Went To An Old Park and Found My “Barber”… Easy on the shave please!

[Professor of Engineering]

Hello Everyone,

With the warmer weather in Massachusetts and the latest rain the soil loosened up for digging! Today, I left the campus and went to my favorite old park for some fresh air and perhaps a few keepers. I worked an area towards the middle of the park, this time using the Whites DFX. The clad was flowing until hearing a faint whisper calling to me, so I dug and out came the 1911 Barber dime!

Thanks for looking.

GL & HH

Doc

 

[Chizzy]

A good day of listening.......and hearing, Doc!!

 

[WHADIFIND]

Nice find!
How deep was it?

 

[Mifarmer]

Nice barber! Congrats on the silver

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Hello WHATIFIND,

I did not measure the exact depth, but the Garrett carrot's speaker was just below ground level.

Regards,

Doc

 

[A2coins]

I haven't been shaving I'm hoping the good lord will send me a Barber also. I also haven't had my car break down in a long time I have a Honda and he might just to be fair, send me a Mercury !!!!!!!sorry getting carried away nice find great way to start 2017.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Nice silver!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the Barber dime and other finds

 

[JeffInMass]

Great find Doc- I'd say silver in January in Mass is pretty rare- Congrats!!

-- Jeff --

 

[park pirate]

Nice hunt Doc, grounds frozen here in upstate NY...

 

[montcalm]

Nice silver wtg in 2017

 

[WHADIFIND]

Hello WHATIFIND,

I did not measure the exact depth, but the Garrett carrot's speaker was just below ground level.

Regards,

Doc

That's pretty typical for me too. Did it give you a good "dime" type signal or was it more tinny like?

I really enjoy finding the *old* coins! It's the reason I got into this hobby in the first place.
I figured it would be a good way to find some of those glorious old coins that I knew I
could never afford to buy.

Good job!

 

[BIENER]

Nice recovery, congratulations.

 

[Tommy G]

Glad you could get out. Congrats on the Barber!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Hello Whadifind,

The dime gave a higher tone, "slightly" faint, but repeatable from multiple angles. I usually dig everything anyway that is deeper, so to me it would have been dug.

Side note: I dig a lot of trash; digging broken, scratchy and odd signals. I have found many very cool coins, jewelry and relics using this method.

You never really know until you dig!

Regards,

Doc

 

[WHADIFIND]

Hello Whadifind,

The dime gave a higher tone, "slightly" faint, but repeatable from multiple angles. I usually dig everything anyway that is deeper, so to me it would have been dug.

Side note: I dig a lot of trash; digging broken, scratchy and odd signals. I have found many very cool coins, jewelry and relics using this method.

You never really know until you dig!

Regards,

Doc

Lots of truth in that, never know until dug. When I have lots of time and am in no hurry, I dig everything too. But, I do listen to the signal very intently. To learn just what the detector's trying to tell me. That way I learn just how surprising a find can be when they sound bad. But, it also ups my average on times when I am using the discriminator to be efficient for time sake. After all, I spent ALL that money on what I believe to be one of the best discriminators on the market, seems a waste to never use it. I guess I could've just bought a backhoe and a screen. To some that's fun, not my cup-o-tea I guess.

In any case, thanks for the tips! I love to hear what other people hear.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on hearing and digging that Whisper Doc. I always go in boost mode on my detector to see if I can get a better TID on those iffy/whispers.

It might hit 60 degrees tomorrow, I plan on hunting both Sat. & Sun. Hoping your weekend is just as warm.

 

[Wildcat1750]

Nice hunt! Barber dimes are still one of my favorites for some reason.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on that Barber dime.