Another barber quarter and Philathea pin

[Nate in Ohio]

So Mirage and I met up with Don and Beefcake for a hunt…we went back to a site that hosted a large hunt last year…but this time with the intention of finding the location of an early 1800s iron mine that Don noticed in the maps in a more obscure location. It was a long but enjoyable trek; after about two hours, Don finally found it. It was right around the corner from where we were just about to think we’d never find it. It was way too unhuntable though (think IRON, lol)…the soil was dark red and the detector was just overloading constantly. I felt accomplished that we actually found the place though, heh. I ended up back in the same area that I pulled most of my stuff out of last year.

I was back at the Berg again yesterday while the getting was good. Was surprised to find another barber quarter, in nice shape too. Also a very small silver pin reading “Philathea”…I’m not sure how well-known that word is, but I had never heard of that; I researched and discovered that it represents a group: “young women at work for young women with all standing by the Bible and the Bible School.” Found a bunch of the pins selling on ebay and looks like the patent date is 1908.

Been quite a year so far. Thanks for checkin it out guys.

 

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[nova]

Barber coinage is always a thrill to dig.

 

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

Wow,

Great hunting !!

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[plumloko]

Very nice!
Love those barbers!

 

[bclark]

Nice finds. Nice looking quarter!

 

[John (Ma)]

Great looking finds and looks like a nice place to hunt with plenty of promise.

 

[Detectingfreak]

Very nice job on the barber quarter the the cool stearling silver pin!

 

[halfdime]

Some great finds! That Barber and silver pin are very nice!

 

[allen]

way to go on those nice finds...

 

[Indyfan73]

cany beat a day out like that

 

[coltdavis]

Nice finds! a barber quarter is on the wish list for me. keep it up

 

[zaxfire69]

Nice digs Nate. I found this page and though you might want to take a look. Nice coins you found. Keep digging that site.
http://www.rubylane.com/shops/antiquesrococo/item/093

 

[Nate in Ohio]

Nice digs Nate. I found this page and though you might want to take a look. Nice coins you found. Keep digging that site.
http://www.rubylane.com/shops/antiquesrococo/item/093

Thanks for the link, that site says it "existed in many denominations in North America in the first third of the Twentieth Century"....I wonder if that means that it sort of began to die out meaning maybe it was likely lost during that time period? This is a pdf of a book from 1914 that goes into detail about everything.
http://books.google.com/books?id=EU...a=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA9,M1

Seems like finding out the real history/evolution of it wouldn't be as spotty as it seems...reading through the old book would be interesting but there's other books I should be reading, lol.

thanks for the comments guys!

 

[Big E]

Great finds! You gotta love those barbers.

Big E

 

[Nana40]

You were prepared and had a plan 'B'! Fantastic finds, Nate! 8)

Nana

 

[John987]

Nice finds especially the quarter!!
Congrats!!

John

 

[Goldiver]

Cool pin and nice looking Barber Nate! 8) Keep up the good work!

Steve

 

[John Deere Digger]

Very nice, I love to see barbers pop out.
JDD

 

[JerV3]

Those are some healthy finds Nate.

Barber quarters are nice to find and exciting. Barbers are my best silver collection I have. They never get old seeing them come up from the deep.

HH Jer

 

[Nate in Ohio]

Those are some healthy finds Nate.

Barber quarters are nice to find and exciting. Barbers are my best silver collection I have. They never get old seeing them come up from the deep.

HH Jer

They do never get old. Thanks for the replies guys 8)