Guthormsen1
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I haven't posted on this forum in a while, but I just HAD to post this. I met up with a friend from the Middle Tennessee Metal Detecting Club (Bill) this morning to do a little bit of hunting at a few construction sites in Nashville. When we arrived at our first stop we started to hunt , but it was soon very apparent that the ground was still frozen solid. It was pointless to try to dig on exposed dirt, but we did have a back-up plan. We went to a site that I (and several of our fellow club members) have been hunting for over a year. I had found dozens of bullets there before, but hadn't come across anything that was exceptional (except for a few nice Confederate bullets). We started hunting in a field and found a few of the regular lead and iron relics. After about an hour and a half, we decided to hit a wooded area that has produced a few Confederate drops. We hunted there for another hour or so with about the same results, a few fired and dropped bullets. I asked Bill if he wanted to try going across the street and check out another hillside, but he said that we should stay there for a little longer. Ten minutes later, I found this 1841 Seated Liberty Quarter!!!! This is the first Seated Quarter that I have ever dug. When I got home, I popped open my coin price-guide just to see what my prize was worth, and it has a pretty healthy price. There were only 120,000 of these minted. It's a shame that it is holed, but I'M NOT COMPLAINING!!!!!!
