a Seated, and you've got 4 in 3 months! Way to go!
 

wow. makes you wonder what you might have missed now that it's all covered back up. they did a tear out and replacement of the sidewalks on our main street and I was only able to hunt a very small portion before it was covered again. congrats on that awesome gold!
 

Holy cow some incredible finds! Congratulations! I have to admit I'm super jealous, been hunting 2 1/2 years and never found a Seated, and you've got 4 in 3 months! Way to go!

Heck I only got 1 seated Coin in 15+ years . A Dime , but it's a Nice One.
Detecting in NJ or the NE you will find one Soon enough IMO GL.
 

Congratz on the Banner & on some awesome Coin Finds.

That was a Killer place to be able to hunt , 'Right near the old CC Mint' & as it was Stated "Wish you could get back those 3 weeks", But Glad Your Still With Us.

The Gold Coin in about Perfect IMO for a Dug coin from NO LA & Found in CC Nevada.
It has that Sweet Used look. If it & these Coins Could only talk?

Thanks for the Post Carson City Master.
Davers
 

Dude!! Seriously drooling and crying at the same time right now. It's very emotional for me lol. SOOOO JEALOUS!! Congrats brother, and thanks for posting. Cheers
 

Great work and great saves!
 

Wonderful finds and congratulations. We had a sidewalk tear out in my hometown and I really had high hopes for finding something special but due to heat and other circumstances I just didn't have time to work it like I wanted to. Found one silver rosie and they are almost finished the sidewalks on both sides of the street and it was a huge project for a small town. One corner was left where they plan to put a park, but scraped all the dirt off and hauled it off before I could detect it. You win some and you lose some, but seeing these finds will motivate me to try harder when the weather cools off. HH.
 

Very well done! Great pictures!
 

WHOA!! Awesome finds!! Huge congrats on the seateds and the GOLD!!
 

Just friggin awesome!
 

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