Sterling thimble, IHPs, and a cherry barber dime

Murray8144 · Apr 7, 2016

Pulled out of a mini-slump today at one of my go-to parks. With all the recent wet weather I was digging some deep signals. Pulled this sterling thimble first...my first silver thimble. Reportedly it was made in 1898 by Simons Brothers.

Over the next hour or so I pulled my nicest barber dime yet and two IHPs:

Thanks for looking all & happy hunting!

Lord Verdigris · Apr 7, 2016

Awesome finds. Only thimbles I seem to get are brass! [emoji2]

Professor of Engineering · Apr 7, 2016

Great looking silver thimble, congratulations! :occasion14:

Reelsnrods · Apr 7, 2016

Great stuff... Congrats!

toasted · Apr 7, 2016

Congrats on digging one off of my bucketlist

can · Apr 7, 2016

very nice finds

TooManyHobbies · Apr 7, 2016

Beauty of a thimble. My first thimble was Sterling too, but slightly warped.

Evolution · Apr 7, 2016

Nice finds. I like the thimble. Pretty sweet!

against the wind · Apr 8, 2016

Those are some really sweet finds.
Congrats

Old Dude · Apr 8, 2016

That Barber is really mint almost. I have not found a thimble of any sort yet. Congrats :icon_thumright:

Trezurehunter · Apr 8, 2016

Nice finds Murray. I like that sterling thimble.

Carolina Tom · Apr 8, 2016

Very nice finds. The thimble is really sweet, alas, I have only found aluminum ones. Excellent Barber too.

Well played!

WHADIFIND · Apr 8, 2016

Wouldn't that be interesting, if that was a 1916-d dime.

Great saves!

trapperart · Apr 8, 2016

Congrats on some great finds and pics

Captain Caveman · Apr 8, 2016

Congratz! That Barber dime is in awesome condition (I found a 1916s about 2 weeks ago). And that thimble is gorgeous!!! I want to find a silver thimble so bad! If I do, I hope it looks as good as your does!

Murray8144 · Apr 8, 2016

very much appreciate the replies all - happy hunting!!

JerseyDigger19 · Apr 8, 2016

Wow that barber and thimble are amazing! It's tough to find a thimble in such nice shape since they usually got crushed by rocks and lawn mowers. I'm just down the road in West Orange. Congrats on a nice local dig!