Started the year with a bang, first trip of 07 yeilds Barber.

[musclecar]

Me and my dad went out to the lake today. Nothing special for a while, just those antique fishing weights, and LOTs of them (about 10 lbs between us). Found an old silver plate fork, labeled Arion, seven golf balls, a small lure and and some cheap sunglasses (not pictured).

About 4 hours into the hunt, I found a corroded wheatie (1958), then Dad came nonchalantly walking over to me, and showed me his mercury dime (1944s). That got our enthusiasm up a couple of notches! Then he found a 3 wheaties within 2 feet of the merc.

We decided to move a bit, and found a place with TONS of pulltabs and bottlecaps. After swinging there for a bit, and getting bored, I found a place with few signals, and then got a reading of 88 or so, on my MXT. I dug about 2 inches and there was this black token looking thing. I picked it up and saw BARBER! That is what it is all about! My first Barber 1908 O, a half no less! I said, "lets go home, can't top this today". NOT!@@!

Anyway, we had a great first outing for 2007 (on top of the world tonight!) Enjoy the pics

HH
MC

 

[camb1]

Great Finds. WTG.

 

[musclecar]

Here is the cleaned coin. I know cleaning coins is not good in most cases with valuable coins, but this one was black when I found it, and I will never sell it,,,,so I decided to clean it up a bit. I used electrolosis, very carefully monitored, then wiped it clean with a soft cloth. It worked very well.

 

[SilverDreams]

Great find and nice cleaning job.

 

[goldencoin]

Nice job...do i see a trick dime?

HH
-GC

 

[TxTim]

Nice half!!!!
Way to start the year off!!!

 

[skalleewag]

lotta lead.. coins are awesome

 

[lucky1777]

Congratulations on your great find....

 

[tpmrcp]

Very cool Barber. I cant wait until I find one seomday!

 

[Johnny X]

very, very nice..

xstevenx

 

[Dimeman]

Very nice Barber, silver is great to find anytime!!!!!

 

[doyboy]

Gotta love big wilver! My largest Barber denomination is a 1904 Barber quarter, along with numerous B-arber dimes.

 

[ghostrider1775]

WOW what a haul Nice goin on the Barber!!!

 

[lonewolfe]

good deal~

HH

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Congrats on the Barber silver, I'll bet that was a big thrill to find! HH, Mike

 

[dave-enc]

real nice half congrats on great way to start year
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[theloadroom]

Very nice! What is the small rifle cartridge?

 

[Old Tom]

Great find ... barber coins alwaysmake it a day to remember ...

But .. what's up with that dime? Is it broke in half?

 

[River Rat]

Lots of lead, but that Barber sure put the icing on the cake. Congrats!!

RR

 

[jopher]

MC..Looks like a nice hunt with Pops...congrats on the great half....Joe