Posts: 10
Atlanta
Detector used: ace 250
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Posted Dec 02, 2007, 06:05:10 PM |
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After 8 months & hundreds in clad I finally found my first wilver coin!!!  I was going through the motions at a nearby park the other night with my ace250 when I got a good coin signal. When I dug the coin I put my light on it.. It was an 1876cc Seated Liberty Quarter!!! I was surprised to say the least.  It looks like I nicked the back of the coin w/ my shovel, which doesn't bother me, lesson learned i guess. I would however like to attempt to remove the crud covering lady liberty on the front, I just think it would look nicer and I don't plan on selling it. So if anyone has experience removing that build up on a silver coin I would appreciate any knowledge you could share. thanks!   Hope to find more wilver and I will share it if I do. hh!
***UPDATED***Decided the black crud covering the front was too much an eyesore, so I risked cleaning the coin. I used electrolysis in an attempt to remove the build up. I thought it turned out well and was happy with the results. Here are some before/after pictures.     Thanks for looking. hh |
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Posts: 7796
North Carolina
Detector used: Tesoro Silver Umax w/9x8 DD coil; Tesoro Silver Umax w/stock 8" coil, Vibra Probe 570
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Reply To This Topic #1 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 06:10:59 PM |
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Awesome find Tater! I still haven't found an 1800's wilver.  Great job. -MM- |
Oldest coin = 1700's Spanish silver piece of 8 reale
Oldest U.S. silver = 1833 Capped Bust Half Dime
Rarest coin = 1864 "L" *double die* IH
Civil War best finds:
*NC belt buckle
*CSN Confederate Navy Officer button
*Eagle Sword Belt Plate
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Wanted: Minelab X-Terra 70 Posts: 207
Eastern, North Carolina
Detector used: Dont Have One
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Reply To This Topic #2 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 06:16:41 PM |
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Well done job on that find, Nice coin also. and happy hunting
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Want to trade for Minelab X-terra 70 or Explorer
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Posts: 1501
Middlesex County, NJ
Detector used: Whites DFX w/ Sunray DX-1 probe and Minelab Excalibur 1000
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Reply To This Topic #3 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 06:58:39 PM |
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Great job...that is an awsome coin for your first silver. Hopefully you will find many more.
NJ
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In search of James Parker.....
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Posts: 3433
Northern Illinois
Detector used: Tesoro Vaquero Discovery 3300 Pioneer505 Fisher F-70 Brand X
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Reply To This Topic #4 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 07:25:51 PM |
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a great find Tater--Congrats
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Posts: 444
SE Virginia
Detector used: Whites Prizm II
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Reply To This Topic #5 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 07:47:25 PM |
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Wow what a fantastic find. Congrats Tater
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$1290.00 to go for my new Minelab SE Pro!!! |
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Posts: 1072
Long Island, New York
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Reply To This Topic #6 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 08:09:23 PM |
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Excellent find! Most MDers never find one! WTG!
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Posts: 10343
Detector used: MXT
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Reply To This Topic #7 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 08:45:07 PM |
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Way to go Tater!!! And what a first!!!! WoW! That one's still on my list to find. And if you're SURE you wanna clean that coin, I found a link to Jer's secret to cleaning silver coins......scroll to the end of the thread...I'm sure there are others but this one came to mind first. http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,43950.0.html Congratulations! Nana  |
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Posts: 509
Glouster, Ohio
Detector used: White MXT
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Reply To This Topic #8 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 08:49:14 PM |
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That is a hard act to follow on finding the first silver.
Way to go. "CC" mints marks always seem so special for some reason.
Congrats
Sanat
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And in the end, the love you take
is equal to the love you make
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Posts: 3264
Detector used: White's XLT
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Reply To This Topic #9 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 08:54:12 PM |
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Great find, especially for your first!
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Silver farm: wheats 478, Indians 1, Buffs 21, V nickel 1, War nickels 10, Barber dimes 3, Mercs 34, Roseys 41, Canadian Ed VI dime 1, Barber quarters 2, Washington quarters 20, Walking Liberty Halves 7, Pittsburgh Railways tokens 10, 10K class ring
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Posts: 1136
Southern Illinois
Detector used: Excalibur 1000 & Explorer SE
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Reply To This Topic #10 Posted Dec 02, 2007, 08:58:07 PM |
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What a great find. WTG and I hope many more to come.
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I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.
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Posts: 4774
Hagerstown, Maryland
Detector used: XLT, Tesoro Silver Max, Treasure hunter Any time, any place!!!
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Reply To This Topic #11 Posted Dec 03, 2007, 03:14:12 AM |
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Very nice find.
Don't forget to update us with a cleaned up photo.
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Posts: 4939
Michigan
Detector used: Whites DFX, Beach Hunter ID, Garrett 750
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Reply To This Topic #12 Posted Dec 03, 2007, 03:40:03 AM |
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Very cool coin!
HH
-GC
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Posts: 5071
Texas
Detector used: Minlabe SE, ace 250, fisher 1280x
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Reply To This Topic #13 Posted Dec 03, 2007, 03:56:54 AM |
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Id do the baking soda and water on it, lightly rubbing it. I have got 2 1876 CC dimes myself, One was my first seated coin found I remmeber diging it and thinking "is this waht a seated coin looks like" I had heard of em but never found one.
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I dont have time to spell check!
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Posts: 4025
Massachusetts
Detector used: Mxt 6x10 coil Massachusetts
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Reply To This Topic #14 Posted Dec 03, 2007, 08:20:58 AM |
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keenest hobby ever
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Posts: 4084
Colonial, PA
Detector used: White's Pro XL
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Reply To This Topic #15 Posted Dec 03, 2007, 08:39:41 AM |
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How deep was that wilver? Great find!
BDD...Kirk
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Posts: 611
Michigan
Detector used: White's DFX w. D2 or 5.3, Sunray DX-1, Lesche Digger
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Reply To This Topic #16 Posted Dec 03, 2007, 08:49:28 AM |
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I'd be awfully careful cleaning that. An 1876-CC quarter is worth a goodly sum, even if you're not going to sell it. And yours looks to have a lot of nice detail. Great find, by the way!
Now if it had been an 1876-CC 20-Cent piece, you'd be retired by now.. boo-coo thousands.
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Posts: 1289
Hampton Roads, VA.
Detector used: bounty hunter sharp shooter 2, minelab sovereign xs 2a pro
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Reply To This Topic #17 Posted Dec 03, 2007, 08:38:13 PM |
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Great find. Some EZ coin cleaner will lift that right off without harming the coin. Just don't leave it in the solution for more than 15 seconds. Keep on diggin'
Golden Silver
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I was raised in the projects. Posts: 142
Cypress Garden Projects, North Memphis
Detector used: Minelab Explorer SE
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Reply To This Topic #18 Posted Dec 03, 2007, 09:26:29 PM |
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Big ups PLAYA! That's one case quarter I'd hate to break down! PEACE!!!
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Dollar Coins: 13
Half Dollars: 1 Walking Liberty, 1 Franklin, 1 clad Kennedy
Quarters: 1223
Dimes: 1454
Nickels: 235
Pennies: 3390
Tokens: 15
Wheat Pennies: 109
Mercury Dimes: 14
Other Silver Coins: 14 Rosies, 7 Wash, 2 SLQ, 1 Seated Dime, 5 War Nicks
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Reply To This Topic #19 Posted Dec 03, 2007, 10:36:40 PM |
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Nice find,
Seated coins are rare to find. But a quarter is even rarer. I've got alot of barber quarters and seated dimes but no seated quarter yet.
HH Jer
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Posts: 10
Atlanta
Detector used: ace 250
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Reply To This Topic #20 Posted Dec 06, 2007, 03:19:30 PM |
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*bump, new pictures included with original post*
thanks for the responses. I found the coin about 6-7in down. Didn't want to use any cleaners on it, so i went with electrolysis.
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Posts: 227
western new york
Detector used: whites dfx
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Reply To This Topic #21 Posted Dec 06, 2007, 03:22:00 PM |
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awesome silver, looks to be in pretty good shape great find.
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Posts: 784
North Carolina
Detector used: Minelab Sovereign GT
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Reply To This Topic #22 Posted Dec 08, 2007, 03:45:58 PM |
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Great find. Watch the electrolysis though, it may look cleaner, but it ruins the worth of the coin to any collector. I made a dreadful mistake of doing electrolysis on an 1802 large cent I found. It cleaned it alright--too good. It ruined the naturally old look, you can see all the pitting on it and I probly destroyed the collector value of it. Probly one of the worst mistakes I ever made with a find. I will never do it again. Let professionals clean any great finds like that!
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