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I met Ron down near the U of O to do some detecting tonight after work. Before Ron got there I poked around this steep slope for a minute and dug a 1907-D Barber Dime! I wanted Ron to go over this one area where I've been digging Merc dimes, Indian cents, wheats, etc. He's got an Explorer SE with that new PRO coil ~ I knew he'd find some stuff there too! I turned off my XLT and just watched him work it for a while ~ Sure enough ~ the first thing he digs is a 1943-S Merc dime! So I had to turn on my detector and try it out some more myself. He got a target and had me run my detector over it before he dug it ~ my XLT didn't sound off at all! So he goes to dig it and finds a 1948 Silver Rosie dime! That machine of Ron's gets some great depth!
So after a few more minutes I get a good target myself ~ I had Ron run his SE over it before I dug it ~ he says he thinks it's a silver quarter! I'm thinking "SWEET" . . . . so I go to dig it up . . . . sure enough, it's a 1935-S Washington 25c . . . . . . and I scratch the holy____out of it! DANG IT!!! Oh well, life goes on! I ended up digging one more silver coin before it got too dark to see ~ a 1959-D Rosie dime. I also ended up with four wheats that I can't make out any of the dates they are so corroded!
I took pic's of the three silver coins before and after I cleaned 'em up! The Barber dime is pretty ugly, low grade (I scratch it too!) ~ the reverse is better looking than the obverse.
Thanks for looking!
Neil
I met Ron down near the U of O to do some detecting tonight after work. Before Ron got there I poked around this steep slope for a minute and dug a 1907-D Barber Dime! I wanted Ron to go over this one area where I've been digging Merc dimes, Indian cents, wheats, etc. He's got an Explorer SE with that new PRO coil ~ I knew he'd find some stuff there too! I turned off my XLT and just watched him work it for a while ~ Sure enough ~ the first thing he digs is a 1943-S Merc dime! So I had to turn on my detector and try it out some more myself. He got a target and had me run my detector over it before he dug it ~ my XLT didn't sound off at all! So he goes to dig it and finds a 1948 Silver Rosie dime! That machine of Ron's gets some great depth!
So after a few more minutes I get a good target myself ~ I had Ron run his SE over it before I dug it ~ he says he thinks it's a silver quarter! I'm thinking "SWEET" . . . . so I go to dig it up . . . . sure enough, it's a 1935-S Washington 25c . . . . . . and I scratch the holy____out of it! DANG IT!!! Oh well, life goes on! I ended up digging one more silver coin before it got too dark to see ~ a 1959-D Rosie dime. I also ended up with four wheats that I can't make out any of the dates they are so corroded!
I took pic's of the three silver coins before and after I cleaned 'em up! The Barber dime is pretty ugly, low grade (I scratch it too!) ~ the reverse is better looking than the obverse.
Thanks for looking!
Neil
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Just kiddin' buddy. I raked a roosey the other day myself..even AFTER the sunray probe told me it was on edge and off to the side of the hole. i still found a way to scratch it 
