Barber Half
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Now that a beauty!!! Congrats!! 
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Love those coins! Nice find man!
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Looks like a strong XF grade to me - some might say AU. One thing is certain, that is a high grade coin for being dug up !
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That sure is a beautiful coin!
Nicely done, and all the best,
Lanny
Nicely done, and all the best,
Lanny
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Thanks for all the Reply's (I have not read them yet).
Just wanted to say my Lovely (in a hurry ) lol Wife took a picture of the coin for me using her I-Phone .
Title should say 'Dug' of course & sorry the pic's posted side-ways.
This was a Dream Coin for me , here in the Broke , less populated South , It was dug just outside Atlanta.
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Bucket-lister......
Yes sir it was. Def, a BIG TIME Bucket Lister.
I love Pink Floyd .
So I use 'Great Gig In The Sky' or GGIS , List.
Thanks For your Comments.
Davers
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Sweet Barber Half and it's in great shape.
Congratulations
Congratulations
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AMAZING coin to dig! BIG congratulations out to ya and thanks for posting.
That's awesome, Davers! I would have loved to see you doing the jig over that one!
PTL ~ Sis
PTL ~ Sis
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Excellent Find Bud!!! 
32 years ago I dug my 1st and only Barber half. An 1899 with no mint mark.
Beautiful condition yours is. Is that your 1st?
32 years ago I dug my 1st and only Barber half. An 1899 with no mint mark.
Beautiful condition yours is. Is that your 1st?
Rick (Nova Scotia)
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Yeah you should be sorry for those sideways pictures. JK
What a great specimen from the dirt. Congrats to you. A lot of non-coin-collector people think a VG coin is mint. This is a pretty high grade coin from dirt...it happens.
What a great specimen from the dirt. Congrats to you. A lot of non-coin-collector people think a VG coin is mint. This is a pretty high grade coin from dirt...it happens.
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That half is beautiful to say the least.
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Man, that's a beauty !!! I haven't dug a Barber Half only the dime and quarter. Congrats on the great big silver find.
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Well Tom since you asked first.
I love to rant & give TMI, I will try not to make this long. But
Well I went on one of my usual Civil War Relic Hunts.
Went to a spot where in December my 1 st target of the day was a Nice fried Minnie Ball, then a half mile away & 4 hours later found a 2 ed 3 ringer, then about the 7th hour uncovered a nice Brass Cartridge or Cap box finial.
Figured id try it again as it's Nice Wooded & Peaceful .
The area is in a small valley with 2 fairly steep slopes with a small creek (it drains Storm water mostly) , one side of the hill has some sort of ruins (just concrete foundation walls with the usual trash & very overgrown heck that area is about inaccessible now due to Spring growth.
Must have been 4-7 buildings or Homes , it's hard to date the rubble tho I have seen similar 1920's & even earlier type construction at Fort Oglethorpe GA.
Anyway decided to go slow where I found the first Minnie in Dec, Got a good Signal 75-80 on the G2 + got a fired Minnie , then a few min, later Got a Squashed Gardner bullet 'that was cool as Gardner's are not as common in the South ie, Atlanta area , then another fired but Mushroomed 3 Ringer , then got a Fired but in good shape 'Short En field' or a bullet where the rings were totally pressed in . I was happy BTW , on my Civil War Bullet post from the other day these are the first 4 bullets pictured.
All these were in a 40 Foot wide & about 30 feet up the hillside 'opposite' the ruins. & about 75 feet from the road ( that had several old 18 wheeler tires dumped into the Creek.
Got a few modern bullets , 22 shells & a couple SGB, Head-stamps
Then in some Brush a couple feet up from the creek bed Got a Strong tone & saw 70-80+ flash across the VDI.
I was thinking another Minnie about 4-5 inches deep , I popped a good size wet mud covered Clump.
Saw the round Coin looking thing laying there , first thought was it's a big Aluminum Token of some sort , swung the coil over it (I just recall seeing high 80's then a 90'. ). Picked it up by the edges & rubbed the edge on my shirt ; It was saw the reeds & it came clean just like Silver Coins should.
I was thrilled 'Thanked God' It was so caked with mud & Clay I could not make out the Type , then I saw a Star , and recalled only Barbers & Before had stars on the front
Saw that the Star had good detail & the Rims were Full.
I packed it up as softly as I could then set it where I could pick it up on the way out.
I did not look at it for a day or 2 , posted in "Cleaning & Preservation' & Buckleboy's Silver trick , I got no reply's for 2 days ( all I really wanted was the Dirt & Clay off).
I buy coins all the time & knew the Barber Coinage in F+ / Full Liberty were a tad more scarce , Something told me it was a Barber but digging Civil War Bullets there Hey ; YNK.
Finally on Saturday Or Sunday I decided to soak it in Spring Water , then let the Sink water run on it , then I could finally see it was a Barber indeed & 1900 ; hoped for an 'O' mint mark , I have dug only 3 Barber Coins over the years all Dimes & 2 were 'O' mint & the other was a Smooth 'Ag' condition.
Put spring water in a Squirt bottle then sprayed each side over & over again ; that's when I saw the Full Liberty and the 'O' mint mark.
Eventually I used my Step-dad's 'Water-Pick' device that attaches to his Shower head & that blasted 98% of the dirt off , then used my "Softest' make-up brush" to Dab a couple stubborn areas of remaining dirt, did not want to touch the Fields on the face & around the head .
Let's say I'm thrilled , the coin has a bit of staining but I sure did not was a cleaned shiny surface (I made that mistake in the past).
As someone posted in the comments (can not recall who right now "Sorry") but I feel it is a strong XF with the reverse a little better, like most Barber type coins.
I could not ask for a better example of a Dug coin & it really just Popped up out of no-where in the woods.
I can not wait to show my Coin Store Buddy's , as I get the feeling they don't think "Dug" coins can come out that nice.
Well that was not to-to long lol
I'm gonna hit the Sack & reply to the Kind & cool comments that I truly appreciate.
GL HH , God Bless & Dig careful cause "You Never Know What's Next".
Davers
Now that's the exciting story we all want to hear from you! Congratulations again! I'm very happy for you! 
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Excellent find Davers. That is one nice silver.
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That looks like it was dropped the day it came out. Nice
