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Another month, another full moon. That means one thing. I’m headed to my night turf spot where I’ve dug a few Injuns and mercs this year. Last night, I returned to a school-bus sized area where I had found my first turf silver last year and had searched 2x. I honestly thought maybe I could pull one more silver coin out of here. I went super-slow again and pretty quickly found 2 mercs and 3 wheats! As I was digging the 2nd merc, a cop car came ROLLING ACROSS THE LAWN and I thought uh-oh. I had a nice pile of dirt on my mat, was wearing camo pants, had a sharp digger in my left hand, AND a pistol probe sticking out of my left pocket! The cop rolled his window down, I took off my headphones, and he said, "Whaddya got?". Relieved, I said, it's still in the hole! "You find much here?", he asked? I said, yeah an old penny now and then. He said, "Have a good one!" and I thanked him for checking in on me! I then retrieved a merc from the hole, moved onto another spot, and got another wheat and then got one of the crappiest deep high-conductor signals I’ve ever heard. It was repeatable though and I figured it was going to be a slice of a silver coin. Because it was night, I can’t say how deep it actually was. Once I had it out of the hole, I thought, aha, silver dime! Knocked some dirt off the coin and in the moonlight, I saw “ONE DIME” surrounded by a wreath! I said out load, “I got one!” The Barber was my 40th silver coin of the year. :hello2: It took about 30 seconds for me to realize, hey, I’ve got a shot at a trifecta here! All I need is a silver rosie. I immediately went back to the school-bus sized plot and within 5 minutes had a great signal. It was another merc! By this time, it was 10pm and I really had to get going, so no trifecta, but I’m not complaining. The Barber is a 1899-S! The mercs are 1918, 1942, and 1944. Oldest wheat was a ’35-S, my first one. Thanks for looking everyone!
 

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WTG on the silver. I am sure you are going to find that rosie i that area. Keep at it an keep us posted....Matt
 
I've had a cop roll across the lawn to me too one time (on a big school field!) and thought oh crap...but he was just interested in knowing if i saw anyone go into the school building. Anyway, that's quite a productive lot for being so small, congrats on the pulls, and on your FIRST BARBER! HH!
 
Nice job on your first Barber!
You give a whole new meaning to the term moonlighting. ;D
Have fun at that spot!
Mike
 
Great group of coins...and congrats on your first Barber!

I found my first one this past Sunday. Its funny, because the first thing I saw was the wreath and "One Dime" and thought the same thing....man, I just found my first Barber. Was really similar in age, too...1898.

I hope this one triggers a lot more for you!

MP
 
Which machine were you using? Nice Finds..
 
SWEET I found my first barber last spring 1896. :thumbsup:
 
Sweet finds bro. You are such a rebel hunting at night like that! You're best luck of the night was the cop who didn't take you in.

Like the barber, good huntin'

Lucky
 
Congrats on that first Barber; it looks like the surface of the moon!
 
Congrats on your first barber, and the other silver is pretty good also.
JDD
 
I'll take three Mercs and a Barber over that trifecta any time!! Congrats on a great night!
 
Nice hunt. 40th silver for the year, that's too tuff.Congrats
 
Congrats bud!!! Nothing like seeing One Dime is there?

Looks like you've completed your end of the bet and it's now my turn for an Indian. :thumbsup:
 
it looks like the surface of the moon!

It sure does. Too bad about your ground/fertilizer conditions over there. That would have been a beautiful dime. Some of my parks up here, Jim, do the same thing to silver coins. Luckily, the park I've found the most silver from protects the silver like the day they were dropped.

Congrats again!! :thumbsup: You're pretty much going to surpass all your goals for '09 by a long longshot! ;D

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan
 

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