Last hunt of the year!? Two coin "mini-spill"

[kimsdad]

Hey everyone! With the crappy weather & having other things to do, I haven't been out since a week ago Sunday. It took a while to clean all the mud off of the detector after that little foray, and I wasn't too eager to get it muddy again. I had 111 silvers for the year, and I've got this wierd thing about numbers - even are better than odd. I wanted to get one more before 2010. Well, Mark had a spot he wanted to hit, so off we went.

We hit his spot for a while without any real success. After a while, we decided to head back toward our cars and hit a few spots we had passed coming in. After wandering around this older area that looked like it used to be somewhat of a clearing, I crossed the path and walked about twenty feet in and got an Indian signal. Depth was hard to judge because of the snow, and I was thinking that for all I know it could be another piece of junk. I dug down and probed, but now I was getting a penny/dime with the probe. I popped out another shovel full and probed again. Now I was getting a solid nickel in the hole. So, I probed around the dirt I had just removed and found a 1908 Barber dime! Number 112 of 2009!

Man the silver is hard to find in the mud!



After pics and inspection, I went back to work on the nickel and got a nicely detailed '16 buff.





So that's why the dime sounded like an Indian - it was the Indian on the nickel running interference! Both coins were between five and six inches deep. When I started cleaning the nickel at home, I thought I'd whacked the Indian under his nose. It would have served him right if I had. "Stupid #$%!%^$) hard-to-clean red nickel!" Closer inspection revealed that it is actually a raised area, maybe caused by a die defect. A little lower and it would have looked like he was smoking a doob.

If this turns out to be the last hunt of the year, a Barber and a buff are a good way to end the season in my book! Besides, I just ran out of dime holders.

Well, thanks for checking out my post! It's been a great year, and I hope you all have a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

[p2c]

When I started cleaning the nickel at home, I thought I'd whacked the Indian under his nose. It would have served him right if I had. "Stupid #$%!%^$) hard-to-clean red nickel!" Closer inspection revealed that it is actually a raised area, maybe caused by a die defect.

Nah, he was just doing a farmer's blow (apologies to any farmers out there, I'm not pc enough to know another term for it--perhaps the snot shotgun)

[MR Senior L4S]

[d-dub]

Sweet digs, Neil! Way to end the season.

[Lowbatts]

Yeah Neil! Way to beat that mud and frost! Got a four day weekend coming up, gonna try for one more oldie!

[watercolor]

That was a very cool way to end the season
I was hoping that would have been a Seated. . . that really would have
been a nice way to finish off your dime book

With all the tent grommets and rusted eating utensils found :P,
there has to be some more oldies hiding out there.

[DPBOB]

Sweet going.......

weird nickel..
I want to try to make out one last time for one more silver...

[justdigging50]

Congratulations on a Great Year Neal! 112 that does sound great. You earned a hit off that doob that Indian is smoking.
Merry Christmas

[snowskate]

very cool finds, hoping to get my first old coin soon (something besides wheats or recent silver)

[litefire56]

Nice to go home with some keepers this time of year!

Doob? He He.. Most likely smoking some RedMan

WTG Neil!