🥇 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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Our city has started tearing out the front street sidewalks and I was very surprised because they reworked them several years ago. Long story short, I was coming from the doctor and came thru town and saw a guy with a detector working the front sidewalks and wanted very much to stop and introduce myself and talk to him, but had bought groceries for my mom and had to get them home. As soon as I finish this post I'm heading over to this area and see if he's around. He looked like he knew his way around and was going slow with his coil and bet he found some good coins on this main street sidewalk. Hoping I can do a little detecting before time to head home. Love to find something like a gold coin or finally break the 1900's and find something from the 1800's.
 

Going through the bottom of my pouch i found a rock i saved from the dig. The reason I saved it is that it gave a great signal similar to a zinc penny. Upon further observation I believe it is a piece of silver ore but I have to have a check to find out. I've never found anything similar to this and all of Nevada so I'm assuming it has to be something unique.
 

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The guy I saw detecting was not around because they had scraped off all the old dirt and put metal guides to reinstall the colored paving on the sidewalks. Bummer, but hope he found something good since he was on scene the evening they tore up the old sidewalks. I was hoping to cross paths with him, but didn't find anything in what was left amongst all the metal they had laid out for their work.
 

You caint beat that yeller glitter...Beautiful both silver and gold!
 

Congrats on getting your first BANNER here on Tnet! :occasion14:
You definitely earning it by heading back day after day and were rewarded with great finds!

Dave
 

congrats on the find of a lifetime. come on it doesnt get any better
 

A little of everything, with the Gold coin to top it off, great spot, great summer, that's why we all detect......
 

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