1854 Seated dime and a Platinum ring :)

[staydetuned]

Hi everybody...

So I stayed out a little late the night before last after work and it didn't help in getting up early for a hunt with my buddy Larry yesterday. First spot we hit looked good from the outside but was rock and gravel fill that only turned up modern clad and metal trash. So we went for a drive to a spot I'd found a while back - an old 1800s picnic site. I'd got some 40s wheats and silver in one location, but the only target period coin my first time hunting here had been a BEAUTIFUL 1879 Indian:

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A nearby baseball field had always looked enticing, and today the groundskeeper was there. He approached us and asked if we could help him find a sprinkler head; I said sure, if we can hunt the field :grin: He said no problem, and when I found the head 2 minutes later, we were hunting.

Unfortunately it was just deep clad 8/

So I wandered around some more, still hurting from the night before, getting tired and thinking about where I was going to lay down for a nap, not a wheat or even an indicator to my name after 6 hours. Then I went to the little spot that had given up the Indian.

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I dug a bottle cap. Then a zinc at 2 inches. Then I went right to the central area I'd pounded last year after the Indian came out. And got a somewhat decent signal. Dug down 2 inches thinking anything shallow here must be a recent drop... clad dime... Wait, that's not orange... It's greyish. And thin. This could be old... Just then Larry walked up. I think it's silver... this could be old...

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Got it in my fingers and brushed off some dirt. And there it was; my day was suddenly complete.

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A little bit greyed, but still pretty to me The reverse... Pretty worn, definitely a period drop for the picnic grounds that began in the 1870s:

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After that I decided to strip-mine the little iron-infested patch of dirt, digging all non-ferrous signals. Nothing too deep, because of the iron...

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Dug 19 ring pulls, 38 bottle-caps (which never get dug otherwise), and handfulls of other trash. When I reached down to pull out yet another ring pull, I noticed this one was a little different:

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It was so clean I knew right away it wasn't silver...

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The old dime was all I needed, but this was icing on the cake.

Looks like a setting for a pretty nice piece of ice... I couldn't find the diamond in the hole, so I dug out all around it and brought the dirt home in a plastic bag to sift through later :tongue: (a good suggestion by Larry.)

At the end of the day, way more trash than good targets, but quality well over quantity. Thanks for looking!

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[Viking]

Way to push through your late night! Great pictures and story. I always love those in-situ pictures of the finds, before they've been moved much and haven't been cleaned up. Congrats! thumbsup01

[staydetuned]

Thanks Viking. Love the avatar, and welcome to the forum! :)

[aloldstuff]

way to work thru it, your coach would be proud. Very nice seated and that IH looks really great.

[exsquid]

Very nice finds...Hope your rock is in your dirt you brought home...keep us updated... :yes:

[Cheap Thrills]

Awesome Jayson !! A super old , nice Seated , one of the nicest Indians I have ever seen and a platinum ring on top of it . It definitely doesn't get much better than that . Great pictures and writing too . :clapping: thumbsup01 8)

:groovy: ,
Sheik

[Epi-hunter]

Now that is a very nice hunt :cheering: Given the size of the prongs on that ring, I would have brought home two or three wheelbarrows full of dirt to sift :cheesysmile:

[RobW]

That's a great hunt...hopefully that diamond will show up in that dirt...that would be cool

[PL8MAN]

Sweet digs :beerbuddy:
Glen

[angellionel]

Wonderful finds. :clapping: Those seated coins do make the heart beat a little faster. lol Sweet digs for sure. thumbsup01

[Toadman]

Great hunt for sure !! :happydance01: :happydance01: :happydance01: :happydance01: :happydance01:

[hockeyguy]

Nice post, story, finds AND pics.....how'd u get the IH pic so large? Was it a scan? I wish I could get mine to come out that big.....

This is the kind of post I like to see. Well balanced and put together with just enough description as to not be too much.

:callme: :callme: :callme: :callme: :cheering: :cheering: :cheering: :cheering:

[del]

very well done Jayson :clapping: :clapping: and huge congrats on the seated silver :cheering: |:confused:) :cheering: the area looks just like an old picnic ground or grove where people would congregate . nice pictures too

[SeabeeRon]

Congratz Jayson, amazing finds once again buddy! :clapping:

[odave]

Nice post indeed Jayson :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:
Congrats on the seated and Platinum Ring thumbsup01 thumbsup01

[Ill Digger]

Great post! Nice pictures and well put together thumbsup01
Awesome finds!!
Love the seated dime with the arrows!! :drool:
Congrats :grin:

[Carver]

That was a great hunt or sure!!!!! Big congrats on all those sweet finds <: <: <: <: <: