10 Years Ago Found My First Barber. Today I found its Match!

washingtonian

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Hey folks!

10 years ago last month I found my first Barber coin while detecting (http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/today-s-finds/134435-went-dentist-found-barber.html). Funny enough, it took me until last year to find my second (to be fair I had a pretty long lay-off in there).

My brother and I hit some new land today and I was hoping it was old enough to be Barber (and if we had DParsons05’s luck maybe even old enough to be Seated) territory.

On our drive there I told my brother that I hadn’t seen a Barber Quarter un-earthed in a while. That ended up foreshadowing good things to come.

We got rolling and my first good hit was the old Japanese Coin. After Googling around I believe it is a 1938 Emperor Hirohito Japanese One Sen. Maybe a WWII relic? A unique find for me. Shortly after I’m getting a surface high tone. Out pops this very cool 5c trade token to “Pastime” in Bremerton. I don’t find trade tokens often so I was jazzed, my day was already made. Just after finding that my brother got a deep high tone and found another of the tokens. Crazy!

I chatted with a friendly neighbor and got permission to do a little grass in front of his place “as long as I was gone before 1 pm because I’m throwing a party today.” Aye aye sir! Glad I asked. I didn’t find a ton there but I did nab the find of the day, a 1909-D Barber Quarter! It’s a pretty good looker and an exact date match to my first Barber from Summer 2009.

It was made even better by the fact I wasn’t expecting it. It was a solid 12-47 down around 4 inches which is how a silver quarter should sound, but I’ve been fooled by several deep copper pennies with similar readings recently.

I didn’t find much of interest after that but felt good about calling it a day a while later.

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I also found a couple toys that have seen the worse end of a lawnmower. A Tootsie toy car and a big marble.

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All in all, a great day to be out there and even more fun to share it with my brother.

Until next time my friends!
-W
 

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smallfoot

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That was a fine day! Congrats..
 

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Man washingtonian that my bucket lister!! I got the rest I just can’t get that quarter. She is beautiful [emoji3590]
Congratulations
 

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washingtonian

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Man washingtonian that my bucket lister!! I got the rest I just can’t get that quarter. She is beautiful [emoji3590]
Congratulations

Book your flight up here man, I’ll put you on some good spots. All I want is for you to show me where to find a Capped Bust Half Dime in return! [emoji23]
 

SD51

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Great finds, love that Barber! Boy is that in great shape! Congrats!
 

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Boom baby there it is and she is sweeeeeet!!!!!!!!
 

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Any silver quarter is a great find, make it a Barber and it's a party! It's weird, but I have almost as many Barber quarters as I do Washingtons...my white whale is the Seated, old Lady Liberty has been very good at eluding me. Great save Washingtonian, it's a looker. Ddf.
 

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washingtonian

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Any silver quarter is a great find, make it a Barber and it's a party! It's weird, but I have almost as many Barber quarters as I do Washingtons...my white whale is the Seated, old Lady Liberty has been very good at eluding me. Great save Washingtonian, it's a looker. Ddf.

Thanks DDF! I’ve yet to find a Seated anything. Still keeping my hopes up and keeping after it. Good luck in your quest!
 

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really interesting coincidence or fate for that coin to be found by you!!! Wonderful condition! Nice find!!!
 

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beautiful coin, awesome sight for you to see I'm sure, would be for me. Congrats on the Barber and what a Barber it is
 

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That's a beauty of a Barber Quarter!
 

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Sweet finds, congrats! :icon_thumleft:
 

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