Sunday, October 15, 2006

1849 Half dime

A friend of mine went on a treasure hunt yesterday in Sedalia Missouri and came across this find.  It’s a half dime from 1849.

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It has special significance to him because his dad, a good friend of mine, died last week and right before he died, he insisted that the son go on this treasure hunt.  He was adamant about it and the son had so much to do, including a memorial service today for his dad, but he went anyway.  This coin was minted exactly 100 years before his dad was born.  He told me he got the faintest signal from his metal detector and just decided to dig there and found the coin.

2 comments:

High Power Rocketry said...

Well he didnt really decide to dig there, he did get a signal. Without the detector he would not have found anything. Odd how so many people believe in ghosts and all that shit. Sad really. I just hope my doctors or pilots are not among them.

Anonymous said...

i have the exact one...how much is it worth?

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