Joining the Barber parade...:cheers:

[marcomo]

I've found four Barber dimes to date, but up until today the oldest quarter I've ever found was dated 1935.

The Barber was my silver #16 for the year and it saved today's after work hunt from being a dud. Went to the back yard of a house built in 1956 where I had longstanding permission and had already hunted the front with only a couple wheats in the way of obsolete coins. In almost exactly an hour I dug a bunch of iffy signal trash and a grand total of only three coins - a clad dime, clad quarter and the pictured 1915 quarter. I can't remember the last time I had a hunt where I didn't find a single penny. To the best of my knowledge, the land was farmland and woods before the 50's subd. was built.

The other finds are from this past Sunday, including a 1917-D dime which was exciting to find even if it was a year off from being really exciting, and a 50 cent lumberyard token.

Thanks for looking!

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Very nice, you'll never forget finding that Barber quarter (still on my list to find)

 

[sgoss66]

Congrats, Marco. Found with the F-4, or is it an F-5?

 

[rick in mi]

Nice finds marcomo,and nice pics.Got terrible weather here so I am shut down for a few days...hh rick in mi.

 

[jim tn]

Love those Barbers quarters, great find. Nice few days of silver finds all around. I notice the token has Ms on it. Is that your neck of the woods? HH jim tn

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

n/t

 

[D&P-OR]

Great finds Marcus, congratulations!-----Those Barbers are always so neat to find.---The last Barber quarter I've found was a 1896 (Philly) found 2/17/'09--they don't come out of the ground all that often. -----Your Mercury dime is really cool also---I think the mercs are one of the two most beautiful U.S. coins ever minted--the other one being the W.L. half, both designed by Adolph Weinman.---------Del

 

[ezra]

Congrats on your nice finds. hopefully there is more there for you to find .Ezra.

 

[tomjj]

 

[marcomo]

Steve - found with the F5. The quarter was at 5". The audio was loud and solid and the VDI bounced from the mid-80's to a high of 92. I had dug a lot of trash including high tone trash before that signal so I can't say I had any solid hopes of a good find when I first dug.

I've found coppers down to 8" with the F5, but my experience is that it hits silver better, harder and deeper than any other metal.

Del - those are 2 great choices for most beautiful coins. I'd add the Morgan dollar and St.Gaudens $20 gold piece. I'm also partial to the Standing Liberty Quarter and Buffalo Nickel, I prefer those two coins with dates which doesn't always happen. I've gotten Buffs with and without dates, still waiting for that first Standing Lib. Nic-A-Date used to bring out those dates out on dateless Buffs when I used to find them as a kid. Doesn't seem to work as well on Buffs out of the ground.

Jim - You could say Mississippi isn't too far from my neck of the woods...that token doesn't actually say cents, but I can't imagine it's dollars.

 

[deepseeker442]

wow nice wtg