Short Weekend Hunt Yields 1899 Barber Quarter

[Neil in West Jersey]

I returned to the place where I found the old Navy button (not the store) for about an hour Sunday morning. The mosquitoes were unbearable, so I had to give up rather than risk a case of West Nile Encephalitis. It is probably my last woodland hunt until November, when the tics, the mosquitoes, and the poison ivy all die down.

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The coin was about 7 inches deep and was bouncing between penny and dime on my ACE, even when it was in the dirt pile. It still has some good detail, although I may have stabbed it. CURSES!! My old White's Bullseye pinpointer died and my new Vibra Probe 560 should arrive in a few days.

Enjoy the pics!

 

[John 'n' W.Va]

Oh come on, what is a little West Nile Encephalitis, tics and mosquitoes. You are finding some great things. Sounds like you are in Fl.

 

[awhitster]

That's a nice looking coin, I need one.

 

[Uncle Willy]

Very nice find. Boy I sure don't miss those skeeters. Hardly ever see one out here. Haven't seen many tics either. When I lived in Arizona tics were thick as flies on a dead dog. We don't have many flies here either. I could count the flies that have been in my house over the past 30 years on one hand. Don't miss them either.

Bill

 

[DavHut]

I have never found a BQ, although I did plop out a nice BHD once. Thats a very nice piece. Id be pleased. Very nice and well worth the trouble...