who knew? 2 bucket list finds in 1 hour

Went looking for some CW at the surrender camp east of Greensboro.
Hunted a light use farm path at the edge of the property. Using the AT Pro with stock coil. 10 iron disc, full sensitivity, no notch.
Found a nice dropped 3 ringer; good solid 70 +- reading.
Checked out the root wad of an upturned tree in the edge of woods adjacent to the path; got a reading. Strong; 70s.
Dug an old flat button.
Back in the path, got another strong reading. 70s.
Dug a lead seal. Some markings on it but hard to make out the letters. Has a "9" on it, too.
Then got a higher tone in the middle of the path. Low 80s. Dug and found silver. Old silver! First seated Liberty dime for me. 1853.
I had been hunting less than an hour. Then within the next hour I got another higher tone, but somewhat faint. 80s again! Back under some low overhanging branches.
Dug another silver. Old silver! Small old silver. My first capped bust coin; an 1833 half dime.
You know, was a time when the AT Pro was sorta looked on like the Racer is today.
Lots of hype, and a darned good performer!

Thanks for looking.

















Pleasant Garden, NC
AT Max, Nokta Impact, MX Sport, Nokta FORS Relic, GPX 4800, Infinium, Racer, Deus, F75SE, Nautilus DMC II (order of acquisition, last to first)

Does an archeologist argue with a plow? A bureaucrat with a bulldozer?

Now those are reeeeeeeeeeeeeeal good finds. Congrats.

Awesome! Still lookin' for my First Bust coin myself.

Great finds and writeup.

Cool finds and good narration of events along the way ;-)

Congrats on the bucket list items...

Dang dude,you killed it! That seated is dang near mint state!! And how rare a find is a bust half dime?Dont recall too many of those being found. Nothing wrong with the ATpro,my son took over mine. Congratulations bud!

Paid to get out of bed today for sure. Congrats on the finding some NC history

Wow, great finds. I doubt you wanted to leave the site! Thanks for sharing!

Beautiful finds! Congratulations!

Heh Wayne...guessing you know this , but 1853 seated dime with no arrows....only 95,000 made...you got a valuable dime there buddy! Big time congrats!!!!

WoW! Nice finds. I have not yet found a bust coin in my 40+ years of hunting...however I have found a few Reales. Bust is definitely on my bucket list...as well as the elusive gold coin.

Charles

Sweet silver, the seated is especially nice.....congratz

What an awesome hunt. Congrats.

Kenny

Awesome finds there congrats

Seems you have a solid memory & nice description -n- Pictures also ! Nice to x-off some of the bucket list, don't think you can dunk that racer in the creek either? Thanks & HH

Killer finds man!! Congrats!!

On the stamp it looks like NYC 9 to me.

Great hunt! I was afraid it might be another post on the unmentionable detector. I have the AT Pro and you saw what I found last Monday...

That's crazy good diggin there. I'd be all over that place like a fat lady on a syrup biscuit daily.

Jack Flynn Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> That's crazy good diggin there. I'd be all over
> that place like a fat lady on a syrup biscuit
> daily.

lololol

Great hunt, great save on the bust half dime, that's a hard coin to find!

HH,
Brian

[www.pcgscoinfacts.com]. hey Wayne,what would you grade his dime at?? Again,sweeet find dude!!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/22/2015 02:25PM by deathray.

Hi Wayne,,,Congratulations on a job well done........I still see some gold in your future hunts.............Thanks for sharing...,JJ

You may want to check out the 3 ringer a little further.. the nose is awful spherical...down this way some of the Reb bullets out of the Selma arsenal are shapped like that in the nose...with those low rings...

What a day ...a Capped Bust.. fantastic!!! I know your happy and you should be...Great find!!!... Im happy for you !!

yes the AT-PRO is a Great unit.. very current still...


Keith

“I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own”
-Nikola Tesla

WTG Wayne!

Those are old finds, Beauties too got to be more in there with the amount of finds you pulled out.

Congrats.
Paul

Keith Southern Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> You may want to check out the 3 ringer a little
> further.. the nose is awful spherical...down this
> way some of the Reb bullets out of the Selma
> arsenal are shapped like that in the nose...with
> those low rings...

Thanks for heads up, Keith.
I found this reference:
[www.baymediapro.com]

and my bullet's measurements all conform except weight. Mine is just over 482 grains.
But, you're right, it does look like it.

And thanks, Keith, and everyone else for the very kind remarks!
All of you know days like that don't come along all that often!

Pleasant Garden, NC
AT Max, Nokta Impact, MX Sport, Nokta FORS Relic, GPX 4800, Infinium, Racer, Deus, F75SE, Nautilus DMC II (order of acquisition, last to first)

Does an archeologist argue with a plow? A bureaucrat with a bulldozer?

Yes...... rare arrowless dime.
Like that RR lead seal also.

deathray Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> [www.pcgscoinfacts.com]. hey
> Wayne,what would you grade his dime at??
> Again,sweeet find dude!!


XF Details I would guesstimate Ray

nice find for sure ;-)

Also like that RR bag seal

Great day hunting Wayne! Super finds!!!

Sweet digs!!! WTG!!!!!