New Years Day Silver

camb1

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Went out today to meet up with my old buddy t-bucket to do some News Years Day Detecting. We both need to start the New Year off right with some silver finds. It was quite cold out and i knew I could not stand it to long. Within 5 minutes of swinging I got a nice silver sound @ 6" that turned out to be a 1954 Rosie in nice shape. I spent another 50 minutes detecting only finding clad so I decided to get into my car to warm back up. I went over to t-bucket to check his finds and he had found a nice 1942 Mercury Dime. He said he was quite cold and was going home. I decided to check out the old city park that I have done quite well in this summer. I was there for 20 minutes and got a slight chirp @ 4". I then rotated 90 degrees and swung again. The chirp repeated. When I dug target it was on it's side in frozen ground. I broke the clod apart and could see the edge of the coin. Boy when I got the coin out I was amazed at the condition of it. Here are pics. Enjoy and thanks for looking.

Bruce
 

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Lookn4Seated

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Congrats on your sweet finds. That Barber sure is in great shape. :thumbsup:
 

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terpfan said:
That is one great looking Barber dime. You deserved it for sticking it out in those conditions!

Thanks terpfan.
 

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t-bucket said:
WTG Bruce ,That Barber is sweet !!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Thanks G-Money. It was sweet find.
 

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thrillathahunt said:
Beautiful AU Barber! I bet you you are still on cloud 9 :icon_king:

Congratulations!

Rick

Thanks thrillathahunt. I am still dancing.
 

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one thing to say NICE


HH DDEXP
 

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time4me said:
Was that Barber still sitting between the two die halves? Man, I don't think I've ever seen one that mint.

Thanks time4me. I was also amazed at it's condition. This is the best I have ever found.
 

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jon_giebult said:
Congrats on your sweet finds. That Barber sure is in great shape. :thumbsup:

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daytondigger said:
That is one heck of a nice Barber dime, congrats. The Roosie is kinda out of it's league. ;D :thumbsup:

Thanks daytondigger. Yes it is way out. ;D
 

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dfx willy said:
wow!!!!! were gonna call you !!!! BARBER BOY !!!! willy.

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Holy guacamole ! That has got to be the finest dug Barber i've ever seen ! It must have been

dropped on Jan 1st 1914. Argentium.
 

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Argentium said:
Holy guacamole ! That has got to be the finest dug Barber i've ever seen ! It must have been

dropped on Jan 1st 1914. Argentium.

Thanks Argentium. She is a great one. I can't stop looking at her.
 

Mr. Slate

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From the mint...to a bank...to someone's pocket...to the ground...All in one day in 1914. Very Nice.
 

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camb1

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Mr. Slate said:
From the mint...to a bank...to someone's pocket...to the ground...All in one day in 1914. Very Nice.

Thanks Mr. Slate. That is about right.
 

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Daresay that Barber is in better shape than its 40-year-younger cousin! Oh, that we should all fare this well -- awesome finds, Camb!

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