BIG SILVER! Bucket Lister, FINALLY!!!

[BigWaveDave]

Bro. I’ve been looking for you for about 20 years. What led me to find you is a story unto itself. When I got to your hiding spot, the detecting Gods treated me so unfairly. I was going to find you with the Manticore, but the coil broke at the shaft! I’ll go down the warranty rabbit hole later on. You laughed at me when I told your property owner I’d be back. Yes, I drove 30 miles back home to grab my 800. An hour and a half reprieve for your ass. Kinda like hitting the snooze button, because you know I was gonna wake you up….
And when I did, you rocked my world! I didn’t realize you were snuggling with a V nickel until after I checked your grave again. Glad you got to take a 100+ year nap, but it’s time to wake up. I wanted you. I needed you. And now I have you.
Thank you, you old fugly Barber Half, it’s been great meeting you.

Thanks for looking!!!

 

[SD51]

Dynamite find BWD congrats.

 

[Silvermonkey]

Bro. I’ve been looking for you for about 20 years. What led me to find you is a story unto itself. When I got to your hiding spot, the detecting Gods treated me so unfairly. I was going to find you with the Manticore, but the coil broke at the shaft! I’ll go down the warranty rabbit hole later on. You laughed at me when I told your property owner I’d be back. Yes, I drove 30 miles back home to grab my 800. An hour and a half reprieve for your ass. Kinda like hitting the snooze button, because you know I was gonna wake you up….
And when I did, you rocked my world! I didn’t realize you were snuggling with a V nickel until after I checked your grave again. Glad you got to take a 100+ year nap, but it’s time to wake up. I wanted you. I needed you. And now I have you.
Thank you, you old fugly Barber Half, it’s been great meeting you.
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Thanks for looking!!!

That was such a great post! Way to overcome adversity. Huge congrats on a great, great find!

 

[Mackaydon]

"Ain't she a beauty !"
Cudos BWD
Don in SoCal

 

[robertk]

That’s a great find! Love those Barbers.

 

[GaRebel1861]

Nice going!

 

[villagenut]

Great coin,,, great save,,,, and an even better story line. Congrats Dave

 

[billb]

Outstanding Achievement!!!!
Congratulations Dave on your
Beautiful coin

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

A huge congrats on your first Barber Half !

A Barber Half was near the top of my "with a possibility of finding" Bucket List for along time.
At the very top ... a 1652 Pine Tree Shilling but finding one here in Ohio is not really worth talking about.
Anyway ... finally after 17 years I found my first Barber Half on the last hunt of 2025.
Then 6 months later I found my second one.
I looked at the second Barber Half sitting in the hole and said to myself ...
where the heck were you when I really needed you !

Good Hunting !

 

[SilverCoinHound]

Absolutely tremendous, what a build up to a monster silver. An inspirational tale

 

[jewelerguy]

awesome find. WTG!

 

[Mr. Digger]

Congrats Dave! Yes, that is an elusive bucket lister for most and I was lucky enough to eventually find my one and only a few years back. Funny that you refer to Lady Liberty as a "Bro" lol. As Steven Tyler would say....dude look like a lady!

 

[scruggs]

Congrats on your fantastic Barber Half!

 

[oldmxrat]

Oh yeah Dave, super fun telling, and a great recovery, congrats!

 

[Almy]

She'd been asleep long enough, Prince Charming! Glad you got her.

 

[mjb Mike]

very nice

 

[Blak bart]

Congrats Dave...shes a beauty

 

[Steve in PA]

In the end, it was all worth it

 

[pepperj]

Bro. I’ve been looking for you for about 20 years. What led me to find you is a story unto itself. When I got to your hiding spot, the detecting Gods treated me so unfairly. I was going to find you with the Manticore, but the coil broke at the shaft! I’ll go down the warranty rabbit hole later on. You laughed at me when I told your property owner I’d be back. Yes, I drove 30 miles back home to grab my 800. An hour and a half reprieve for your ass. Kinda like hitting the snooze button, because you know I was gonna wake you up….
And when I did, you rocked my world! I didn’t realize you were snuggling with a V nickel until after I checked your grave again. Glad you got to take a 100+ year nap, but it’s time to wake up. I wanted you. I needed you. And now I have you.
Thank you, you old fugly Barber Half, it’s been great meeting you.
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Congratulations on the silver.

One would believe after so many coils breaking the Minelab would spend a few more pennies to correct a wrong.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Congratulations on the silver.

One would believe after so many coils breaking the Minelab would spend a few more pennies to correct a wrong.

Yeah, it’s kinda silly. The 800 and 900s coils attach differently than the Manticore’s. I hate the setup on the Manticore coil, if the attachment post breaks, the whole coil needs to be replaced.
Good news it’s under warranty… that’s in the works.