jgas
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Went to a farm that we were granted permission to hunt. The nice lady owns the abandoned homestead and lives right next door in a newer home. She was the kind of person that was really interested in what we would find. Of course we showed her everything and I will return after we clean up some things and return those to her. Started out with the usual trash stuff but did hit on some keepers. Don and I tag teamed up on the front and side yards first and we soon found some clad coins only an inch down. Don then got a really iffy signal, penny at best that fluctated from penny to pull tab. He dug the plug and could not find it with the in line probe. I then used my newly bought Garretts ProPointer and found it for him. Caked with dirt we could finally see the small shield on the back. An Injun!! 
Nice, but we could only see what we thought was a 19 and possibly another 9. No more field cleanup here so we out it away and continued the hunt.
Went about 50 yards in front of the house and got a good signal. Dime/ Quarter... and out pops our first Barber Quarter and oldest silver to date. A well worn 1892 S....Not bad at all, went on to find some strange ornate Deer type thing and several other trinkets including two heart shaped pendants.
I then got a good signal that was loud and penny type about 6 inches down. Dug the plug and at first thought I had a great pocket spill but it turned out to be 4 nickle size discs with 1883 stamped into them and another nuber with Madison Twshp...Not sure what they are, I was hoping someone would help out with these. Not sure if they are telephone pole markers or what, or if they are from 1883.
After we go home and looked closer at the Injun to our surprise it ended up being an 1869....Nice
Never really realized that they are worth more than a few pennies.. 
This day turned out better than I had hoped really..An S mint mark Barber Quarter and and 1869 Injun...I guess that dated the place a bit older than what the lady thought... 
Okay, check ya later...Be safe out there.. jgas
Nice, but we could only see what we thought was a 19 and possibly another 9. No more field cleanup here so we out it away and continued the hunt. Went about 50 yards in front of the house and got a good signal. Dime/ Quarter... and out pops our first Barber Quarter and oldest silver to date. A well worn 1892 S....Not bad at all, went on to find some strange ornate Deer type thing and several other trinkets including two heart shaped pendants.
I then got a good signal that was loud and penny type about 6 inches down. Dug the plug and at first thought I had a great pocket spill but it turned out to be 4 nickle size discs with 1883 stamped into them and another nuber with Madison Twshp...Not sure what they are, I was hoping someone would help out with these. Not sure if they are telephone pole markers or what, or if they are from 1883.
After we go home and looked closer at the Injun to our surprise it ended up being an 1869....Nice
Never really realized that they are worth more than a few pennies.. This day turned out better than I had hoped really..An S mint mark Barber Quarter and and 1869 Injun...I guess that dated the place a bit older than what the lady thought... Okay, check ya later...Be safe out there.. jgasAttachments
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My 1882 and 1883 dog tags would likely fetch $200+ each! So yours are most certainly in the ballpark in terms of value. I think this is a BANNER find!
