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Boy Scout lost & found central
I went back to "Barber Hill" with Twistidd & Mikewaz today in hopes of finding
some more of those coveted Barbers. After several hours, there were none to
be found so we headed south toward the old "Dinky" railroad ROW that at one
time, ran through the woods back in the early 1900's.
As we got closer, I started getting iron trash signals, shotgun brass, and a piece or
two of flatware. . . which was a good sign of past activity. In a matter of 35-minutes,
I found the remains of an old lighter, a Boy Scout pocket knife. . . with a portion of
it's rusted-out blade still open.
I was excited to FINALLY start digging some targets because my right "swinging" hand
was starting to cramp up. As I was working my way toward an old tree, I got a solid VDI 75
and recovered my first silver silver of the day. . . a 1924-D Merc. Even thought it had
seen better days, I was happy that I would be able to drive home with with something
in the pouch
Now that the smell of silver was in the air, I worked my way toward the remains an old tree
that looked like it was in a fire at one time. As I swept around where the base of the tree
would have been, I got another solid VDI 75 so I immediately started to dig. To my elation in
the pile of dirt next to the hole, I saw the reeded edge of a silver dime which turned out to be
a 1899 Barber. . . my second 1899 dime for this year! I swept the hole again and got a shotgun
shell brass signal
(which I KNEW would be a nickel) and it turned out to be my FIRST nickel
in the 1800's. . . a 1892 V. My last find of the day was a harness rosette. . . I think
Thanks for looking,
watercolor
I went back to "Barber Hill" with Twistidd & Mikewaz today in hopes of finding
some more of those coveted Barbers. After several hours, there were none to
be found so we headed south toward the old "Dinky" railroad ROW that at one
time, ran through the woods back in the early 1900's.
As we got closer, I started getting iron trash signals, shotgun brass, and a piece or
two of flatware. . . which was a good sign of past activity. In a matter of 35-minutes,
I found the remains of an old lighter, a Boy Scout pocket knife. . . with a portion of
it's rusted-out blade still open.
I was excited to FINALLY start digging some targets because my right "swinging" hand
was starting to cramp up. As I was working my way toward an old tree, I got a solid VDI 75
and recovered my first silver silver of the day. . . a 1924-D Merc. Even thought it had
seen better days, I was happy that I would be able to drive home with with something
in the pouch
Now that the smell of silver was in the air, I worked my way toward the remains an old tree
that looked like it was in a fire at one time. As I swept around where the base of the tree
would have been, I got another solid VDI 75 so I immediately started to dig. To my elation in
the pile of dirt next to the hole, I saw the reeded edge of a silver dime which turned out to be
a 1899 Barber. . . my second 1899 dime for this year! I swept the hole again and got a shotgun
shell brass signal
(which I KNEW would be a nickel) and it turned out to be my FIRST nickelin the 1800's. . . a 1892 V. My last find of the day was a harness rosette. . . I think
Thanks for looking,
watercolor
And the 1899 Barber is just pure awexomeness!
