Mini-slump over with todays Barber dime, civil war token and Indian head cent !!!

Ed (Upstate NY)

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Mini-slump over with today's Barber dime, civil war token and Indian head cent !!!

I've been in a terrible slump the last 4 or 5 hunts with nothing to show but a couple of wheat cents. Hit a different park this morning and the first target I dig was a nice 1863 Robinson & Ballou Grocers, Troy, NY civil war token. Fifth civil war token I have dug this year. Crossed over to a different area of the park where I had some luck years ago and the first target I dug there was a shallow 1907 Barber dime. It was no more than 4" deep. Not far from the dime I get a text book indian head cent hit and sure enough, from a good 7" deep I pulled out the 1898 indian head cent in decent condition. What I loved about today's hunt was that there were fresh plugs all around from someone else detecting there. It gives me pleasure when I pull coins from an area somebody has already covered. The trusty Explorer really excels in the trashy old parks ! Only other good finds were a wheat cent and a large musketball.
 

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park pirate

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Nice hunt Ed, the barber is sweet, the civil war token is in very nice condition IH too..
 

dirtlooter

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great finds and great work at finding them
 

WHADIFIND

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Seems like you should just go from place to place and only digging the first signal at each one. LOL

Excellent saves!
 

Evolution

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Nice finds Ed. Patience and experience is key in the parks. Glad you were able to find a few things the other person left behind. The Civil War token is great!
 

Garrett424

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Sweet finds. That's a nice li'l haul if I ever saw one.
Congrats on ending your mini drought.
 

MackDog

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Nice diggs man
 

46Wheat

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Thank you for sharing your hunt and those pictures with us.
 

Jyverb64

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Love that token!
 

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