Impossibly clean old silver coin

[Scrappy]

Had a quick hunt today. The dirt was brick-city so I went to the spot with the most shade. Still like brick but got an Indian 19xx and eventually another 1892. Then I got a signal that did not repeat at any other angle, but it sounded real nice. What popped out is a coin so nice I wouldn't believe it was dug unless I unearthed it myself .

Enjoy! !

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on those 3 keepers. Barbers are scare around here. Have only dug 2 in 14 months of detecting.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Wish they all came out like that, nice dime!

 

[Threshold]

Aint that purty! Nice job!

 

[basque-man]

WOW,WOW and again WOW. What a beauty!!!!

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

I got silver with luster before, but it don't happen often.
Yours also being tone free is quite rare to find.
Nice one for sure.

 

[sutphin]

NICE BARBER THERE SCRAPPY..

 

[pepperj]

They don't come out any better than this one, congrats on the keeper.

 

[creade]

That's awesome I might have thought it was fake at first! And a pair of Indians to boot

 

[46Wheat]

Beautiful Barber . wow

 

[Carolina Tom]

Very well done! That Barber is just killer. Congrats.

 

[Scrappy]

WOW,WOW and again WOW. What a beauty!!!!

I said that very thing! I saw the wreath first and even thought it may have been a seated until I flipped it.

 

[Scrappy]

I got silver with luster before, but it don't happen often.
Yours also being tone free is quite rare to find.
Nice one for sure.

That's what shocked me- virtually no toning. The way it looks in the pic is after a cleaning with water, only. No soap, citric acid, etc...

Less is more

 

[Captain Caveman]

Unbelievable! Congratz Scrappy! Great find!!!

 

[deershed]

Sweet!!

You hit a home run with this one, the barber is AWESOME!!

 

[Z.K.]

Happy for you, my good man!

 

[Scrappy]

Sweet!!

You hit a home run with this one, the barber is AWESOME!!

Thanks DS-

It's been a good week.

 

[port ewen ace]

that girl is too da^ned clean. send her to me and I'll leave her in the road to get gnarly. I'll send you a nice 2015 clad dime in exchange.

 

[Slingshot]

Very nice find!!! Your story explains the condition though, along with the 2 toasty IH's. You said you dug in the shade of a tree, I've seen the same thing under oaks, the silver is nice and clean but the coppers are corroded to a bad degree all due to the tannic acids emitted by the oak trees by acorns and leaves dropping on the ground over the years, both of which contain tannic acid. Tannic acid is soluble in water, so the rains strip it from the leaves and acorns and it filters through the ground causing the effect on the coins residing in the earth there. Seems to keep silver clean while it destroys the copper.
Anyways, great find, and hope to see you posting more like that! Cheers!!

 

[Scrappy]

Very nice find!!! Your story explains the condition though, along with the 2 toasty IH's. You said you dug in the shade of a tree, I've seen the same thing under oaks, the silver is nice and clean but the coppers are corroded to a bad degree all due to the tannic acids emitted by the oak trees by acorns and leaves dropping on the ground over the years, both of which contain tannic acid. Tannic acid is soluble in water, so the rains strip it from the leaves and acorns and it filters through the ground causing the effect on the coins residing in the earth there. Seems to keep silver clean while it destroys the copper.
Anyways, great find, and hope to see you posting more like that! Cheers!!

That's pretty interesting. I never thought of the acids involved. The spot wasn't under the tree, but the nearby shade tree (60' or so) was a couple hundred years old so I'm sure it leached it's way over there through the years. All three finds were within a 20 sq ft area so that makes me think the soil content was very similar.

Thanks for the insight!

Steve

 

[BuckleBoy]

That's a beautiful coin. So rare to find them that nice, but when they do happen, it's amazing.

Congrats!

-Buck