thought I had a half dime

morgt

Well I did sort of,turned out to be canadian 5 cents 1905. Also found the 42s less than 10 feet away.

CROCKofCOINS

Good finds.



Jerry

phut

Nice!!

goldrush00013

Nice fishscale!
I've dug one of those myself but yours is much earlier.

marym

Those are both very nice finds, congrats! Mary

BentFork

Very nice finds. Both coins are in great shape.

G.

Omega

Very nice finds!

lordmarcovan

Nice fishscale... you DID get a half dime!

I have three or four Canadian large cents and one much more modern silver dime, but no silver 5-cent pieces yet. Really, considering how deep in the Deep South I am, it is surprising that I have found those Canadian large cents.

The last time I thought I had dug another half dime, it turned out to be a plain metal slug. Believe me, I searched every millimeter of the edge for a trace of reeding, but it was just a slug. I'm not used to finding such small, silvery slugs.

morgt

fishscale? is that a reference to the size?

demodigger

i dug one of those about 2 years ago. i was digging in total darkness and though for sure it was a half dime. i don't see many of those dug around here, so i guess its just as cool as a half dime.

lordmarcovan

<< <i>fishscale? is that a reference to the size? >>

Yes. Just a common nickname for those. The same nickname was occasionally applied to the US silver three-cent pieces, too, I believe.