1870 Seated Half

[Napa Steve]

I found an old site about 2390 miles East of the Hawaiian Islands, the site has a house that was built around 1860, I found the half right in the front portion of the home, It VDIed at 89-90 and was about seven inches down, Its in rough shape but Im still excited about finding it, I also found some type of token that reads 216 Grand Ave on the front and 5 cents on the back, I have to clean it better to get the rest of the writing, Kim and I will be hitting the site tomorrow with hopes of finding some more silver.

[del]

:shocked04: wow Steve thats a big old chunk of silver , nice ... congrats on it and the token :beerbuddy:

[jkress]

:shocked04: :shocked04: :shocked04:

That is an incredible find Steve. :happydance01: That's an oldie. Must have been exciting seeing that silver. :yes:
Congrats and good luck tomorrow at the site.

[angellionel]

Sweet! :clapping: Nice old chunk of silver. :smitten:

[Ill Digger]

:shocked04: Whoa man!! :shocked04:stretcher:
Sweet find Steve!! Thats one big chunk of old silver right there! :yes: lol
Here's to that one!! :beerbuddy:
Congrats !! :grin:
Good luck on the return trip!

[DaleGM]

East of Hawaii ...............must be Gilligans Island lol nice hit on the old silver little buddy :peace: :peace: PS ...... the toke is for a night out with Mrs howell :kiss: :kiss:

[top pop top]

Super great find Steve. :omg: :beerbuddy: :clapping: |:confused:) thumbsup01 Is that dog hair on the first and second pics :grin:

[cliffy]

I will google those directions right away steve np! ;) lol Nice hit! :beerbuddy:

[staydetuned]

Great finds!! I love the seated half - a tad toasty, but still a BEAUTIFUL find! I'm just jealous; I've never found one...

The token caught my eye though... Went through some stuff I dug last year and finally tracked it down: the same one! Mine was only 2389 miles east though lol Right here in the city, at a dump site that's strictly 1880s and earlier. So it fits with that yummy half :)

Hope you find some more of the old stuff tomorrow; keep us posted!

BTW - I'm up in that area a little bit lately; I've got some goodies in the last few weeks up there. Maybe we can meet up one day!

Jayson

[Salty Dog]

Nice save on the old silver Steve,best i can fiqure,those directions put you in my back yard :thinkingabout: or Calf. the dang batterys just went dead in my google earth calculator :mad: lol,What do you think toasted that coin like like that ? heavy fertilizer or near the ocean, :dontknow: ,Still a good old coin,hope you guys get the rest of them today :yes: ,Dave

[Carver]

She may be a little rough Steve,,but that is one GREAT find Buddy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[v3ikid]

I'd take that seated any day. WTG :peace:

[odave]

She's a beauty Steve :omg: Congrats Buddy thumbsup01 thumbsup01 thumbsup01

[JTGOLD]

awsome find on the half,great job.

[rsarge1]

Sweet! http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/Smileys/SoLoSMiLeYS1/clapping.gif

[Napa Steve]

Nice save on the old silver Steve,best i can fiqure,those directions put you in my back yard :thinkingabout: or Calf. the dang batterys just went dead in my google earth calculator :mad: lol,What do you think toasted that coin like like that ? heavy fertilizer or near the ocean, :dontknow: ,Still a good old coin,hope you guys get the rest of them today :yes: ,Dave
Im not sure what toasted it, the area that I found it was in a heavy iron area but the grass area was 5 foot away, Im thinking at some time there was a lawn above it.

[Napa Steve]

Great finds!! I love the seated half - a tad toasty, but still a BEAUTIFUL find! I'm just jealous; I've never found one...

The token caught my eye though... Went through some stuff I dug last year and finally tracked it down: the same one! Mine was only 2389 miles east though lol Right here in the city, at a dump site that's strictly 1880s and earlier. So it fits with that yummy half :)

Hope you find some more of the old stuff tomorrow; keep us posted!

BTW - I'm up in that area a little bit lately; I've got some goodies in the last few weeks up there. Maybe we can meet up one day!

Jayson
Thanks for the photos Jayson, I had thought it read grand ave.

[staydetuned]

Yup, assuming it's from S.F. I need to look at some old Sanborns and see what used to be there...

[CTDirtFisher]

Holy Schnikeys Batman !! :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:

[aloldstuff]

Nice big silver, ya gotta love any seated lady

[Evan/tn]

Heck yea Steve :omg: What a great find on the big silver and the token is awesome too :clapping:
Hope you can get back and dig some more goodies there :yes:

[RobW]

I think you should go to that address and try turning that token in for a drink! lol

Nice find on that half! You see very few of those!

[pulltabsteve]

Holy smokes Steve happydance02 :peace: :happydance01: <: :clapping: :beerbuddy: Sweet recovery!!!!
[size=24pt]AWESOME FIND!

[SeabeeRon]

Great find Steve!! :shocked04: :clapping:

[zrickkid]

Nice job Steve. That coin would be a real treat to see come out of the hole. |:confused:) :clapping: happydance02 :happydance01: <:

[coinnut]

Nice Half Steve. I've only found one in all my years of detecting. They didn't lose halves very often in that time period. I would have thought it to be counterfeit, but the Vdi reading is way too high for a counterfeit. So maybe a fire is responsible for the pitting :dontknow: But a great find and a nice token too :clapping:

[Cheap Thrills]

Wow !! A Seated Half !! Nice going !! :clapping: thumbsup01 :drool: One of those and a Barber Half are still on my list .

[Epi-hunter]

Congrats on the half!!! Very nice old find :happydance01:

[sniffy]

2390 miles east of Hawaii ... lol...Nice seated Half...

[russellt]

oh yea . nice and toasty.. just the way i like it .. freaking awesome ..