WOOHOO!! 1876 Seated Liberty Half Dollar!!

[oddcoins]

HOLY COW!!! I just got home from a little road trip by myself!

I got permission to detect around a old house in Philomath Oregon ~ a very short window of time to be able to detect there, so I had to take half a day off of work so I did miss my chance! Well . . . . . I didn't find much there at that old house ~ too much fill dirt ~ I dug a 1980 Memorial cent at about six inched deep! DANG!! If there's anything old it's too deep for me to find!

So I drove into Corvallis Oregon to hit some places that produced some goodies in the past. I detected all day ~ up until about 7:30pm and at that point I hadn't found much ~ a couple wheat cents and a silver ring, and plenty of clad (like usual!) ~ my last target of the day was a nice deepy ~ at about seven inches deep, I dug a 1876 SEATED HALF!!!!! WOOHOOO!!!!! And, I didn't scratch it either!

This is only the second seated coin that I've ever dug in over 15 years of detecting! This is my first pre-1900 silver coin that I've dug this year.

I took pictures of the obverse & reverse before & after I cleaned it up. This is my silver coin find #19 for the year.

I can't wait to go back to see what else may be there!

Thanks for looking!
Neil

 

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[willie d]

Killer find!

 

[ugotit22]

huge congrats
im still waiting to take a seat

 

[coltdavis]

Congrats!!! Thats an awesome find!

 

[zztop357]

Wow is right!!! That is one good looking coin I bet you can't wait to get back out there!!
WTG on a outstanding find HH zztop

 

[RelicRick]

NICE!! Simply beautiful!

 

[Sir Digs-A-Lot]

Sweet

 

[John987]

Wow!! Nice Find Congrats! Haven't found one of those yet but I hope to eventually.
Happy Hunting!!

John

 

[RONC(OR)]

Holy Cow Dude Wish I would of been there to see the look on your face Nice find Congrats

 

[MikeOregon]

Neil,

Congratulations on what for us in Oregon is a FANTASTIC find!

You have proven that there are still some amazing treasures in the Willamette Valley and that gives all of us hope.

I wish I had been there to witness this great moment in detecting!

Let's go find some more!

Mike

 

[The Buzzard King]

That must have almost gave you a heart attack! What a rush!
Very nice coin.
Congrats!

 

[gold nuggets]

CONGRATULATIONS Neil!!!!
That 1876 seated half is one SWEET find!! WTG!!
That one will definately get your blood pumping....
so what ya doin' this weekend?
Gold Nuggets

 

[mountainplayer]

Neil, Wow!

Congrats on a beautiful and awesome MD coin find. I know how badly I want to dig a seated anything, and finding a half (esp. on the West Coast) seems harder than getting a Unicorn on video. You've joined the 1% club with that one.

MP

 

[grafter]

nice find....got a love it

 

[LabradorBob (Missouri)]

Very nice Neil,you will remember it for ever.
makes you wonder who lost it ,doesnt it?and what life was like back then.
best of luck,
LabradorBob

 

[FooserPaul]

Neil,

Congradulations! Way to stick with it and hunt it out :-)

I'm happy for joo!

Paul

 

[Jack(IN)]

Congrats on finding your Seated Half, I now know the feeling!! Sweet looking coin and looks better not scratched!!

 

[halfdime]

She's a beauty! I couldn't help but think, looking at the back of that coin and the "HALF DOL." that she's "ALL DOLL!"

 

[John (Ma)]

Looks good and still has some nice detail.

 

[t-bucket]

WTG Neil, That is what its all about, Finding that coin that someone didn't sure put a smile on your face !!! Congrats on a Great find !!!! HH