Its Barber Time!! 25 Wheats, 2 Silver (1895 Quarter)

[Captn SE]

It's Barber Time!! 25 Wheats, 2 Silver (1895 Quarter)

Hello Everyone,

I went out detecting yesterday with my good buddies oknorom(Mike), DanaPointVal, and GoldenApples(Jon). We all found plenty of oldies yesterday at our local Barrio park that has been pounded by many detectorists over the past 25 years. My silver to wheat ratio wasn't so great yesterday, but I did manage to find my oldest coin from this park, which is my oldest silver so far this year. The barber quarter came out of the ground as a white-ish/grey disk at around 7-8", which was probably in circulation for plenty of years after its mintage. After recovering countless mercs/rosies from this park so far this year, seeing a Barber quarter in your plug is a pleasant surprise. These types of coins are definitely a rarity here in S. CA. After recovering nearly 770 silver coins over the past 14 months, I've only managed to find 4 of them. I removed the oxidation from the quarter using electrolysis.

We all had a blast!

Thanks for looking! Keep the Passion High!!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[mastereagle22]

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Your finds blow me away! I am doing much better this year with the Explorer but nowhere near your level.

I still haven't found a really deep silver either Hope I'm not doing something wrong to miss them....

 

[Ron B]

Re: Barber Time!! 25 Wheats, 2 Silver!

Good job Captain!
Silver quarters are a rarity; period!

Keep swinging!
GRB

 

[Rob66]

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Cool find indeed.looks like that electrolysis worked every well. Was it pretty nasty looking? and how long did it take to get it cleaned?? The barber looks well spent.

Thinking of buying one (electrolysis machine) with all the questions.

Nice....Rob.

 

[TxTim]

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Way to go!
Nice barber!
I bought my SE because of your posts.
Silver has come easier than with the DFX lately!

 

[Captn SE]

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Your finds blow me away! I am doing much better this year with the Explorer but nowhere near your level.

I still haven't found a really deep silver either Hope I'm not doing something wrong to miss them....

Thanks Larry. I think you will be able to dig deeper silver the more you become familiar with your machine. But maybe in the general area you are hunting, all the silver is in the 4-7" range, or maybe the areas you are hunting are so loaded with trash that it's nearly impossible to hear deeper signals. From viewing some of your recent posts, you're doing great!!

Good job Captain!
Silver quarters are a rarity; period!

Keep swinging!
GRB

Thanks, GRB. Hope you're able to find some new spots over in Trinidad!

Cool find indeed.looks like that electrolysis worked every well. Was it pretty nasty looking? and how long did it take to get it cleaned?? The barber looks well spent.

Thinking of buying one (electrolysis machine) with all the questions.

Nice....Rob.

Thanks, Rob!! Yes, electrolysis works well for removing heavy/stingy oxidation that I can't remove using a baking soda rub. The quarter was completely purplish/grey. It came out of the ground white, but after a few seconds of being exposed to the air, it turned the purple/grey. It's amazing to see it turn color right in front of your eyes. It only took about 90 seconds in the electrolysis machine to remove the oxidation. Be careful though that you don't leave you coin in too long, or it will begin to eat away at the silver. I always leave it in the minimum, then use a baking soda rub to remove the remainder of the oxidation.

Way to go!
Nice barber!
I bought my SE because of your posts.
Silver has come easier than with the DFX lately!

Thanks for the accolade, Tim. I'm glad you're finding those elusive silvers with your SE. It only gets better.

Dan,

Congratulations on a super stellar set...

Very Nice...

Nick

Thanks, Nick. Good luck on your next outing with your new Sovereign.

 

[Rob66]

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Wow thanks for the info...

 

[crazyjarhead]

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Nice finds there Captain

 

[pointdlr]

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Captain,

Is that 4 Barber quarters over the last 14 months or 4 Barber coins?

Are the parks just newer? Wouldn't Cali have some places that would produce Barber coins?

To give you an idea about how much easier it is to find Barbers in Ohio, I have found 7 Barber coins(2 quarters, 5 dimes) out of about 70 silver finds in 6 months. I still really want you to come to Ohio so I can see if you can find any silver in our hunted out parks. I just can't seem to locate them, and have concentrated on out of the way places, construction and home sites.

Great finds as always!!!!!!!!!!!!

Regards,
Jon Dickinson.

 

[silverfreak]

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Nice going Dan.
Glad you got some hunt time in with buddies. It is so much more fun that way. SWEET Barber

 

[mastereagle22]

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The strange thing is I get "good" silver tones that are really faint and when I dig them at 8-10 inches they ALWAYS end up being nails!!!

Drives me nuts!!!

I know that I am in an area with history that dates back to 1796. So I know there are still some old deep coins. I know the Beast can find them too because I dug one coin, the 43 Florin at 10 inches! So maybe you're right maybe it's just trashy areas.

Thanks again for your support. I may have to jump on a plane and come hunt with you some day.:-)

 

[Captn SE]

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Nice finds there Captain

Thanks, crazyjarhead!! Good luck to you!

Captain,

Is that 4 Barber quarters over the last 14 months or 4 Barber coins?

Are the parks just newer? Wouldn't Cali have some places that would produce Barber coins?

To give you an idea about how much easier it is to find Barbers in Ohio, I have found 7 Barber coins(2 quarters, 5 dimes) out of about 70 silver finds in 6 months. I still really want you to come to Ohio so I can see if you can find any silver in our hunted out parks. I just can't seem to locate them, and have concentrated on out of the way places, construction and home sites.

Great finds as always!!!!!!!!!!!!

Regards,
Jon Dickinson.

Hey, thanks Jon!! That's 4 Barb. Quarters. I've got about 18-20 barber dimes over the past 14 months (1 Barber Half). Southern Ca is so incorporated. And the parks have been hunted to death here. Maybe old demolition sites might have some older coins, but it's hit/miss with those kind of places. You can see out of my total silvers, the real old coins are few and far between over here. That's why it's such a pleasant surprise. I wish I could come over to Ohio and hunt your parks. I went on a trip to Iowa/Nebraska last Oct. and it's a whole world of difference there compared to S. CA. In only a few days, I had 22 Injuns, 4 barbers, a few mercs, 4-5 V's, and lots of wheats. The 40's-50's silver though, was scarce there. Lots of md clubs in the area probably picked away at the first 5" of the turf. I was pulling the deepies down to 10+" there.

Nice going Dan.
Glad you got some hunt time in with buddies. It is so much more fun that way. SWEET Barber

Thanks Bryce. Looking forward to another one of your posts..

The strange thing is I get "good" silver tones that are really faint and when I dig them at 8-10 inches they ALWAYS end up being nails!!!

Drives me nuts!!!

I know that I am in an area with history that dates back to 1796. So I know there are still some old deep coins. I know the Beast can find them too because I dug one coin, the 43 Florin at 10 inches! So maybe you're right maybe it's just trashy areas.

Thanks again for your support. I may have to jump on a plane and come hunt with you some day.:-)

Yeah, with the amounts of metallic objects I saw from your last post, I'd say your areas are a bit trashy. Harder to penetrate through that. A smaller coil would help.

Come on over anytime, Larry.

 

[Ant]

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What an outstanding coin Dan, and old to boot. You’re always hitting good silver, congratulations .

Hey Master Eagle, I can vouch that Dan pulls silver out of the ground just as he says. From what I have seen, he does better than the other top notch SE users from SoCal. And we have plenty professional caliber hunters around here. I have personally witness hunters who have hunted with the Captain. They can almost pull out silver like the Captain, but I'm here to tell you that Captian SE is the of Silver in So Cal, if not the World .


Thanks for posting Dan.

 

[Captn SE]

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.........Captian SE is the of Silver in So Cal, if not the World .


Thanks for posting Dan.

Dang, Anthony, appreciate the accolades. I'm thankful to be out detecting with my buddies, who I consider just as proficient as me, considering I could barely walk up 5 stairs back in Dec. 06.

Good luck to you Anthony, of GOLD.

CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[93vector]

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Nice!! Keep it up

 

[oddcoins]

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WOW ~ I WANT A BARBER QUARTER!!! LUCKY!!!

Congrat's on the awesome treasure coins! WOOHOOO!!!!!!

 

[ModernMiner]

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Way to go Big Dan. Sweet Barber for sure.
I still haven't found a Barber quarter.
Way to go!
-MM-

 

[weasel606]

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WTG Captn_SE on the excellent finds your finding silver and i hope my work slows down so i can go find clad ! clad would make me very happy right now your awesome with that SE congrats

 

[Evolution]

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Nice barber quarter Dan. I have only been fortunate enough to find 4 barber coins (all dimes). I was thrilled when I found each one. Definitely a change of pace from the newer silver coins.....not that I've found too many of those either. You certainly are the silver king Keep up the good work.

 

[sonny60]

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WOW nice barber WTG