Quite a Half Dime Found.........

relicsncoins · August 17, 2010 12:53AM

With a metal detector in South Carolina. Not be me, but I wish it was.

jmj3esq · August 17, 2010 12:57AM

Looks to be in pretty good shape for being in the ground presumably for quite a long time. Is there reason to believe this?

relicsncoins · August 17, 2010 12:59AM

<< Looks to be in pretty good shape for being in the ground presumably for quite a long time. Is there reason to believe this? >>

Just relaying it, I wasn't there when it was found. Although, I know the area it was found in, and the ground is very sandy and drains well, and stuff seems to come out of the ground in very good shape.

DAM · August 17, 2010 1:01AM

Looks to be in pretty good shape for being in the ground presumably for quite a long time. Is there reason to believe this?
Indeed.

It it's true, got for him/her. Great find!!

YogiBerraFan · August 17, 2010 1:09AM

Nice condition. With a coin that old I would have thought it would show much more wear from drainage even if the ground drained quickly.

partagas · August 17, 2010 1:10AM

Great find, wow I really gotta get a medal detector.

jdillane · August 17, 2010 1:10AM

keyman64 · August 17, 2010 1:18AM

Wowzers

jdillane · August 17, 2010 1:20AM

Solid AU details specimen. Hard to tell if the surfaces suffered much.

tydye · August 17, 2010 1:24AM

Nice half dime!

I want to believe ....

hammered54 · August 17, 2010 1:30AM

ohkie doekie...mabye it was lost just last week.

crypto79 · August 17, 2010 2:02AM

<< Nice half dime!

I want to believe .... >>

I don't buy it for a second but I want to. Looks real but doesn't look real old.

robkool · August 17, 2010 2:19AM

Hard to believe...
I see no corrosion, major scratches, or any kind of damage for being buried that long. Looks like as if it was just placed there very recently.
Anyways... A very kool find indeed.

relicsncoins · August 17, 2010 2:56AM

I have no reason to doubt that it was actually found. The coin was found at a 1700ds plantation site. You have to ask yourself, what is the more likely scenario. 1. It was found as stated. 2. Someone took a $5000 plus coin and buried it in sand risking several thousand dollars if it happens to get damaged.

LanLord · August 17, 2010 3:02AM

So how come no one has reported back on the die marriage yet?

Smittys · August 17, 2010 3:03AM

Sorry unless it was buried in something, that coin hasn't been in the ground long.
However could have been found in someone drawer with a metal detector

Just another long tale IMO

rhedden · August 17, 2010 3:06AM

These metal detecting finds are seldom hoaxes. However, there are always people who are quick to point the finger when the coins look too good to be true.

DoubleEagle59 · August 17, 2010 3:07AM

Could it be a Chinese fake?

Barndog · August 17, 2010 3:08AM

<< So how come no one has reported back on the die marriage yet? >>

not a rare die marriage, no excitement

pocketpiececommems · August 17, 2010 3:13AM

I found a 1776 Spanish 2 reals coin and it had zero tarnish on it. Most of the silver that I have found looked like the day it went into the ground.

kryptonitecomics · August 17, 2010 3:29AM

The coin and the story seem to good to be true but that doesn't mean it isn't.....someone hit the mother load with that one....

DNADave · August 17, 2010 3:31AM

<< Looks to be in pretty good shape for being in the ground presumably for quite a long time. Is there reason to believe this? >>

absolutely. I've found old silver (not that old) that looks like the day it was dropped. It depends largely on the soil.

johnny9434 · August 17, 2010 4:12AM

<< 

<< Looks to be in pretty good shape for being in the ground presumably for quite a long time. Is there reason to believe this? >>

absolutely. I've found old silver (not that old) that looks like the day it was dropped. It depends largely on the soil. >>

ive found silver like that as well. depends on the conditions of everything. nice find

ricko · August 17, 2010 5:58AM

Silver does well in soil with the right conditions.. low sulfur, low acidic content etc.... Sandy, well drained soil would fit the bill. Would like to know more about the find though.. beautiful coin... Cheers, RickO

Weiss · August 17, 2010 6:22AM

Ditto finding unmottled silver out of the ground. It happens. That's one of the reasons we (modern humans) love silver and gold, what makes silver silver. If it didn't come out of the ground looking like that, it would be just another lump of rock.

fastrudy · August 17, 2010 6:52AM

That is a great coin, but I can't buy the metal detector part of the story.
There are quite a few scenarios (not just two).
It is mother lode, not mother load.
Too nice looking to be in the ground

STONE · August 17, 2010 7:04AM

For all those saying to the effect, "couldn't have been in the ground for that long and still look that good".

This just isn't true...as some have already stated.
Soil affects the preservation of everything within it, and different soils (and climates) will affect different objects differently.

A coin 200 years old can certainly come out of the ground looking like that......2,000 year old coins are still being found which look very similar!
Even easily perishable items such as plants and bone can survive in the right environments for 500,000 years (or more) and appear like modern remains!

As some have mentioned low acidic soils will not corrode metal as quick as higher acidic soils.
South Carolinian contains soil which is highly variable in acidity, and thus in the right soil coins this old can be found there looking like this!

Great discovery by the Metal Detectorist

laserart · August 17, 2010 8:13AM

<< Great find, wow I really gotta get a medal detector. >>

Nah, save your money, someone found it already.

keepdachange · August 17, 2010 10:47AM

<< Great find, wow I really gotta get a medal detector. >>

Yes but you can only detect medals with a "medal detector"

JRocco · August 17, 2010 11:04PM

I ain't buying it.

The pic with the dirt left on the fingertips is a little too......staged ?????
Let me say that I want to be wrong on this, but.....

ricko · August 17, 2010 11:59PM

Unbelievable.... people are bashing this with absolutely no foundation whatsoever. As one who has found silver while metal detecting, I can assure you, silver CAN and DOES come out of the ground looking that good. Frikken naysayers tick me off - especially when they are totally unqualified (as evidenced by their lack of credentials and substantive argumentative facts) to pass such judgements. D**n bunch of old washerwomen beating their gums about things they have no knowledge of and making believe they are experts. End of rant.
Cheers, RickO

GoldenEyeNumismatics · August 18, 2010 12:02AM

Coin certainly looks authentic, and nobody in their right mind would cover an authentic 1795 half dime with sand, so everything seems legitimate to me.

Nice find!

JRocco · August 18, 2010 12:56AM

Wow
Nice rant RickO

Note to self....
Always agree with the masses otherwise your opinions mean squat.

ElKevvo · August 18, 2010 1:31AM

This thread has separated into 2 camps, those who wish for pie in the sky detecting finds to brighten their dull day and those who come to an intelligent, logical conclusion.

Really cool find! I have a metal detector but hardly ever use it...I need to break it out more often. Most stuff I have found in modern trash...

K

BTW my first sentence is a take off of a post in another thread and is meant as a joke....so no one get wound up about it please!

CaptHenway · August 18, 2010 3:04AM

<< I ain't buying it.

The pic with the dirt left on the fingertips is a little too......staged ?????
Let me say that I want to be wrong on this, but..... >>

I had that same thought. The coin appears to be freshly cleaned, but the fingers not.
Maybe he used the sand to clean the coin?

TD

ElKevvo · August 18, 2010 3:31AM

I had that same thought. The coin appears to be freshly cleaned, but the fingers not. Maybe he used the sand to clean the coin?

There is a good thought....the first reaction of someone who was not knowledgeable about coins would maybe scrub it with some sand or something to clean it up so they could identify it better.

K

usacoinbook · August 18, 2010 5:10AM

Do you know when they found this coin?

It does look too clean to be in the ground for all those years. Although it seems possible if it was hiding in the sand or at a beach. STONE has a good point as well, people have found 2000+ year old silver coins in really great condition under farmer's fields.

WinPitcher · August 21, 2010 11:47AM

But, but, he has some soil/sand on his fingers! It must be real find.

Steve

CaptHenway · August 21, 2010 1:03PM

<< But, but, he has some soil/sand on his fingers! It must be real find.

Steve >>

The finder may have soiled his pantaloons when he read the date.....

mbogoman · August 21, 2010 10:26PM

All I can say is that those fingers have never been cleaned. Completely original!

Nice find. The best I have ever dug up was an 1898-S Barber dime. It would have gone XF or so, but my probing screwdriver nicked it across the obverse field. It was then that I modified my probing/digging process to be less aggressive...

coindeuce · August 22, 2010 3:30AM

Quite a Half Dime Found.........

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