Two firsts for me ~ $10 GOLD COIN & BARBER HALF! WOOHOO!!!!

oddcoins

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Two firsts for me ~ $10 GOLD COIN & BARBER HALF! WOOHOO!!!!

My son & I received permission to detect around a 1904 house in the small town of Dorena Oregon today. After only digging a couple targets I dug a 1868 $10 Gold coin! Then just inches away in the same hole I found a 1912-S Barber Half dollar. But then we detected for three more hours and didn't find anything else old.
 

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gold fish

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Tesoro - Cortez Minelab SE
Re: Two firsts for me ~ $10 GOLD COIN & BARBER HALF! WOOHOO!!!!

Um.......can you say holy crap !!!!.....again. Jeez, looks like this is the year for gold, major congrats, I hope to be in line for the gold coin club this summer. VERY COOL !!!!!
 

Yarrum

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Mar 13, 2007
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Re: Two firsts for me ~ $10 GOLD COIN & BARBER HALF! WOOHOO!!!!

Nothing beats the glitter of gold :o
Awesome find, I think I woulda peed my duds.
That's gonna be a real hard one for you to beat.
Thanks for posting.
 

Green1

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Mar 20, 2006
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Re: Two firsts for me ~ $10 GOLD COIN & BARBER HALF! WOOHOO!!!!

the rest of the day must have been a real drag.....lol.......very nice coins there..... amazing......... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
 

Natman

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Re: Two firsts for me ~ $10 GOLD COIN & BARBER HALF! WOOHOO!!!!

UN - BE- LIEVABLE !
:o :o :o

All I can say is WOW. Congrats, that's an amazing find!

Nat
 

PBK

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May 25, 2005
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Re: Two firsts for me ~ $10 GOLD COIN & BARBER HALF! WOOHOO!!!!

Gorgeous coins! Don't forget to enter that Eagle in the "Best Finds of 2007" at Western & Eastern Treasures for their Gold Coin Club!
 

jopher

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Jul 20, 2003
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IDX Classic SL-x2....Excalibur1000
Re: Two firsts for me ~ $10 GOLD COIN & BARBER HALF! WOOHOO!!!!

Youve done what many of us will only dream of.Congratulations on the beautiful coins.....Still dreaming....Joe
 

hollowpointred

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Mar 12, 2005
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Re: Two firsts for me ~ $10 GOLD COIN & BARBER HALF! WOOHOO!!!!

WOW!! :o :o that is the find of a lifetime!!! just think, $10 was a lot of money back then. im sure someone was pissed that they lost it! phenomanal find!
 

Jack(IN)

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Jan 20, 2007
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I'm not sure I could have even paid attention...

after digging a $10 Dollar gold coin...when I found my $5 gold in West Va, I was on cloud nine and gave a yell that my dad could have heard in Indiana!! Congrats on two beautiful coins!!
 

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