General Ray
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My first half dollar and barber quarter I ever found, found with my first machine, the XLT
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There's no greater thrill to find more than one coin in a hole
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Then to wait till you get home and just run water over them to clear away the dirt and see your prize, found at barber park
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Founds these just a block from my home, I just knew some thing good was there after I looked into the history of the site
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Here is a photo of the site where I found the coins, these people are standing where I found one of the coins, found the other two just 20 feet away
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Here's a shot of my best looking 2 cent piece, found it hunting with the Connecticut fellas, great bunch of folks
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Thanks John
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Found my oldest coin with a date hunting with Brian in the mellon field, thanks Bri
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Found this nasty looking Indian head at barber park, tried every thing I could to clean it and get a date off of it but nothing seem to work at first
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Then I tried some stuff I had in the bathroom to remove rust and hard water, I can't remember what it was called but I do have a picture of the bottle some where on my computer, I just gotta find it, it clean up the coin nice but it dis colored it but what the heck, it not only gave me a date but the coin turn out to be a sweet one, I would never try this again because ya never know, may be a rare coin
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This is my first seated coin ever found, found it with Cap'tin tut on the ghost, it turns out to be my best looking seated, thanks Cap
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The other side
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Found my only three center hunting with the Cap also on the ghost
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Also found my only flying eagle hunting with the Cap on the ghost
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Found this little guy hunting a old farm house, i think it's pretty cool
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I have found two gold rings, I found this one on a farm for the owner who lost it while carrying a baby calf in the snow to the barn
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I have also found two civil war tokens, found this one at a high school in Wisconsin
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And last is a shot of my only seated quarter, I thought I would never find one of these, found it also at the same high school in Wisconsin
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The other side, thanks for looking folks
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