Anybody Need a Haircut? I have a Barber!!!

[wallyblackburn]

I was hunting around a small medical campus that has been around since early 1900's. It has has lots of boom/bust cycles over the years and some ground is untouched while some has been dug, moved, graded, etc. I hunted around the remaining big old trees figuring that the dirt there couldn't have been moved much since the tree was there.

It paid off! I found this 1898-o Barber Half. Scuffed it a bit getting it out of the ground, but I still love it!

Hope I added the pics right...

Wally

 

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[Ammo Dog]

awesome find. I just found a Barber dime today 1904. congrats.

 

[xlt nh]

Great find Wally! You beat my oldest half by one year....WTG!

HH, Hank 8)

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

That is a sweet Barber! How deep was it and what kind of reading?

 

[wallyblackburn]

Thanks all. I found it with my F75. It was only about 4-5 inches down. Read 86-87. I was sure it was a piece of copper tubing or something - I find a lot of construction/house trash like that at this site. I briefly considered not even digging it - glad I ignored that thought.

Got a similar signal a few minutes later and thought "No way.." - it turned out to be a heavy little silver ring! Nice little hunt.

HH,
Wally

KirkPA: my daughter found an old picture of me recently where I actually did have a mullet Like the man says: "Business up front, Party in the back".

 

[rebelLT]

Hello barbie! A big silver and and old one! A hunting buddy and I used hand arm signals when hunting.....When we found a good coin whe would whistle, then use the hand arm signal. Barber was one hand above the head with two fingers cutting at the hair in a scissors fashion, Merc was one hand on the side of the head waving kinda three stooges like, Wheatie was one hand raised with five fingers extended, IH was five fingers extended above the top of the head, also normally acompanied by a war cry......If I looked over and saw my buddy passed out on the ground with his hand clutching his chest I knew he found a cartwheel!

 

[SilverDreams]

Sweet find! I'm jealous.

 

[halfdime]

Sweet coin, even with a nick! I never get a perfect haircut myself.

 

[UnEarthed72]

Way to go on the Barber,there has been a rash of Barber finds on Tnet the last month including mine a 1907.

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Nice Barber Half Wally, congrats! HH, Mike

 

[Admiral de Salee]

Great coin! I like the design on the reverse of those.
It must be sorta fun to see a silver coin that size appear in the pile or in the hole, huh?

I hope to find any kind of a half one of these days, they've eluded me. Congrats!

 

[Green1]

nice coin for sure !!!!

 

[UnEarthed72]

Great coin! I like the design on the reverse of those.
It must be sorta fun to see a silver coin that size appear in the pile or in the hole, huh?


I hope to find any kind of a half one of these days, they've eluded me. Congrats!

Same here..Congrats on the Barber half,nice looking coin

 

[Ridley]

Always check around those big old oak trees!

That's a beautiful Barber Half!


Congratulations!



Ridley

 

[John (Ma)]

Nice find.