First Barber, 2nd merc, and relics!!!!!

[colorado14ers]

First of all Happy presidents day and second, this has been the best hunt so far! Me and my dad went out to a old dirt road(now a hiking trail) that was overgrown and hunted for 2 hours. After digging a few relics, I got a good "dime/penny" signal at 1in. Digging it up i realized it was a coin. Not knowing what it was I(and very stupidly rubbed the back ). When i saw the "one dime" i knew it was a barber! i actually started shaking . then about 30min later i got another dime signal and in digging it up, i realized that it was a silver coin!! I did not rub this one !! when i got home i soaked them in water and found out the second coin was a merc. I cant tell the date on either one but i think the barber is a 1910(this is my oldest coin to date, prior to this my oldest coin was a 1937 wheat). Anyone know what the thing in the last pic is?? I know it goes to a car but what is it? I am very happy with what i found today!!!

 

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[RFrady]

Re: old road gives up my first barber dime, 2nd merc, and relics!

Do you mean the dime or the screwdriver/file handle?

 

[colorado14ers]

Re: old road gives up my first barber dime, 2nd merc, and relics!

Do you mean the dime or the screwdriver/file handle?

lol i guess the only reason i said it was to a car is that Ive seen people find them on youtube and they said it was to a old car. ill do more research

 

[Diggin-N-Dumps]

Re: old road gives up my first barber dime, 2nd merc, and relics!

First of all Happy presidents day and second, this has been the best hunt so far! Me and my dad went out to a old dirt road(now a hiking trail) that was overgrown and hunted for 2 hours. After digging a few relics, I got a good "dime/penny" signal at 1in. Digging it up i realized it was a coin. Not knowing what it was I(and very stupidly rubbed the back ). When i saw the "one dime" i knew it was a barber! i actually started shaking . then about 30min later i got another dime signal and in digging it up, i realized that it was a silver coin!! I did not rub this one !! when i got home i soaked them in water and found out the second coin was a merc. I cant tell the date on either one but i think the barber is a 1910(this is my oldest coin to date, prior to this my oldest coin was a 1937 wheat). Anyone know what the thing in the last pic is?? I know it goes to a car but what is it? I am very happy with what i found today!!!

Cool Stuff Man!!!...That thing you are talking about is a Valve Stem Cover for a Ford Model T..Found one months back

Congrats on Your Silver finds

 

[RFrady]

Re: old road gives up my first barber dime, 2nd merc, and relics!

My apologies, I see he is right. I actually pictured it like the old logger's saw file handles. Good ID.

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Re: old road gives up my first barber dime, 2nd merc, and relics!

Congrats on the Barber, and it being your oldest coin to date

 

[spitfire55]

Re: old road gives up my first barber dime, 2nd merc, and relics!

 

[traverdog]

Nice finds!!

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

congrats on your oldest, and best day.

Looking forward to just a day.

 

[Justice70]

Congrats on some nice finds.

 

[KYshooter]

What the HECK is wrong with the dirt where you live ... that it would do that to silver??

 

[colorado14ers]

What the HECK is wrong with the dirt where you live ... that it would do that to silver??

lol, its all sand here!!! where i found these, it was a old sand, shell, and rock road. that means, its full of salt and the road was next to a little bay so tons of ocean salt in the ground . oh well, silver is silver

 

[crazyjarhead]

Yep, valve stem cap for Model A/T. Congrats on your first barber coin

 

[steelheadwill]

great coins!
love the valve stem cover, I dug an old "Schrader" tire stem, to match your cover, it's much longer than the modern ones which are now generically called Schrader valves.
congrats & HH

 

[HISPAN]

Good Dime... congrats !
H

 

[Johnny Ringo Silver]

Woo Hoo...Congrats and ATA-BOY on your first Barber!!! Looks like you have a fun spot to hunt!
Have you done any research on how to remove the buildup on your silver? I agree that silver is silver!
Johnny 8)

 

[allen]

congrats on your oldest coin to date
and on getting two silvers in one day !!

 

[desert dog]

 

[Damon64]

Good job!

 

[Woodland Detectors]

How did I miss this post?

Congratulations Buddy!