Klaatu
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This afternoon I drove by an old house with the front yard torn up for resodding. I stopped and asked if it would be OK if I checked the yard with my metal detector. They said, "Sure, go ahead". It turned out the house was built in 1895 so I was hoping for some good finds.
In less than a minute I pulled a 1900 Barber dime out of the ground and a few minutes later I found a 1904 Barber dime. Both dimes were about 3" down and within a foot of the sidewalk leading to the front porch.
Unfortunately, the obverse of the '04 dime is scratched. (It wasn't me; I dug it out in a plug.) The rest of the yard yielded a wheat cent and a few modern coins. All in all it was well worth the stop.
Sorry for the images. My camera does not take close-ups so I scanned the coins.
In less than a minute I pulled a 1900 Barber dime out of the ground and a few minutes later I found a 1904 Barber dime. Both dimes were about 3" down and within a foot of the sidewalk leading to the front porch.
Unfortunately, the obverse of the '04 dime is scratched. (It wasn't me; I dug it out in a plug.) The rest of the yard yielded a wheat cent and a few modern coins. All in all it was well worth the stop.
Sorry for the images. My camera does not take close-ups so I scanned the coins.
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