A bad Barber and balls

[Merf]

I hunted a field for 3 hours today and found this blackened and damaged barber plus a couple more musket balls.
That field has prolly been plowed 80 times since the dime was dropped so I guess damage is inevitable.
Good hunting to all. Great weather

 

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[weasel606]

still its a great find ! congrats to you

 

[hollowpointred]

shes a little beat up, but still a nice find! congrats!

 

[99Brown]

Killing the silver. WTG Merf!!

 

[julesjunk]

No such thing as a "bad" barber.
Congrats on the silver.
Jules

 

[Slabman]

Looks like you gave lady liberty a shot in the mouth!! I once did that to a barber half... I almost cried. That
was before the days of "target ID", and I just got careless, and ran my digger right into it.
Still, any barber is a good barber!!

HH Slabman

 

[EDDE]

beats my nothing today.......helped guy out with his ML
man hes got a long way to go...........

 

[ruck]

Nice! Ruck

 

[romeo-1]

Silver and lead...my two favorites!

 

[Merf]

Thanks to all and best luck on your hunts.

 

[Ridley]

Merf,
With all the Barbers you've found in great condition, that blackened one shouldn't hurt too bad.

It looks good to me!

Congratulations!


Ridley

 

[SeattleALE]

Even a damaged barber si a good barber!!!! A little elextrolysis would clean that up nicely!
HH SeattleALE

 

[Trash Digger]

A Barber is a Barber. A nice find under any circumstances. Congrats.

Mike

 

[halfdime]

Just call it your Barber with a Fu Manchu.

 

[lionhrt9]

Looks like you gave lady liberty a shot in the mouth!! I once did that to a barber half... I almost cried. That
was before the days of "target ID", and I just got careless, and ran my digger right into it.
Still, any barber is a good barber!!

HH Slabman

I think a plow got to it before it was dug as those marks would be silver strikes. Still cant understand how a barber could come out of the ground dark like that. I pulled mine out this weekend and there was just a little dirt stuck to it other than that them silvers come out of our ground looking pretty.

Nice finds none the less!!!!

 

[Mirage]

I guess scratches and scuffs with fine detail are better than worn without details. Definitely a nice coin.

Many other targets in the field? Sometimes those hunts with few targets in between drive me crazy.

Bob

 

[Green1]

looks like it has potential,, the spot..

 

[SilverDreams]

A Barber is still a great find!

 

[Merf]

Lionhrt---I think the chemicals and fertilizer used in the farm fields blackens them.

Mirage----Very few targets in that field---not even tabtops.