Mark this one off the "to find" list....1898 Barber Half

WheatbackDigger · May 16, 2009

Mark this one off the "to find" list....1898 Barber Half

I can finally mark the Barber Half off my "coins to find" list. 1898, not the best condition, but it's a keeper. Also got a silver Washington, a Merc worn thin with no date, a silver St. Christopher, five wheaties, a handful of clad and the usual trash. Found with my Etrac in a public school yard. I've been passing on this school yard for the last five years. The school was built in 1950's and it didn't appeal to me as a place for old coins. After researching some old Sanborn maps, I found out that this property has had a school on it since the 1880s. It produced a couple of Indian heads and a seated dime earlier this year.

willy1970 · May 16, 2009

Re: Mark this one off the "to find" list....1898 Barber Half

Good digs -- way to go on the research too! :thumbsup:

cwdigger · May 16, 2009

Re: Mark this one off the "to find" list....1898 Barber Half

Heck good or bad condition doesnt matter its still a barber, and a mighty fine one at that. I have not been fortunate enough to dig one yet, Congrats on a great save :thumbsup:

Cw

Digginman · May 16, 2009

Re: Mark this one off the "to find" list....1898 Barber Half

Excellent finds. Congrats.

DM

John (Ma) · May 16, 2009

Re: Mark this one off the "to find" list....1898 Barber Half

Great looking coin!

STH69 · May 16, 2009

Re: Mark this one off the "to find" list....1898 Barber Half

Very nice

limegoldconvertible68 · May 17, 2009

Re: Mark this one off the "to find" list....1898 Barber Half

I love those Barber halves. Great find. The school in my town is on property listed on the Sanborn maps as being an 1880's school. I just figured everything had been bulldozed so much that it wasn't worth detecting. You sure changed my mind! Hopefully, its not the same school you just hit. Any chance you are from the Southern Illinois?