Back to the woods. First silver coin of 2008! Key Date Barber Dime!

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I know it's in the 20s, but I had to detect one more time before I start Mediterranean Cuisine. I hit the spot near where I found the purse and coins, except I was feeling daring and went closer to the Campus's President's house. I've found 50 old coins from the area and still believed there was more I started out with a few little bullets, and switched over to 3khz mode. It's been 3 weeks into January and I wanted to find silver today. I found an indian head cent after about an hour, the back was really nice, but I couldn't read the date at that point.

My penny/dime ratio is almost 1:1 for the site, so i knew i was in the right area. I dug up a crown bottlecap and 2 halves of a can, somebody's been drinking where they shouldn't be! A little later, I got a strong penny/dime signal at 4" that sounded big. Since it was as deep as the indian, it was most likely a silver dime. Or a piece of copper wire. I carefully dug it out of the near frozen ground, took off my glove, pulled some dirt out of the hole and out came a dirty silver dime. I was hoping for a seated at first. I looked at the back. O.

I turned over and looked at the date and let out a yell so loud President Ryan and his family almost heard me for sure! It was an 1896 O, the second key coin I've found from the site. I know it's not the 95 O, but with a mintage of 610,000 it's wasn't in everyone's pockets back then. I'm just in shock to have found 2 now in less than a year.

I rinsed off both coins a bit. The indian is a 1900, the same year as the first one from the site.

I can easily read liberty with the loupe on the dime and the top of the band is seperated. Definetly F and possibly VF.

I dont want to do anything besides rinse and air dry it. Ideas on how to safely remove the dirt will be helpful. What a way to start of 2008!

 

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I guess you found the recipe for finding silver! Thanks for the photos, stay warm!