Several high grade 1798 S-166 coins have been dug around here, leading me theorize that a keg must have been shipped into one of the nearby...
Soil conditions can make all the difference in the world. I too might have been skeptical, had I not had Tim visit down here and seen him find...
Looks like all prizes were received. Thanks, everybody. I'll lock this one up for the archives.
Not if she had any sense. However, I usually will also add a few $1 bills when I drop a coin tip, just in case the recipient doens't find the...
It is a 1798/7 16-stars dime.
One big echo chamber in here! here...here... here
He'd have made you hate yourself and feel like a total amateur. Happened to me. ;) Seriously, though, he was a cool guy. Just a real natural...
As mentioned, they are tourist replicas of Spanish gold doubloons (treasure cobs). They sell them in a lot of Florida gift shops.
I have been told that metal flow is not as good with silver dimes, so the image transfer may not be 100%, but it's still doable.
No worries about that Zincoln trash.
My initial thought was, "ah, OK, a magician's coin", but then I saw the NGC prongs and remembered that couldn't be the case, as there's no way NGC...
Well, that helps, with it being a one-year type and all.
Two British errors I bought this March... Great Britain (England): silver crown of Charles II, 1679; "broadstruck" mint error [IMG] PCGS F12;...
Not your fault. I deleted your dupe post, so you're OK.
Among Tim's first finds were some old Daguerreotype photo plates. You could still see the ghostly old faces on them, despite their 150+ years in...
I wish I could figure out what the thing with a hole in it is. Maybe a half dollar. Looks like somebody started to make a ring out of it. Cool...
Over the years, I have had the privilege to hunt alongside some American detectorists who are at the pinnacle of that hobby. I'm not the master...
This stuff was found in New Hampshire, I think.
Further down, he elaborated a bit.
Look again. Two Oak Trees and a Pine Tree! :greedy::greedy::greedy:
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