vpone
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Cabin Fever Hunt ! (fire damaged silver & old button)
Hey everyone vp here, I don't know about you guys but I am SICK OF WINTER ALREADY ! we still have snow and it has been bitter cold here in central PA - yeah I'd love to see some 40's or heck EVEN 30's !!
anyway, I for one have cabin fever bigtime, bouncing off the walls here wanting to get out and detect - well today I decided what the heck - it's 19 degrees out, but even if I just get out and swing the detector I'll be happy - I really thought the ground would be frozen solid too but to my surprise in the woods the snow must have insulated it 'cause it was easy diggin !
so I decided to hit an old sawmill site from the 1860's - this site is near the river and is VERY overgrown and honestly has caused me nothing but trouble in the past - i've gotten posion ivy/oak from it everytime i've hit it - so i figured with all the vegitation down and being EXTREMELY careful I'd give it a try - wasn't expecting too much
when I found the silver dime among the iron, I honestly thought it was a penny, all bent up, very dirty and black - it was only after the hunt that I saw the silver peaking thru - the whole way home I'm thinking ok this is probably going to be my first barber dime ! (been detecting for over 20 years and have NEVER found one) but when I looked at it thru the loupe, it was a mercury dime - whew - i really don't want my first barber dime to look like that !
anyway it's silver and after being couped up here for 3 weeks I'LL TAKE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I found the button on the way back to the car, any idea what it is ? it's definately two piece and there is a corroded shank sticking thru on the back - the front is beautiful though - modern quarter is for size
thanks for looking
vp
www.Treasure-Valley.net
Hey everyone vp here, I don't know about you guys but I am SICK OF WINTER ALREADY ! we still have snow and it has been bitter cold here in central PA - yeah I'd love to see some 40's or heck EVEN 30's !!
anyway, I for one have cabin fever bigtime, bouncing off the walls here wanting to get out and detect - well today I decided what the heck - it's 19 degrees out, but even if I just get out and swing the detector I'll be happy - I really thought the ground would be frozen solid too but to my surprise in the woods the snow must have insulated it 'cause it was easy diggin !
so I decided to hit an old sawmill site from the 1860's - this site is near the river and is VERY overgrown and honestly has caused me nothing but trouble in the past - i've gotten posion ivy/oak from it everytime i've hit it - so i figured with all the vegitation down and being EXTREMELY careful I'd give it a try - wasn't expecting too much
when I found the silver dime among the iron, I honestly thought it was a penny, all bent up, very dirty and black - it was only after the hunt that I saw the silver peaking thru - the whole way home I'm thinking ok this is probably going to be my first barber dime ! (been detecting for over 20 years and have NEVER found one) but when I looked at it thru the loupe, it was a mercury dime - whew - i really don't want my first barber dime to look like that !
anyway it's silver and after being couped up here for 3 weeks I'LL TAKE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I found the button on the way back to the car, any idea what it is ? it's definately two piece and there is a corroded shank sticking thru on the back - the front is beautiful though - modern quarter is for size
thanks for looking
vp
www.Treasure-Valley.net
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Yeah, Marine, Civil War era to WWI era. Supposedly they were used well after WWI also.
