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Got out early today with my hunting buddy and we headed to a place I call the 100 acre woods. A place that has astonished us with finds for over a decade now.
Just when you think the finds are slowing down things are always turning up.
The first dig that was good for my buddy was three wheat's in hole. He then dug a really nice 02 Indian.
Up until then I had not dug anything other then a 30 wheat and plenty of small junk/clad.
Then I got a hit that was very-very iffy and soft. It was bouncing with the cursor at mid top half off screen then skipping right and down from top right.
I dug down and heard a Lil chirp and off to the side after removing more dirt it got louder. When I removed the dirt I saw a Lil disc and at first I thought it was a shiny Lil button. Then to my surprise I rubbed a Lil dirt off to expose HALF DIME. I gave a shout to my buddy and he came to check it. He was shocked to see another old seated come out of this place. It turned out to be a nice looking 54 HD.
Darn shame it was not an early style 53O.
My next dig that was a keeper turned out to be a 99 IH.
We dug are fair share of clad and junk but, it was a great three hour morning hunt.
Enjoy the pics. and thanks for looking.

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Detecting since 1979
Findmall member since 2000
Became a dedicated Minelab user in 2000 with a XS

Favorite find ever a 1834 Half Dime (15 years ago)
Oldest coin ever found a 1734 Real (11 years ago)

One of my favotites from 2012 season an 1857 Flying Eagle Cent.
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,1795264,1795264#msg-1795264
Favorite coin from 2013 season an 1835 Capped Bust Dime.
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,1962866,1962866
Favorite coin of 2014 so far an 1849 Large Cent.
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,2034861,2034861#msg-2034861
Favorite Silver of 2014 an 1854 Seated Half Dime.
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,2106714
A hunt that will likely never be repeated. Silver Three Center and Seated.
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,2115392,2115392#msg-2115392
Oldest and largest for 2015 so far 1807 KG
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,2167872,2167872#msg-2167872

You got two really nice coins.................The half dime finds are special...........congratulations!!

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Minelab Explorer XS, Explorer 2, Sunray X-1 Probe, 10.5, X-8 and SEF 12x15 and Pro coils, and my favorite for best separation the Teknetics G2 also with a Sunray probe.

That's one on my wish list. Congrats, Mike.

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SE Pro since Aug. 2009, located in Maryland.

Nice hunt Mike!! Gotta love those woods!! Have never for a seated yet but I'm still trying!!! An IH and a seated like yours would really make my day!!!

Ed

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Teknetics Delta 4000 w/8" Concentric, 10x5 DD and 13" Ultimate.
MineLab SE Pro w/ 11" Stock Pro coil, 12x10 SEF, 8x6 SEF and Explorer 1000 concentric. Garrett PP, X-Pointer & Vibraprobe. This is my 4th season of detecting and I should have started when I was 30!!!! A long, long time ago...........

those are some nice old coins right there

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in everything give thanks

Congrats on the great finds, especially the half-dime! Looks like a sweet site you've got there- hopefully many more nice finds to come. Best of luck!

-- Jeff --

Great find Mike! I've only ever found two in all my years of hunting. Congrats !!
Bruce

Congratulations on the half dime.....they are a tuff find. I also found one last week here in Canada.

Dave

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www.crustymetaldetecting.com

Sweet half dime Mike. nice IH'S to..

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Excellent !

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XP Deus * 9" LF Coil * Deteknix Headphones
Minelab E-Trac * 5" - 4.5" x 7" - Stealth X-8 Coils * Killer B + Gray Ghost Headphones

1724 - K.G. Half Penny * 1736 - K.G. Half Penny * 1783 - Half Real
1817 - Large Cent * 1829 - Capped Bust Dime * 1837 - Capped Bust Half Dime * 1852 - Three Cent * 1857 - Flying Eagle Cent * 1865 - Two Cent * 1877 - Seated Quarter

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Detecting since 1979
Findmall member since 2000
Became a dedicated Minelab user in 2000 with a XS
Favorite find ever a 1834 Half Dime (15 years ago)
Oldest coin ever found a 1734 Real (11 years ago)
One of my favotites from 2012 season an 1857 Flying Eagle Cent.
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,1795264,1795264#msg-1795264
Favorite coin from 2013 season an 1835 Capped Bust Dime.
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,1962866,1962866
Favorite coin of 2014 so far an 1849 Large Cent.
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,2034861,2034861#msg-2034861
Favorite Silver of 2014 an 1854 Seated Half Dime.
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,2106714
A hunt that will likely never be repeated. Silver Three Center and Seated.
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,2115392,2115392#msg-2115392
Oldest and largest for 2015 so far 1807 KG
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,2167872,2167872#msg-2167872
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/14/2014 11:54AM by MikeO.

That Sir, is a special find! And I'm sure one of your best. Yet here to find one because I think I'm not listening well enough. You know how this sport is, ya gotta dig, and ya gotta dig those iffy's. Congrats are a little late but with well intention! BIG THUMBS UP!

Ed