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  1. #1
    us
    Always Hunting Something.

    Apr 2006
    Central Maine
    Fisher 1210x Fisher 1236x2 Fisher 1225x
    383
    Banner Finds (2)
    Honorable Mentions (1)

    My first sword and three Barbers!!Updated with pics of markings. I.D. help?

    Did an old park last weekend with my dad,my uncle and my brother.We did pretty good with a total of six silver dimes,4 V nickles and numerous indian head pennies and one wheat,I think. We went back today,minus my uncle who was sick but we took my brothers friend Dan32981 who is,by the way, now my friend too.Got to the park fairly early and started hunting. Running low discriminate so as not to pass up any gold or other ferrous metal relics,I dug a nail and then a couple bullet shells, then bang a sweet signal came eminating from my trusty little 1225X. Dug a plug and flopped it over,checked the hole,nothing there.Checked the plug,there it is a 1901 Barber dime in sweet shape. Re-checked the plug and hole,all clear. Then I noticed some dirt that had came off the plug as I flopped it out. Ran my coil over it and bang, a 1905 Barber dime! Two silver dimes in the same hole,Gotta love it! In the mean time little bro's diggin' IHP's and V nickles then Bang,he snags a gold ring with initials on it!
    Around 11:00 I got a big overload signal by what appears to be an old cellar hole and almost didn't go for it because it was so close to the foundation but I could feel my coil bouncing up off from something hard under the pine needles and leaves.I reached down, cleared the leave and needles and saw part of something that appeard to be brass.I grabbed it and tried to pull it striaght up but I could feel it was bound by roots over the top of it. So I pulled it it straight back horizontally with the ground and it came out like a sword coming out of a scabbard. Guess what it was a sword!!! My first ever!!! Dan, who was about 50 feet away, saw me pull it out and said he saw my do a little happy dance.I don't recall it but I would say I probably did because I was totally thrilled with this find!!! When I showed it to my dad he recognized the broken end and said I dug this and left it because I only saw the broken blade end and thought it was just junk. Thanks dad!!!
    We went to lunch and came back and I bet I wasn't at it 20 minutes and I got a sweet little signal on the slope going down to the river,dug a plug, flipped it, and out fell a 1912 barber dime in sweet shape,YEE HA what a day!!!
    Thanks for reading and if anyone could help me with an I.D. on the sword it would be much appreciated. Good luck to all,
    Bootstrap
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    Ya never know what ya gonna pull out-the ground!!

  2. #2
    us
    Feb 2009
    Bounty Hunter, ACE 250 with 9X12 coil
    1,672

    Re: My first sword and three Barbers!!!

    very clean coins, great sword

  3. #3

    Jul 2007
    Maryland
    5,662
    1 times
    Banner Finds (1)
    Honorable Mentions (1)

    Re: My first sword and three Barbers!!!

    SPECTACULAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Way to dig those signals!!!
    Ty

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  4. #4

    Feb 2007
    Bradenton, Fl
    ACE 250, Minelab Excal II, ETrac
    5,690
    28 times
    Banner Finds (1)
    Honorable Mentions (1)

    Re: My first sword and three Barbers!!!

    wow wow wow!!! congrats on the sword
    Debby

  5. #5
    Charter Member
    us
    Oct 2006
    Wartburg, Tennessee, U.S.A.
    Minelab Explorer SE, Garrett Ace 250
    2,858
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting
    Honorable Mentions (2)

    Re: My first sword and three Barbers!!!

    Looks a lot like this civil war sword.... Very nice find. If it is I'd vote BANNER for sure!!!

    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails My first sword and three Barbers!!Updated with pics of markings. I.D. help? -cw-swd-2-s.jpg  
    A bird in the hand Will leave you a present

  6. #6
    us
    Feb 2009
    NE Indiana
    1280-x,Cortes, White's 6DB
    199

    Re: My first sword and three Barbers!!! I.D. help anyone?

    WTG very nice dimes fantastic sword

  7. #7
    us
    Apr 2009
    North, Texas
    White's XLT & Quick Draw II
    492

    Re: My first sword and three Barbers!!! I.D. help anyone?

    I'll bet you did do a happy dance after pulling that from the ground! Excellent find!

    Grip

  8. #8
    Charter Member
    LOOT, PLUNDER, PILLAGE...THE SCOURGE OF THE DIRT!

    Jan 2007
    SE Virginia
    TEKNETICS T-2 LTD, Fisher F-75, White's MXT w/ 11 x 14" Excelerator Coil, WHITES Pulse TDI, WHITES Beach Hunter ID, Garrett Propointer and Lesche Digging Tool
    4,625
    7 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting
    Banner Finds (9)

    Re: My first sword and three Barbers!!! I.D. help anyone?

    Very nice find!!!!! Technically, its a saber and a superb one

  9. #9
    us
    Apr 2006
    Bellevue, WA
    Minelab Explorer SE, Tesoro TigerShark
    5,758
    1 times

    Re: My first sword and three Barbers!!! I.D. help anyone?

    awesome sword find! Nice job on the silver!
    Anyone can make life interesting you just have to go out there and do things instead of sitting on your butt doing nothing. Second quote: Life is about trying new things not just standing around.

  10. #10
    us
    Mar 2009
    Maine
    Fisher 12-25
    253

    Re: My first sword and three Barbers!!! I.D. help anyone?

    Hey big bro. Great finds today! I'll be posting mine soon. I'm cleaning mine up right now. That sword is definatley a BANNER!! Love it! Great dimes! It sure is a blast !

  11. #11

    Re: My first sword and three Barbers!!! I.D. help anyone?

    AWESOME SWORD!!!!!!!!! Congratulations. Hope you can see some makers marks or engraving on it.
    1783 CFT. KG III 1/2 Penny (25-83A)-1 of 3 known *Sold $3,750, Vermont Landscape Coppers Ryder 6 *Sold $760, Ryder7 (Avatar)** Sold $1,275*, Royal Irish Artillery Cartridge Box Sling Belt Tip,(3)- GW Inaugural Buttons-2-Cobb# 17-J.* Sold both--$405 and $400. *GW Button Cobb 17-I

  12. #12
    us
    It's mine now

    Aug 2008
    North Florida
    White's Surfmaster PI/Garrett Ace 250
    357

    Re: My first sword and three Barbers!!! I.D. help anyone?

    Fantastic Find

    I agree it's a saber- a cavalry sword
    Luck  affects  everything.  Let  your  hook  always  be  cast;  in  the  stream  where  you  least  expect  it  there  will  be  a  fish.- Ovid

  13. #13
    us
    wolf pack!!!

    Sep 2006
    Texas
    Minlabe SE, ace 250, fisher 1280x
    4,506
    Banner Finds (2)
    Honorable Mentions (1)

    Re: My first sword and three Barbers!!! I.D. help anyone?

    Outstanding! do you reckon it was in the scabored did you recheck the hole.
    Great coins also
    Leave no stone unturned.

  14. #14
    us
    JEDI

    Oct 2007
    in the stix of NY
    Whites Eagle Spectrum, Fisher CZ-3D
    1,068
    6 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: My first sword and three Barbers!!! I.D. help anyone?

    those dimes look like they were lost the same day they were minted.
    wish mine would come out of the ground like that.
    every minute not detecting, is a wasted minute.

  15. #15
    us
    Jan 2009
    South
    6,613
    1 times
    Banner Finds (1)

    Re: My first sword and three Barbers!!! I.D. help anyone?

    Looks like an Ames 1860 maybe.... Such a cool sword as they incorporated a rapier style guard instead on the sold bell we associate with most Sabres,Am sure some marks are still present could be the one they called the wrist breaked due to the weight on the wrist when used.
    I Fence in Electric olympic style fencing in Sabre. I love your find.Point weapon that could cut as well.
    Regards,
    TnMountains

  16. #16
    us
    Mar 2009
    Dave, Central Iowa
    Minelab E-Trac
    271

    Re: My first sword and three Barbers!!! I.D. help anyone?

    More like a happy Ballet? A find like that requires much more than a dance. Way to go and thanks for posting. My dance would be so happy I would probably hurt myself with the sword though.

    HH,

    Dave

  17. #17
    us
    Oct 2004
    Leetonia Ohio
    fisher coin strike,minelab xterra 70,whites xlt
    362

    Re: My first sword and three Barbers!!! I.D. help anyone?

    Wow! Very nice finds. I would have been excited in finding the barber dimes. Way to go,especially on the sword

  18. #18
    ca
    May 2007
    Canada
    Ace 250
    686
    1 times

    Re: My first sword and three Barbers!!! I.D. help anyone?

    Would it be worthwhile for Bootstrap to go back there and see if he can find the broken off tip of the sabre??

    ...or maybe thats why the weapon was disgarded to begin with. Broken somewhere else and disgarded there. Still worth a look I'd think as it sounds as if he can walk right back to the spot he recovered it from.

  19. #19
    us
    Feb 2005
    Sun City, Arizona
    Whites..MXT..GMT
    1,278

    Re: My first sword and three Barbers!!! I.D. help anyone?

    Fantastic finds...nice Barbers and great sword...All are in exceptional shape....Yes on the Banner post.
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    Thank a Veteran

  20. #20
    us
    Apr 2009
    NW OHIO
    Ace 250/Vibraprobe 580
    156

    Re: My first sword and three Barbers!!! I.D. help anyone?

    nice coins and very cool sword

 

 
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