The Barber Quarter

[Carolina Tom]

I haven’t posted much lately, the truth is that I’ve not found anything post worthy lately. That changed today.

Tnetter Kurtstuben picked me up and off we went to meet Smittyman at the secret spot.

We did really well at finding a bucket of assorted non treasure items.



The secret is to dig a lot of holes. Your odds of finding something good increase with each hole. I did get a few coins amongst the trash.



I found these molds, two of them, sort of a mold spill. I remember burning myself with these when I was about 5 years old. Ahh, the good old days. They are dated 1964.



I got a few wheaties, one has been hammered on.



I didn’t get any in situ pics of this one. Frankly, I didn’t recognize it. It wasn’t shiny so I thought it was aluminum but as wiped it in my hand, I suddenly realized it was only the second Barber quarter I’ve ever found.



As soon as I realized what it was I ran over to Kurt and Smittyman and rubbed it in their faces, nothing sweeter!



It’s a well worn coin, stained and scratched, but a sight for sore eyes after all those bottle caps and trash.

Thanks for looking and good luck on your hunts.

 

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[ToddsPoint]

I had that bug mold set when I was a kid. They were called "Creepy Crawlers". You just brought back some good old memories for me! Gary

 

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[park pirate]

WTG Tom...

 

[fistfulladirt]

Nice silver! And like others said, the Creepy Crawler molds bring back memories of the 60’s!

 

[SD51]

Tom, looks like a great day in the field to me! Congrats and thanks for posting!

 

[diggingthe1]

Nothing better than showing your friends how it’s done! It is a lot of fun when your digging clad and one of those pops out! Nice hunt!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice job on the Barber Quarter Tom, and for reminding me of the good old days also. I had the mold on the left and remember making those bugs !

 

[xr7ator]

Excellently played, sir!

 

[BLK HOLE]

Well done sniffing out the sweet silver

 

[bergie]

Nice going, bud! Makes up for all that crap and clad to find a sweet one like that.

 

[Old Dude]

You gotta be careful rubbing it so blatantly in their faces. They have shovels. We might not find you for awhile

 

[Davers]

Great find Tom.
I'm still looking for my 1st Barber Quarter as well , think the bug mold was before my time but not by much , I buy my bugs by the bag now. No Actually I find them , I'm looking at a Beetle bug right now .