Sunday Hunt=Two Barbers, A Slick Shield Nickel, And an Indian Head

[Goldiver]

I hope you all got out to dig something good today. I was able to get out and hunt with Joe Coin, enjoyed the weather and made some nice finds.

I hit a nice area of coins today, I pulled a slick, and I do mean slick no-date Shield nickel, when I dug it I said to myself what the heck? It just looked like a slick plug, until I turned it over and saw part of the shield, then I smiled as it is my first dug Shield in all of my years of hunting . The rest of the coins included a 1908-D Barber dime, a 1911 Barber dime, an 1891 Indian Head penny, a mix of wheaties and clad, a lead sheep, and an antique broach or pin.

All in all I had a great day!

I also included a nice 1907 Indian Head and 1910 Wheatie dug from the same hole on a short previous hunt.

Steve

 

[coinstar]

good find's seem's to be a ton of 08 and 11 dime's out there . I've found 2 each since March.I noticed alot of other's have too.

 

[civilman1]

That's some beautiful diggin' there Steve....and No,it's not slick enough Great Job on the Barber's and the IH as well,look's like a good day,Congart's To Ya!!!

 

[Detectingfreak]

Glad you had a nice hunt! It looks like the dirt does a better job with the wheat pennies. It looks like yours do not come out so dirty as mine does when i pull them out of the ground.

 

[watercolor]

Those coppers sure came out nice (and the silver too). . . all the old Lincolns I find here in northern IL look like crap

Take care,
watercolor

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Great Finds !

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[Ohio Jerry]

Nice finds! That 07 Indian Head is sweet looking.That coin couldn't have been in circulation long when it was lost.

 

[silverfreak]

Nice digs buddy

 

[Merf]

Congrats on those nice finds Goldiver
That Indian Head is primo.

 

[Mike95inNJ]

A nice day of digging. That indianhead and wheatie are in great shape. WTG.
HH, Mike in NJ

 

[kdismuke1]

You have some great finds. Hope you find more.

 

[Captn SE]

Steve, those are awesome finds!! I'm still looking for my first shield.

Nice Job!!

CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[trhunter1]

WTG! Those are some great digs!

 

[treasurefiend]

Sweet digs!!!

 

[minton7]

congrats man from southern ohio..... nice digs....

 

[grasshopper]

great finds...just wondering, as i am not very knowledgable about older coins..could that be a 2 cent piece?? is there any way to tell with the lack of details?

 

[Goldiver]

great finds...just wondering, as i am not very knowledgable about older coins..could that be a 2 cent piece?? is there any way to tell with the lack of details?

Thank you, and yes there are a couple of ways to tell. One would be the weight, the other would be to measure the diameter. If you don't already have one I would highly recommend purchasing a coin book called The Official Red Book of United States Coins by R.S. Yeoman. That book contains a huge amount of reference information on coins from the 1600's to present.

Good hunting,
Steve

 

[grasshopper]

great finds...just wondering, as i am not very knowledgable about older coins..could that be a 2 cent piece?? is there any way to tell with the lack of details?

Thank you, and yes there are a couple of ways to tell. One would be the weight, the other would be to measure the diameter. If you don't already have one I would highly recommend purchasing a coin book called The Official Red Book of United States Coins by R.S. Yeoman. That book contains a huge amount of reference information on coins from the 1600's to present.

Good hunting,
Steve

ahh ok. i have the blackbook guide but i do hear many people talking about the redbook. i'll have to look into that...thanks

 

[Bardok]

That IH is in nice shape

 

[docbars]

Nice finds.
Love to find those shield nickels but they never come out looking very good.