SE nabs Barber Quarter!

[Charles (Upstate NY)]

After spending most of the 2006 season working on my dumb house I decided I earned a new toy and purchased a shiny new Explorer SE, Minelab 8 inch coil, Sunray 12 inch coil, and a shiny new Sunray X1 probe! Thanks again to Joe Demarco for all this gear and for shipping the probe out to Oregon on short notice.

I just got back from a two week trip to Oregon, unfortunately the weather stunk, rain, rain, and more rain, then it snowed. But Joel managed to drag me out in the 22 degree wind and half frozen ground one day between cloud bursts and we both had a bit of luck finding one barber quarter each.

Here's mine, a 1902s Barber Quarter, not a bad way to start the 2007 season! The signal was pretty bad, ID'd on the screen like a memorial cent from one direction, sounded high pitched though which wheats will do at times so I thought it was a wheat. From the other angle it sounded like crap, mostly iron and iffy. I would have liked to have tried an XS or II on this signal before it was dug but we were both running SE's.
<img src="http://www.detectorgear.com/pics/bqf.jpg">

Here's the back, its still packed with dirt but I think its a keeper.
<img src="http://www.detectorgear.com/pics/bqb.jpg">

Now for you flatlanders east of the Mississippi here's what a real mountain looks like. Taken from barber quarter hill, Portland, Oregon 2007.
<img src="http://www.detectorgear.com/pics/o1.jpg">

Here's a real mountain after the top blew off e.g. Mount Saint Helens.
<img src="http://www.detectorgear.com/pics/o2.jpg">

 

[detectorbase]

Awesome Barber Quarter! I've found a few of these.. it made my day every time.

DB

 

[Brian(upstateNY)]

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[Mike Bearden]

Haven't found one those in years.
Not having any luck on the real old stuff here and when I do find an oldie ... well, it's usually alone.

Nice pics too, enjoyed the post.

Mike

 

[James N.D.]

Nice looking Barber Quarter! Love finding them with Full Liberty! That coin books for $80 in that shape in the Red Book 2007. WTG! Hope the finds are plenty for you and Good Luck and HH.

 

[Mike K (Ohio)]

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[NH Bob]

Lets hope thats an oman for the rest of 2007

 

[Mirage]

You know you have those right in NY? Nice looking Barber. Nice pics of Oregon also.

Bob(aka - New York raider)

 

[savage]

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[MikeW]

with a nice barber.I was hoping for one today when the crosshairs locked on deep quarter but had to settle for a 1942 quarter.I did notice that sometimes wheats will want to read like a quarter or half which I experinced today)

 

[Yooper]

Nice Barber Charles. Which mountain is that?

 

[JAB/Oregon]

Here's a find from that Barber Quarter Hill Charles.
Must of been what the girls used to carry their quarters in.


JAB

 

[Charles (Upstate NY)]

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[Frank(FL)]

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[JAB/Oregon]

Thanks, Charles--
Here's the Barber quarter I pulled the day we hunted that hill together.



JAB