BIG SILVER, little silver...and my mind is blown

[Gridwalker306]

My new digging pal and I hit a couple spots today. He's new to the hobby, been digging for maybe a couple months with my ATPro. I'd say he's a quick learner, his first ever coin was a 1911 Canadian quarter a few weeks ago.

Today we hit a spot that was frustrating due to the insane grass (he did find his first Indian head at this spot a few nights ago). So we headed off to my go-to spot instead, it's freshly mowed super short. I didn't have much hope as I've pounded this place and it's difficult to even find a penny. Within the first two minutes I got a faint signal and dug this 1908 fishscale.

I called him over and showed him. Cool, there is hope I thought! Then five minutes later he yells at me "I broke into the 1800's!!". Right on, I figured he had pulled an IH cent. But no, a freaking 1896 BARBER HALF! It was vertical, straight up and down in the hole, with lots of iron around. I've been over this spot with the Deus several times so I'm baffled I didn't dig it before. He must have hit it just right. I'm happy for him but can't believe I missed it!

I went on to find a spill with two Wheaties and a 1907 Indian, then an old Canadian small cent.

It turns out the fishscale is a 1908 "large 8", which makes it the key date for the Edward 5cent series. If you look past the gunk on it, it's in great shape. What do you guys think it would grade?

 

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[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions for the both of you! You are a kind person to include him in the special spot.

 

[Thigh66]

Nice job!! Congrats on the big Silv

 

[tomhighland]

Great finds! That nickel looks like they lost it on the way home from the bank. Thank you for sharing.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Maybe your friend can teach you how to detect. Congrats on pulling those keepers. That is a real sweet site.

 

[The Aluminum Monster]

The Barber half is amazing but for me, that nickel steals the show. Just a gorgeous coin. Congrats!

 

[deershed]

Sweet hunt...the drought is definitely over.

 

[Calabash Digger]

Man you guys are killing it! congrats just beginers luck!

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Awesome hunt for you both.
And just goes to show how easy it is to miss something......
You walk, (step) you swing, you miss 75% of the stuff that is there...FACT.
Seeing that he, A might newer user to boot found what Deus missed Pretty much proves that fact.
Eh ?

Further reading if you want....

ZDD and me have been to one particular spot many times, after spring frost, rains, plowing etc., it's only 100'+ square, and I'm sure we found 50 coppers, and close to that many buttons, and the fact that the last hunt there we still found more stuff, buttons, a couple of coins, and I got a small piece of old silverware.....I always used the same machine, Dave used both AT Pro, and Deus. We both kept finding stuff Is the point.....Did I babble ?

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Awesome hunt for you both.
And just goes to show how easy it is to miss something......
You walk, (step) you swing, you miss 75% of the stuff that is there...FACT.
Seeing that he, A might newer user to boot found what Deus missed Pretty much proves that fact.
Eh ?

Further reading if you want....

ZDD and me have been to one particular spot many times, after spring frost, rains, plowing etc., it's only 100'+ square, and I'm sure we found 50 coppers, and close to that many buttons, and the fact that the last hunt there we still found more stuff, buttons, a couple of coins, and I got a small piece of old silverware.....I always used the same machine, Dave used both AT Pro, and Deus. We both kept finding stuff Is the point.....Did I babble ?

Thick iron sites can "ALWAYS" hold a treasure for those who would dig the right signal.

 

[Scrappy]

Hey J. Nice fishscale! I've only found one and it was a tough one to hear amongst all of the iron.

You pal scored a great barber. Sometimes it breaks down to a left swing when you swung right, or a "boop" instead of a "beep". It happens, but friends are friends, and you gotta give them "attaboys" despite the bewilderment and astonishment. But hey, that's the beauty of our hobby!

Sounds like a great day buddy, and I'm glad to see you're still on the silver. Cheers bud

 

[Gridwalker306]

Congratualtions for the both of you! You are a kind person to include him in the special spot.

Thanks, he's pretty excited with his big find, and it was fun

 

[Gridwalker306]

Maybe your friend can teach you how to detect. Congrats on pulling those keepers. That is a real sweet site.

Burn! Haha, yeah I was thinking the same thing. It really is a great spot, and obviously it's not done giving yet. I've dug a Morgan and three Barber halves there, so this is barber half #4 from the site. I'm definitely going back!

 

[Gridwalker306]

The Barber half is amazing but for me, that nickel steals the show. Just a gorgeous coin. Congrats!

Thanks, it sure is sharp. I took a closer look, and I think it's the small 8 variety, and not the rare large 8. Oh well, still a nice coin.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Awesome hunt for you both.
And just goes to show how easy it is to miss something......
You walk, (step) you swing, you miss 75% of the stuff that is there...FACT.
Seeing that he, A might newer user to boot found what Deus missed Pretty much proves that fact.
Eh ?

Further reading if you want....

ZDD and me have been to one particular spot many times, after spring frost, rains, plowing etc., it's only 100'+ square, and I'm sure we found 50 coppers, and close to that many buttons, and the fact that the last hunt there we still found more stuff, buttons, a couple of coins, and I got a small piece of old silverware.....I always used the same machine, Dave used both AT Pro, and Deus. We both kept finding stuff Is the point.....Did I babble ?

Yes it's true no place is ever totally hunted out. There is a lot of junk and iron everywhere, I guess I'm going to dig it all out and see what happens. I have no doubt the ATPro is a great machine, it found me much great stuff.

 

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[Gridwalker306]

Hey J. Nice fishscale! I've only found one and it was a tough one to hear amongst all of the iron.

You pal scored a great barber. Sometimes it breaks down to a left swing when you swung right, or a "boop" instead of a "beep". It happens, but friends are friends, and you gotta give them "attaboys" despite the bewilderment and astonishment. But hey, that's the beauty of our hobby!

Sounds like a great day buddy, and I'm glad to see you're still on the silver. Cheers bud

Thanks. Yep, that's two hunts in a row with silver so I'm happy haha. I can't wait to get back there and dig ALL the "boops" and "beeps".

It's safe to say my buddy is thrilled with his find, pretty sure he's HOOKED now haha!

 

[against the wind]

I think that the question that we ask ourselves more often than any other question is:
"How did I miss that? "
Congrats

 

[trapperart]

Congrats to both of you on some great finds