1806 Draped Bust Heraldic Eagle Half Dollar!!

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j.d. in missouri New Member United States 28 Posts	Posted 06/11/2006 5:41 pm Hello everyone I have been focusing on 2 ghost towns out here in Mo. and I havnt been posting at all... One of the towns was first settled in 1793 and abandoned in 1889 the little platt map in the pic is the town in 1843 the entire town is on private property most of the cellars holes are left, we have found many items there too many to post here in one post everything has been draped bust - seateds my friend got his first capped bust dime on wendesday there... we have permission from the owner and will have to wait until the fall now to do anymore work there, but a few of my friends wanted me to post this find that was made there so here it is... I had just gotten done detecting with my DFX for 3 hours I had an 1883 IH to show for that time my buddy was trying a new coil on his Fisher EDGE detector and I decided to take out the T-2... we decided to try to detect along a stone wall together as we were walking towards the wall we were swinging our coils I walked over a large root and with the T-2 I got a 22-90-34 reading no matter what angle I tried I still got the large VDI number in the middle, he was only 2 feet away from me and he used his fisher and said "yeah bud, thats a good signal". so I dug it up and out popped a large disk I picked it up and said "##### I think its a token, I dont recognize the eagle". I took some of the dirt off and said " wait, its says United States of America on it". My buddy took it and turned it over and I saw 1806 I almost passed out!! boy did I let out a scream. We had to go sit in the car and stare at it..lol lol I never thought in a million years I'd find an American coin that old but the T-2 sure sniffed that out between the trash. Is it perfect No, but I'll never get rid of it... I'm happy with it I took it to a coin dealer for authentication because it had some strange knots on it... He said he thinks it may be fire damage and that its real because of a die break thats been documented before on the front of the coin on the left side near the stars. Well happy hunting everyone!!!! jd Edited by Metalman 06/11/2006 11:10 pm Report this Post to the Staff

empfan1 New Member United States 45 Posts	Posted 06/11/2006 5:58 pm Wow, you lucky dog. I've been talk to the wife about getting a detector and I think I'll use you as a selling point (if you don't mind). Great find. Report this Post to the Staff
neuron Valued Member United States 254 Posts	Posted 06/11/2006 6:01 pm Waaaaaaaay cool! Please post your other finds if you have time, coins or not- I love to hear these stories! HH (Happy Hunting), ~neuron Report this Post to the Staff
fengk Pillar of the Community United States 986 Posts	Posted 06/11/2006 6:05 pm That's a pretty sweet find. Report this Post to the Staff
Gary Burke Rest in Peace United States 3730 Posts	Posted 06/11/2006 7:05 pm Nice find. Interesting post. Report this Post to the Staff
dsking Pillar of the Community United States 2365 Posts	Posted 06/12/2006 11:21 am Very nice! Thanks for sharing! Wonderful story! Report this Post to the Staff
thekidcollector Forum Kid Kuwait 1523 Posts	Posted 06/12/2006 1:38 pm Woah!!! Awesome find!! Almost too good to be true!! Report this Post to the Staff
Dewayne76 Pillar of the Community United States 590 Posts	Posted 06/12/2006 9:09 pm Sure tops my 1957 Wheat cent. Sounds like in your case it's an excellant location. Report this Post to the Staff
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