Barber Half Dollar & Other Silver

[markinswpa]

Finds are from a few weekend hunts since my last post. All finds were found with my Minelab Etrac at public sites.
Just after posting the last time, my motherboard went out in my primary machine so I started
using my other one. It seems to work as well as the prior one as I was getting some real good depth and hitting a good variety of targets.

The 1865 Indian head penny was pulled in North Dakota and is a pretty old coin for this area. The quarters and some of the dimes also came from the same area.
The Barber half and one of the barber dimes and older mercs were pulled yesterday in Minnesota. The old half dollar was surrounded by Iron and other junk.
The super worn 1899 dime was a solid 10 inches deep under some small roots.
The silver wedding band is stamped 925.
That brass 3 soldiers pin is an interesting find I have not been able to find any information on. I am thinking it has some age to it.
thanks for looking!
Dave

Coin Finds
1898 Barber Half Dollar (Philadelphia Mint)
1943,1947 Quarters
10 dimes back to 1899
2 silver war nickels
1865 Indian Head Penny
23 Wheat Pennies back to 1910
1943 King George VI Canadian Penny
1985 clad Half Dollar

Other Finds
925 Silver Wedding Band & 4 other assorted rings
Roman Centurion? (3 soldiers) pin
Good For 10 cent Merchant token
Navy Button and Other Misc. Buttons
Semi Tractor Pin (Probably 1970s)
2 small padlocks
Religious Medal
Locket with Picture. Probably 1970s.
Hood Ornament (Cadillac?)
Horse Buckle
Large old Glass Pin
Tie Clasp?
Collar Stud
Large Horse Buckle
Toy Train
Wrist Watch
Pray For Peace Pin
Square Nail - Roofing Nail?
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What a great bunch of finds. Congrats on all the silver and other awesome finds. You hit 2 of my bucketlisters. A Barber half and the St. Anthony medal. Well done. I recently read about Elmy's 110 program. Wished I had known about it when I used the Etrac. Do you use it or do you use something else ? Whatever you use, you're doing great. Good luck. Mark

 

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thanks for looking.

See you're out getting it done, great finds

 

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thanks.

That's an understatement! Those are some really nice finds. Keep it up.

 

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thanks Jimmy!

Absolutely stunning finds!!

 

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thanks!

Well done, congrats!

 

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thanks Jim! Appreciate it. My wife has some friends who just invited us to their cabin at Lake of the Woods in a few weeks.
Looking forward to feeling the tug of a Walleye.
Dave

Great array of goodies once again. WTG! HH jim tn

 

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thanks for looking!

Dam, you killing it

 

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there is always something left.

Slow down. The rest of us have to believe there's still something left.

 

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thanks. Use 12x10 SEF and 12x15 Sef. This year my back has been telling me to use a Pro-Swing Harness also as Etrac is no lightweight.

Wonderful finds.

Do you mind saying what size coil you use for your typical hunt? Any chance of having you E Trac repaired?

 

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thanks for looking Ronstar!

Thats a holy moly couple of outings for sure!!!!!

 

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thanks Mark. Yep, we have been busy with home improvement also. Seems like a constant job.
Some of the worst days are those no wind high humidity days. Wish I was water hunting then..
Dave

Nice finds Dave stay cool out there I'm still busy on the home have not been out much.

 

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thanks Ted!

Great selection of finds Dave!

 

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it's your lucky FacePlate Elmy
Appreciate all your insight. Your "Magic" program is really a nice added addition to my settings when
working with those very iffy targets.
Dave

Someone who uses a detector for many years and all of a sudden it breaks down. So he picks up a different detector, same model, and goes out and is able to make this detector find just as much as his favorite detector ever did ? ?

This is what happens when you really know your detector. It is the sounds of the targets, when to look for a certain flash of a target id that tells you it is something good under the coil that you hear in the sounds and the ability to hear a small, high chirp through the iron and trashy items . Also the ability to pinpoint that target at depth
and be able to recover what you know is down there. Settings , patterns , tones and the ability to master all this.

Hands down...... " FLOODPLAINDETECTOR."

 

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thanks. I got a few but haven't hunted or researched near as hard as past years. Still fun when I get out though.
Great hobby.
Dave

An amazing amount of nice finds there!!

You must be up quite high on your silver count already this year!!

 

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definitely. Wish they could bottle it up with half the weight though. It seems to get heavier every year.

It is a pretty good idea, that when something works well, to get another one just in case, even when many so called "experts" tell you it is obsolete because of newer technology.

 

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Yep, that half was definitely dropped with not much wear. There was so much junk and iron right next to that coin that it is really tarnished and a little rough. I didn't work on cleaning it too much. Made my day though. They don't come up often.

That Barber half looks hardly worn, after a good cleaning I'd bet it would knock your eyes out.

 

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Yep, I like finding unique items like that 3 soldier pin. thanks for looking.

3 soldier pin is cool, as is the early Indian for NoDak. 10 inch dime is impressive. Grats on the barber half. Putting in the work for great finds, as always!

 

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last thing I am trying to do is show off. Just enjoy the hobby. I try to post large pics as my Dad has Macular degeneration but still enjoys seeing what I find.
yes, that Indian Penny was a surprise for my location. Pretty nice patina on it. thanks for taking a look.

Show off! Seriously, those are some fantastic finds. I particularly like that old Indian.

 

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thanks. Appreciate it!

Excellent work. Congratulations.
Those finds would have made my year.