SMS88
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I've been waiting for this for a while. There's a cliff in the woods of the CIA that I've been searching. It has given plenty of turn of the century coins, such as IHs, Vs, and barber/seated dimes. The last few times I searched and found nothing. I've been stumped at the absence of quarters, considering that I've found 15 dimes. I spent the first 2 hours with a few scant pieces of trash. I got a nice quarter signal at 1/2 inch and thought barber, since I've found silver dimes that shallow, but was it was an 84 clad quarter. I went around to a path covered with lots of leaves near where I found my first v nickel. I got a loud quarter signal at 6", so I pushed the leaves away and the depth went down to 4". I crossed my fingers, and hoped for the best while expecting the worst as i dug the signal. It could be something other than a coin, like lead, a piece of copper wire, can slaw, a fishing weight, all of which I've found around the area. But this signal was very solid, only varying by about 2 vdi points at 76. This one was the real deal, a detail rich 1892 barber quarter. The pictures are blurry but liberty and e pluribus unum are bold. I gently rinsed some dirt off but there was no mintmark on the back, which makes it a common date, but ANY barber coin with lots of detail is rare. It is an awesome find nevertheless. I think that's enough searching at that site for a while. I'm going to try to find a forgotten grove like that one.
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