A cruel, cruel joke :-)

[diamondjim]

(on me)

Out putzing around in the park this morning, having a quite nice day, a titanium wedding band, gold plate ear ring and then I popped this out of the hole.

1903-S Barber.

Just makes you want to cry...check out the book prices on it, you'll see what I mean...

Found a few other oldies too, old jeff's, including a '43 silver war nickel and 5 wheats. Wonder what other treasures are hiding in my little park?

 

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[Bob S]

Nice Find WTG

 

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[kdismuke1]

CONGRATS. I WOULD LIKE TO FIND A DIME LIKE THAT.

 

[diamondjim]

Still a great find....

On a brighter side good thing it wasn't a 1895O dime....

SURE, give me nightmares now why don't ya?

This site is just that cursed...

I went back to work over area with a smaller coil, only some old jeffs and wheaties and then the tector broke!

Just the arm rest (again), but I don't have replacement right now.

Anybody got a spare for IDX? (Any older white's in general will work just fine, even xlt parts fit.)

 

[hikermike]

Silver is always nice!! WTG!!

 

[kimsdad]

Still a nice find, Jim!!

What I really want to know is what happened to the "Finger of Fate"?

 

[rhedden]

Don't mean to hijack your thread, but when I saw this, I had to post my 1903-S dime that I dug up in Ithaca, NY in 1999. This was and still remains my best detecting find ever. The front of the coin was encrusted with white, hard clay when I dug it, but I spent quite some time- like an hour or two- cleaning it off as carefully as possible. I was pleased with the result, because you can barely tell that it was ever in the ground (maybe there is a little dirt left under the date). The back of the coin was face-down on top of an Indian cent, and it was protected from the soil.

Sorry yours was so banged up, but a beat up key-date Barber is better than no Barbers! I'm sure you will get another key date at some point in the future, and maybe it will be a high grade coin next time. At least you are looking in the right places to find this kind of material. Some people don't even have access to a spot that could produce a key date Barber coin.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Too bad about the jinxed site Hope things get better for you

 

[allen]

thats alot better than the 2007 dime I found today...

 

[woody50]

Still a nice find. I don't think it was a lawnmower, more than likely someone started to make a coin ring
with it or something like that. The damage looks like it was done on purpose. I think a silversmith in
training or someone like that could repair it pretty good though...

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Yet it should inspire you on..., still a great find. Plus, you weren't the one that crippled it.

 

[Ray in CA]

It's still a Barber dime, and a unique one at that! Be happy!!

Ray