Buttons and a Barber

Flyingbuy

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I found some time over the weekend to hike in on a site that dates early 1700's, my cup of tea. An early cellar hole was a nice find in the woods. After an hour I had dug three early buttons, one large with a beautiful stamping on it and a buckle. I'm thinking there has to be colonial coins here and soon I'm looking at consistent 90's at 8 inches on the Garrett. I'm thinking silver ?? and dig until I see a silver coin emerging. I pick it up and gently remove the dirt. 1902 ?? Barber half ??, I love my colonial finds !!!! , wasn't expecting this at this sight !!! Still a very pretty coin.
 

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Gridwalker306

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Awesome big silver! Not the colonial you were hoping for but still a sweet find.
 

Diggin Dude

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WOW!! That's a great half!! Still on my bucket list! Nice button also, congratulations, HH
 

UnderMiner

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I adore Barber coins, never found a Barber half dollar though, congrats! Looks like its in great condition too you must have flipped when you saw that pop out!
:thumbsup::treasurechest:
 

Loco-Digger

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Awesome Barber half and pulling some old artifacts.
 

masterjedi

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Great for you Loco.. :))
 

PA Sleuth

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Can't complain pulling a silver half, regardless of the age
 

Sooper Dave

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Nice buttons and that's a beautiful Barber Half!
 

Trezurehunter

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Barber Halves are a great looking coin. I just dug my first Barber Half earlier this Spring. Nice job.
 

Subterranean

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What a beauty! Congratulations on a big silver. Sub 8-)
 

streakert

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on my bucket list I have yet to find a silver half anything,
great looking find8-)
 

Old Dude

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The patina on that button is perfect! Very nice contrast. If you don't get colonial silver, that one will do in a pinch lol. Nice one!
 

thrifty76now

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Wow, a nice Barber half there, and believe it or not this was the second one posted this week.
 

sutphin

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WHAT A NICE COIN FIND . BUT IS THAT A DANDY BUTTON WITH THE FLOWER MOTIF ON IT????
 

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