Well.......it WAS a big silver coin once...I think....

[The Buzzard King]

Till it went through a fire, or got too close to a burn pit. S.O.B.!
I went out this morning for a few hours and ended up finding this.
What appears to be a holed 1861 Seated half.
This coin was about 7 inches deep, and sounded exactly like a nickel, and would not discriminate any higher than a nickel. This thing should have screamed at me at the highest disc. level.
So I guess it's not silver anymore.
I've been hoping for something Seated other than a dime for a while now, and this is finally my first seated coin that's bigger than a dime.
At first I thought it was a crappy kids necklace or something, till I kinda got a good look.
Then I realized what it was, but was thinking it was fake cause it didn't ring like silver.
Maybe it is fake.
I was happy and mad at the same time. Pretty strange feeling.
But at least I can identify it, so I guess that's good.
Thanks for lookin'. TBK.

 

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[Sky_Warrior]

my book says 16-60 depending on its mintmark (if any) in the worst condition, but with the hole, i think its only worth melt value....thats a B***H...........well better luck next time,

SEMPER FI

 

[ringfinder]

Boy that would make your ole heart skip a beat. Neat find, even if it is fake. I'm sure
for the right collector, it might be worth something.

HH,Rngfinder

 

[silverfreak]

Pretty cool find B.K....regardless if it's real or not.

 

[djabend]

Cool find look here, this link has counterfeit seated dimes.
http://www.seateddimevarieties.com/cf_date/cf_date_mintmark.htm
Apparently there are lots of them out there so one would have to dig one sooner or later.
It says most were made of a cheap base metal.
That explains the low detector reading, like pewter or white metal.
HH,
Donny

 

[incajoe]

Even if it's not real, I think this is a really cool find! I'd almost be happier to find that than a real one. I've never seen a fake seated half before so I'm going to be the first one to go ahead and say BANNER!

GREAT FIND!!!!

 

[The Buzzard King]

Cool find look here, this link has counterfeit seated dimes.
http://www.seateddimevarieties.com/cf_date/cf_date_mintmark.htm
Apparently there are lots of them out there so one would have to dig one sooner or later.
It says most were made of a cheap base metal.
That explains the low detector reading, like pewter or white metal.
HH,
Donny

It does appear to be a pewter looking metal.
I wasn't sure if it was real or not, cause in the past, I've dug several Mercs, Barber dimes, and Washington Quarters that had obviously been in, or near fires, that appeared to "bubble-up", and would not make it to full discrimination. They snapped right in half on me, and had a pewter looking inside when they broke apart.
I was just assuming the same thing happened to this coin.
I found it at an 1850's homestead.