Three Silvers from the Grove, 1800s Barber Quarters! And Sweet Merc!

mpostma · Jul 6, 2009

Made a quick trip to the picnic grove on Sunday. Had planned on having plenty of time for a long hunt, but......it was a Holiday weekend, and an invitation to spend time with family does come first.

So, I got to the grove, and still had the procoil on my Quattro. Now this coil has not been easy for me to get used to. It seems erratic most of the time. I had been out to the fairgrounds on Friday night still trying to learn to use it. It seems to choose numbers and tones at random sometimes, and has been frustrating me. Found rusty metal roofing nail/washer combinations that toned and read like silver!

Anyway, since I only had an hour I decided to just set the sensitivity to auto and swing the procoil.
Within a minute I get a silver tone and id right in the middle of an area I swing over every time I go into the grove.
With more than a little skepticism I dug. Out pops an 1893 O Barber Quarter! The first silver bigger than a dime at the grove, and I found it with the procoil!
Started swinging again, and within ten minutes I get another tone and ID just like the first! This time it's another Barber Quarter, 1894! I was grinning from ear to ear. Thought I better just keep on going over my old ground.

Before I left I had a 1924 merc, and two 1911 wheaties that were in pretty bad shape.

So, in just about an hour I found my first two barber quarters, a merc and a couple of wheaties.

I am also a real believer in the procoil!

Have a great day!
Good Luck,
Mark

rogues71 · Jul 6, 2009

nice find looks like that day was productive :hello2:

treasurefiend · Jul 6, 2009

Awesome job - congrats!!!! :thumbsup:

jgas · Jul 6, 2009

Nice little grove you have there. Gotta be more. I would be happy with any of those finds.. :thumbsup:

jgas

michiganbutcher · Jul 6, 2009

Wish I could have been swinging with ya instead of watching the sale ! Congrats !

crazyjarhead · Jul 6, 2009

Mark, it looks like you had a wonderful day hunting. Nice silver coins :thumbsup:

mpostma · Jul 6, 2009

rogues71 said:
nice find looks like that day was productive

Thanks, it was fun! Those days come so seldom!

plehbah said:
A Barber quarter for each eye.

I yearn for such days as that..........

Thanks, me too. This is the first time it has ever happened. As a matter of fact these are the first two Barber Quarters I've ever found!

TreasureFiend said:
Awesome job - congrats!!!!

Thank you, Fiend. You've been doing pretty well yourself!

Nick Pappagiorgio said:
Freekin SplendoRighteous ...

Just Freekin SplendoRiffic ...

Or Perhaps SplendoRifficallyRighteous ...

Maybe Just Plain SUPERB ...

Bravo Mark ...

~ A JOB WELL DONE ~ Nick

Thank you Sir Nick! (as opposed to St. Nick) Hope to see a post soon with you and Bryce and the Yeti again, makes such great reading!

jgas said:
Nice little grove you have there. Gotta be more. I would be happy with any of those finds.. jgas

Thanks Jgas!

michiganbutcher said:
Wish I could have been swinging with ya instead of watching the sale ! Congrats !

LOL, You know, one of the really nice things is being able to rub it in a bit when SOMEONE is home doing their domestic duty while I get to go out and find the goodies! Know what I mean? Can I respect you for it, and still rub it in? I think so.

crazyjarhead said:
Mark, it looks like you had a wonderful day hunting. Nice silver coins

Thank you CJH!

Good Luck All!
Mark

jrsherman · Jul 6, 2009

Excellent Silver! A 2 Barber day these days is sweeet!!! :thumbsup:

RiverRat3 · Jul 6, 2009

Very nice finds, I am sure there is more to be found.

Ohio Jerry · Jul 6, 2009

Nice job on those Barber quarters Mark!!
Jerry

kimsdad · Jul 6, 2009

Amazing, Mark!!! :thumbsup:

That is a sweet spot for sure!

I've yet to break into the 1800's with silver...

garthbfan169 · Jul 6, 2009

Awesome mpost. They are some sweet finds! :notworthy:

outlaw007 · Jul 6, 2009

GREAT HUNT , WTG!

Michiganne · Jul 6, 2009

Wow, beautiful Barbers, Mark! You're doing something right. :thumbsup:

HH

scruggs · Jul 6, 2009

GREAT FINDS!!!

silverfreak · Jul 6, 2009

Sweet finds Mark.

What you stated is exactly why I have been running semi auto 26 on my SE for a long while now. It settles down the machine and lets me here more signals.

Great digs my friend. Real nice :icon_thumleft:

mpostma · Jul 7, 2009

jrsherman said:
Excellent Silver! A 2 Barber day these days is sweeet!!!

Thanks JR! I'll take it any day! Thanks

RiverRat3 said:
Very nice finds, I am sure there is more to be found.

Thanks, I will be looking!

Ohio Jerry said:
Nice job on those Barber quarters Mark!!
Jerry

Thanks OJ! Now if I can just find a cellar hole out there........!

Kimsdad said:
Amazing, Mark!!!

That is a sweet spot for sure!

I've yet to break into the 1800's with silver...

Thanks Kimsdad! This is a first for me, too. These are the first Quarters from 1800s. Pennys, Nickels & Dimes, but not quarters until now.

garthbfan169 said:
Awesome mpost. They are some sweet finds!

Thanks!

mpostma · Jul 7, 2009

etrac007 said:
GREAT HUNT , WTG!

Thank you!

scruggs said:
GREAT FINDS!!!

Thank you very much!

silverfreak said:
Sweet finds Mark.

What you stated is exactly why I have been running semi auto 26 on my SE for a long while now. It settles down the machine and lets me here more signals.

Great digs my friend. Real nice

Thank you Bryce! Ok, so now I must be doing something right if I'm doing it anything like you! I'm still struggling with the procoil. Dug a good many signals that were falsing silver again last night. When it hits on a solid silver it leaves no doubt, but in and around junk it makes me work!

Good Luck,
Mark