Thanksgiving Weekend Finds

[Pocket Spill]

Got out a little bit over Turkey Day weekend. On Friday morning I was back in my hometown in northwest Illinois and went to the local park for an hour. There is a large anvil shaped rock formation in the front of the park and I have seen 1910s and 1920s postcards of people sitting on it. There is a hillside to one side of it where the rock juts out. In the postcards the hillside was just grass back then but it is now overgrown with woods. The hill is pretty steep and I could only hunt an area about 40 yards along the top of the hill and 10 yards down the hill. First signal was a shallow target at 12/47. Was pleasantly surprised to find out it was an 1896 Barber quarter at 1 ½ inches.

On Saturday I met up with a member from another forum and drove to an Iowa park I have never hunted. Got a 1952D Washington, a 1929 Merc and 2 wheaties.

[Brett]

And THAT is why I did ALL quarter signals, no matter what! Awexome barber quarter Patrick! Congrats on your weekend silvers!

[litefire56]

That would sure make my weekend! Congrats on the shallow Barber ,,, wonder how many guys missed it thinking it was clad?

[Lowbatts]

Take us to your parks! NOW!

Or maybe when the weather warms up....

Nice finds!

[etrac007]

GREAT FINDS PATRICK , WTG!

[kimsdad]

1800's Barber at 1 1/2?

Great finds, Patrick!!!

[twistidd]

Met up with someone from ANOTHER forum Blasphemy!

lol jk, way to go on scoring those awesome silvers! I know the feeling digging a nice older BBQ, I've been pulling out the Washingtons quite regularly lately, it was nice to be greeted by Liberty. Got any plans to hit that hill again in the future?

Joe

[Pocket Spill]

I am definately going to hit it in the spring next time I am home. It was tough to hunt because i had the larger 15X12 SEF coil and the area is wooded so it was a little hard swingin. Plus I only hunted it for about 45 minutes. Other then the barber, all the other signals were pulltabs or aluminum cans that had been thrown over the hill into the woods over the past 30 years. Since the area is now woods and has not had alot of foot traffic, mowing, etc. all the coins should be within 5 inches deep.

Unfortunately all the rest of the park has flooded numerous times over the past 80 years plus had fill dirt brought in and all the old coins are 11 inches deep and I'm talking about 1950s wheaties.

[watercolor]

Great mix of silver and a sweet Barber!

[d-dub]

Nice coins, Pat. Way to clean up before the end of the season.

[AmericanCoinHunting]

Congrats on a Great silver day

[treasurefiend]

Awesome job on all that great silver!!!!