Guess he didnt get to make his one phone call...

Ray in CA

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Guess he didn't get to make his one phone call...

Because I found his 1911 Barber dime!!

I went back to the old jail site in town today for about a half hour, and noticed they had moved some more dirt around. Took out my Safari and went to work over a section they had previously scraped but scraped again. The coil went over a dirt clod and that sweet coin sound went off. I pushed the dirt clod over and there she was stuck in it and she's in beautiful condition.

I also got a 1925 and 1939 wheat pennies to boot, a fabulous tootsie toy sedan in rough condition, and some sort of copper cap, I think, with that old intricate design so common of early 1900s sites (although the design is hard to see from the photo). It has the numbers 3056 stamped on the inside, whatever that means, and it's a tad bigger in diameter than a silver dollar.

I feel almost cheated that I didn't dig the dime out of a hole, but hey silver is silver no matter how you come across it.

HH,

Ray
 

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Ia.FurTrade

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Re: Guess he didn't get to make his one phone call...

Nice finds! Super Barber!! Looks like a watch case to me!?
HH! Dale
 

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Ray in CA

Ray in CA

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Re: Guess he didn't get to make his one phone call...

Thanks Dale!

Yeah, I thought a watch case backing too, but it's beveled rather than rounded toward the edges as most every other watch case backing I've seen. But who knows, that's what it could be.

Ray
 

John987

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Re: Guess he didn't get to make his one phone call...

Great finds!!
Love that dime and car!
HH

John
 

juju

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Re: Guess he didn't get to make his one phone call...

Your on a roll now Ray.
:icon_pirat:
JuJu
 

coltdavis

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Re: Guess he didn't get to make his one phone call...

awesome finds! sweet looking barber :thumbsup: :thumbsup: congrats
 

dfxmatt

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Re: Guess he didn't get to make his one phone call...

oh man!......what a beautiful barber!.......stellar condition!
 

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Ray in CA

Ray in CA

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Re: Guess he didn't get to make his one phone call...

Thanks for the comments, everyone!

It's nice to be pulling out silver once again.

Ray
 

beetle662

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Re: Guess he didn't get to make his one phone call...

Wow! That is one FINE looking Barber!!! Congrats! Don't find 'em in that condition every day! :thumbsup:
 

shaun7

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Re: Guess he didn't get to make his one phone call...

that is a very nice coin! :o
 

mcmurphi

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Re: Guess he didn't get to make his one phone call...

There's more where that came from Ray...so much history around there. Let's see some more!
 

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Ray in CA

Ray in CA

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Re: Guess he didn't get to make his one phone call...

Thanks guys! I'm really hoping for my first Barber quarter this year. I know there's got to be at least one out there for me in this little ghost town.

mcmurphi, hey maybe sometime soon I can come up to Tacoma and meet up with you, juju and matt and we can all have a mini detector meet.

Ray
 

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Re: Guess he didn't get to make his one phone call...

wow nice finds and what a great looking barber wtg... :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
 

Mr Tuff

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Re: Guess he didn't get to make his one phone call...

nice tootsie toy :thumbsup: iv found 2 this year...
 

Captn SE

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Re: Guess he didn't get to make his one phone call...

Hey Ray, you've gotta take them anyway you can up there.

Nice Barber Dime! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Congrats,
CAPTN SE
Dan
 

vanoldschool

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Re: Guess he didn't get to make his one phone call...

+Nice finds, score one for Washington!!
 

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