It's been a while since I dug a Barber Half.....

[Steve in PA]

I hunted a yard of a standing house in my home town over the weekend. The house is slated for demolition, and although it shows on the 1867 atlas, the only mid 19th century find I came up with was an 1848 Large Cent. It did however give up some silver, including an 1892-O dime and a 1917 dime on a previous hunt a couple weeks ago.

Here are the latest finds:


The better coins:


Big silver in the hole:


Barber dime peeking into the daylight for the first time in 100 years.

 

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[Scrappy]

Wow first year Barber. Congrats on the good Diggin' Steve

 

[Steve in PA]

Wow first year Barber. Congrats on the good Diggin' Steve

Unfortunately the back is too worn to see a mint mark. An S or an O would be worth a few bucks.

 

[Z.K.]

Sweeet. Very cool big coin, and nice hunt all around. I've never dug any kind of half...maybe one of these days.

 

[against the wind]

Very nice collection of old coinage.
Congrats on some sweet Silver.

 

[trapperart]

Those are some great finds congrats

 

[xr7ator]

Nice finds and thanks for sharing. That big silver is a bucket lister for me.

Happy Holidays all and good luck out thar!

 

[OutdoorAdv]

Great job Steve! I don't dig that much silver, so a haul like that would have me super happy. Hope you can hit it a bit more before they tear it down.

 

[VOL1266-X]

That's a great find Steve. They are all great digs. Glad you got out. We finally had 1.25 in. of rain last night. WTG, Q.

 

[UnderMiner]

Now that is an epic hunt!

 

[Steve in PA]

That's a great find Steve. They are all great digs. Glad you got out. We finally had 1.25 in. of rain last night. WTG, Q.

Thanks Quindy. BTW my sister bought a house in Cocke county TN.

 

[Westfront]

Congrats, nice big Silver!

 

[Rick (Nova Scotia)]

Good going Steve.

She may be well worn, but a silver half is a very good find in my book. The bigger they are the harder they are to loose.
I got one (a half) this spring, about the same age, (an Edward VII) and about the same shape (can't see the date) I consider a good find as is only my 3rd half in 9 years.

Are you going back again ? How big of an area is the property ?
Good luck out there.

 

[toasted]

Congrats. Ive found more seated coins than Barbers Never a Barber half

 

[Loco-Digger]

Wow, what a site. I'd hit that place in multiple directions and with a few different coils. Any site that gives up that many keepers deserves some serious attention. Congrats on digging a first and for exploiting that site. I know these aren't the type of coins you list on your posts, but they are great finds, especially in quantity.

 

[Deft Tones]

I bet that big silver signal made your heart pump. It would me.

Outstanding! Congratulations.

 

[billpa]

You dug some nice coins there.

 

[Chizzy]

Every one of those keepers are beauties.......a hearty congratulations!!
No way I could leave that site alone for long.........I might be tempted to camp there!!

 

[Johncoho]

That is an awesome hunt, Steve. Nice find with the Barber Half and other coins. Is it still easy digging back in Pa?

 

[Steve in PA]

Good going Steve.

She may be well worn, but a silver half is a very good find in my book. The bigger they are the harder they are to loose.
I got one (a half) this spring, about the same age, (an Edward VII) and about the same shape (can't see the date) I consider a good find as is only my 3rd half in 9 years.

Are you going back again ? How big of an area is the property ?
Good luck out there.

I'll probably go back at some point. The site is about 60 miles away. Next time I visit my parents, weather permitting. Its not a very big area, but I was cherry picking to some extent.