daytondigger
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Barber halves!! 
I got invited to hunt some old home sites out in some woods today. Mark found the spot, Brandon invited me and Manny drove. When we hiked back to the area I was somewhat skeptical as to what we could find. There were lots of surface trash and "horny butt" spiders in between every tree and honeysuckle bush. Then I saw the remains of a brick home, old pavers and lots of coal on the ground. That gave me a little boost of confidence but every signal was another piece of junk. I hunted it for a while and moved along to more foundations. I kept working with no return along, between and all around these foundations. After the home sites came to an end the ground started to dip and I saw a possible stream bed up ahead. I headed that way hopeing to find an old spring or something of interest. What I found were sinkholes. Much to my surprise we were in a large sinkhole plain, the area was obviously underlain by porous limestone and underground conduits. There were sinkholes 6 to 8 feet deep everywhere. Between two of these pits I got a loud signal and expected more trash. I dug a hole and used my Sunray to pinpoint the target. I dug out some more dirt and the signal was gone from it's spot. I picked up my digger and saw a large shiny coin stuck to it in clay. I thought it must be a token, couldn't be a half. Well it was an 1893 Barber half!! Before filling in the hole I rescanned it and still heard the same loud coin sound. I dug some more and out pops another Barber half!, 1904-S!! I was doing the happy dance and called the guys over. I moved a bunch of brush and turned down my discrimination hopeing there could be a gold coin as well. I soon picked up a buffalo nickel, then a 1917 merc. 5 feet away from the two Barbers I found Barber half #3, 1900. One more buffalo and then it was silence. I hit that same small area from every angle over and over and then expanded my sweep area. Mark came over to see what I was digging and dug the only other good coin, a nice merc. No more old coins were found, but I was happy as a pig in......mud. 
Thanks, Steve
I got invited to hunt some old home sites out in some woods today. Mark found the spot, Brandon invited me and Manny drove. When we hiked back to the area I was somewhat skeptical as to what we could find. There were lots of surface trash and "horny butt" spiders in between every tree and honeysuckle bush. Then I saw the remains of a brick home, old pavers and lots of coal on the ground. That gave me a little boost of confidence but every signal was another piece of junk. I hunted it for a while and moved along to more foundations. I kept working with no return along, between and all around these foundations. After the home sites came to an end the ground started to dip and I saw a possible stream bed up ahead. I headed that way hopeing to find an old spring or something of interest. What I found were sinkholes. Much to my surprise we were in a large sinkhole plain, the area was obviously underlain by porous limestone and underground conduits. There were sinkholes 6 to 8 feet deep everywhere. Between two of these pits I got a loud signal and expected more trash. I dug a hole and used my Sunray to pinpoint the target. I dug out some more dirt and the signal was gone from it's spot. I picked up my digger and saw a large shiny coin stuck to it in clay. I thought it must be a token, couldn't be a half. Well it was an 1893 Barber half!! Before filling in the hole I rescanned it and still heard the same loud coin sound. I dug some more and out pops another Barber half!, 1904-S!! I was doing the happy dance and called the guys over. I moved a bunch of brush and turned down my discrimination hopeing there could be a gold coin as well. I soon picked up a buffalo nickel, then a 1917 merc. 5 feet away from the two Barbers I found Barber half #3, 1900. One more buffalo and then it was silence. I hit that same small area from every angle over and over and then expanded my sweep area. Mark came over to see what I was digging and dug the only other good coin, a nice merc. No more old coins were found, but I was happy as a pig in......mud. Thanks, Steve
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