MikeOregon
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A beautiful day for a road trip with Ron. We separated for a bit, and as I wandered around, I found a crusty old house that served as apartments. The lady said it was OK to search there as long as a patch of four-leaf clovers was not disturbed. Well, those four-leaf clovers were sending out their mojo, because my second target was an all-time first for me, a Barber quarter! In the photo, it's a 1911, the one on the left, and yes, I cut her throat with my digger, but I was still proud enough to call home, then call Ron to come on over and help see what else might be there.
Within a half hour or so, I had moved to the other end of the yard, and the signal came through a bunch of roots. I was much more careful this time with the digger, having learned my lesson the first time, and what do you know, there was another Barber quarter peeking out from the dirt! This one is much nicer, a 1907 with a full "LIBERTY" and excellent details, and an "S" on the reverse. You can't see much of that on the photo (with appreciation to Ron for taking this photo "in the field". I couldn't get a better one on my own,) but Photograde shows it to be a VF-20 or better!
Anyway, the rest of the day didn't yield any more silver for me, but I went home very happy with not only my very first Barber quarter ever, but my second one as well! See Ron's post for the nice silver that he found, most of it at the same house.
Maybe more tomorrow, as we plan a return trip.
Within a half hour or so, I had moved to the other end of the yard, and the signal came through a bunch of roots. I was much more careful this time with the digger, having learned my lesson the first time, and what do you know, there was another Barber quarter peeking out from the dirt! This one is much nicer, a 1907 with a full "LIBERTY" and excellent details, and an "S" on the reverse. You can't see much of that on the photo (with appreciation to Ron for taking this photo "in the field". I couldn't get a better one on my own,) but Photograde shows it to be a VF-20 or better!
Anyway, the rest of the day didn't yield any more silver for me, but I went home very happy with not only my very first Barber quarter ever, but my second one as well! See Ron's post for the nice silver that he found, most of it at the same house.
Maybe more tomorrow, as we plan a return trip.
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