First large cent of the year and a pir of Barbers

[Ed (Upstate NY)]

First large cent of the year and a pair of Barbers

Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 656

After a horrible weekend of detecting with Park Pirate kicking my butt, and with only one crusty Indian head in my pouch, I was bound and determined to dig something good this morning. Headed to a different park to hit a spot which gave up some good coins earlier this year. First find was a 1943-P war nickel which gave me some hope. I moved down the side of a hill closer to the sidewalk and got a decent hit about 6" deep. Was certainly surprised to recover a super 1829 large cent. This is the area of the park where some great copper coins have surfaced. The soil is very copper friendly here. All this baby needed was a quick soap and water rinse. I headed back up and hill and got a deep iffy hit that peaked my interest. Dug down a good 9" and saw the glint of silver. It was a 1893 Barber dime. Continued detecting and about 20' from the dime, I got another deep hit which seemed to stay mostly upper right on the smart screen. Thinking this might be silver, I dug a slightly larger plug and again about 9" down, I pulled out the 1910 Barber dime. Started to get hot and humid so I called in a day and headed home. I hope to hit that area again tomorrow if the weather cooperates

 

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[fat fred]

That's a purty lady Ed! Thanks for sharing and hope you keep pulling out more coinage!

 

[coinman123]

Those are some nice coins, Congrats!

 

[Carolina Tom]

WOW... those silvers are sweet... but that LC is just AWESOME! Congrats.

 

[SGT Claddy]

Nice finds ed

 

[park pirate]

Thats one of the nicest LC'S i have seen come from the ground, Awesome job Ed....Like them barbers too..

 

[tyrocksalot]

Very copper friendly. Nice LC

 

[TNGUNS]

Wow....... seldom to you see a copper come out any better than that one. Congrats

 

[Diggin Dude]

Absolutely fantastic finds! I love the condition that that large cent is in. Nice! I found two LC's this weekend, my oldest coins yet 1818, and 1842, I was thrilled. Those Barber dimes are also great! Nice job!!!!

 

[Argentium]

That's one of the nicest Large Cents I've seen in a while - very high grade with a nice patina !

 

[Evolution]

One of the nicest large cents I've ever seen dug. Wish some of mine came out like that.

 

[BigWaveDave]

Outstanding finds!

 

[Ahab8]

Damn that's a beauty! I'll trade you 12 of mine for that one. :-)

 

[dirtlooter]

really sweet, you had your work cut out for you detecting with that park pirate character, he's pretty tough from what I hear! LOL

 

[cjon455]

wow that LC has great detail, the barbers are awesome too!!, congrats on a good day!

 

[46Wheat]

Nice digs . Thanks for the pics

 

[Fattony315]

Ed, great finds, nice LC. I have not seen one that nice. Wish they all came out like that. Keep hunting.

 

[Scrappy]

A nice quartet!

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