Another Seated Liberty Half Dime - A Beat Up Surface Find

I went back to Sheboygan Falls, WI today, the town where I found the 1853 Seated Liberty half dime three weeks ago. Today I hunted the big park in town along the river, but my efforts only resulted in some clad quarters.

I then crossed a pedestrian bridge to the other side of the river planning to hunt along the shore in the woods. As I got off the bridge there was a grassy area on the top of the hill above the river. There is a power sub-station there as well.

One tree stands there and right by it I got a penny/dime signal on my ACE-250 at two inches. I took a small scoop of dirt with my shovel and just as I was lifting it up I saw a small silver object on the top of the dirt on the shovel. I picked it up and was quite surprised to find I was holding another Seated Liberty half dime.

It's an 1854-O with mint mark above the wreath. This poor little thing has had a rough life. It's bent and beaten, but is clearly an 1854. And to think it was sitting right on the ground.

There is a lot of dumped material down the hillsides along the river in this town, so I don't know if this coin was in dirt that was dumped a long time ago and the big tree grew up around it, or if it was lost there.

I've included a photo of the tree where I found the coin. The coin was found just above the piece of wood lying on the ground.

I hadn't found a Seated Liberty until this month and now I have two of them!