First silver coin! 1904 Barber dime.

Leco · Mar 21, 2014

I hit my front yard again this morning and dug my first silver coin. I was beginning to think people in early nineteen hundreds SE Oklahoma only carried pennies, since the only old coins i find are wheaties (until the day before yesterday, i dug my first Indian head cent). I found this dude in my front yard by the old sidewalk. Three firsts this week. I love my new F70. Oh and i swear i rotate the pictures right side up after i take them, and when i add them from my gallery they are correct, but somehow they arent coming out right on here. I have to be the most smart phone challenged 27 year old in America

Diggin-N-Dumps · Mar 21, 2014

Great First Silver man!....Thats somethign to remember!!

ggossage · Mar 21, 2014

Leco said:
I was beginning to think people in early nineteen hundreds SE Oklahoma only carried pennies, since the only old coins i find are wheaties (until the day before yesterday, i dug my first Indian head cent).

It's obviously not always the case, but if you're finding wheats, there's a good likelihood there's silver mixed in...at a lower concentration. From my experience, if you're finding wheats from the '50s, be on the lookout for Rosies, Washingtons and newer halves. For older wheats, be on the lookout for mercs, barbers, V nickels, etc. These coins are often found together, so just go slow and try to decipher the signals. Also, don't skip what you assume is just another wheat because you're tired of digging them...they often turn out to be barber dimes. Likewise, don't skip Lincolns thinking they're not wheats; they can turn out to be silvers and fool you too. Good luck.

Leco · Mar 21, 2014

ggossage said:
It's obviously not always the case, but if you're finding wheats, there's a good likelihood there's silver mixed in...at a lower concentration. From my experience, if you're finding wheats from the '50s, be on the lookout for Rosies, Washingtons and newer halves. For older wheats, be on the lookout for mercs, barbers, V nickels, etc. These coins are often found together, so just go slow and try to decipher the signals. Also, don't skip what you assume is just another wheat because you're tired of digging them...they often turn out to be barber dimes. Likewise, don't skip Lincolns thinking they're not wheats; they can turn out to be silvers and fool you too. Good luck.

Thats good advice i shall follow. I havent gotten good at deciphering the signals so i pretty much dig everything except the sketchy light tones. I know i should i just cant figure them out. Thanks for the input.

cnyjrb · Mar 21, 2014

Great first silver, I'm still waiting to see a barber. Get back out there and find some more, congrats and HH

park pirate · Mar 21, 2014

Nice...

Threshold · Mar 21, 2014

What a beauty! Silver is always fun to dig up. I can't wait till I get an Indian Head cent though. Have yet to turn one up.

Davers · Mar 21, 2014

Nice Dime..
Congratz...
Davers

absosecur · Mar 21, 2014

Sweet for your first silver. I love barber coins.

l2hunt · Mar 21, 2014

good deal on your 1st silver!!!

coinman123 · Mar 21, 2014

My first silver coin was also a 1904 barber dime. I have not found another since though.

Leco · Mar 21, 2014

coinman123 said:
My first silver coin was also a 1904 barber dime. I have not found another since though.

Well lets both go and find ourselves some more.

wkrp43 · Mar 21, 2014

Nice recovery

absosecur · Mar 21, 2014

Hey Leco I can tell u in good spots I will even dig those scetchy light tones because in a lot of cases once you start digging the signal will get much better and you will know before u find it that u did the right thing in checking it out.

absosecur · Mar 21, 2014

A couple of years ago I moved to new Madrid mo. The town has age to it and while there they just happened to be replacing all of the sidewalks in the oldest part of town. At night after workers knocked off for the day I would detect where the old walks had been removed and I racked up on barber coins most of them in excellent shape with no wear. I had been told that before the first side walks were put down it was all just board walks so I felt good about it. I will post those on this thread soon. HH

Leco · Mar 21, 2014

absosecur said:
A couple of years ago I moved to new Madrid mo. The town has age to it and while there they just happened to be replacing all of the sidewalks in the oldest part of town. At night after workers knocked off for the day I would detect where the old walks had been removed and I racked up on barber coins most of them in excellent shape with no wear. I had been told that before the first side walks were put down it was all just board walks so I felt good about it. I will post those on this thread soon. HH

So if I understand correctly, in the early years of the community, they would have wood sidewalks, then they would replace them with concrete sidewalks in the same place. So there could be all kinds of stuff under that sidewalk. I dont think this town would notice a few missing sidewalks, haha.w