!!!BIG SILVER!!! What a way to end a week!

coltdavis

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I think im still in shock lol. Today i got up and went to work at my grandparents the place where i found my 2 IH cent's, well today i got there and got done with the work a little early so i had the detector with me and was hoping for some silver. I decided to hit up the side yard a place i had detected a little but not to much the second good sounding signal i got hit the 50 cent mark on the ace 250 and stayed there with every pass. The first ended up being a screw cap. I was hoping but these signals usually turn out to be deep large iron, or beer cans. I dug a bigger sized plug then normal just in case and when i pulled it out and rescanned the hole the target sounded good still, which got me a little excited. I removed some dirt and thats when i seen the face of the coin. I could see that it was Barber :o , wow what an a great feeling that was. I carefully removed the coin and could see the date 1899!!!! I just sat there and stared at it for what seemed like forever lol. I had just dug my first-Barber, My first half dollar, and my first 1800's silver ;D, knocked out 3 first with 1 coin lol. Heres the scan of the coin. ;D I just stopped detecting i had to get home and share my find with everyone lol. Hope everyone is having a great day! Thanks for looking and HH
 

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Captn_SE said:
Does your grandfather or grandmother remember losing that barber Half in their backyard?

Awesome find!!

Congrats,
CAPTN SE
Dan

Thanks! No lol they bought the house in 1965, it was built in 1880. My grandma said she hasnt even seen 1 of them in real life, just pictures.
 

Awesome find bud - bigtime congrats!!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
 

If that find does not hook you for life on the hobby, nothing will! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Don
 

TreasureFiend said:
Awesome find bud - bigtime congrats!!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Thanks TF- i can still hardly believe it. :D
 

That is one sweet half dollar! Makes digging all that trash worthwhile once you find something like that, doesn't it?

Congrats!

Ray
 

Sweet!!! Nice half and three firsts in one pop!! Congrats!!
 

And it's an O mint mark, so maybe a 4th first. Big time congrats, I am drooling over that coin :o
 

Captain Loosechange said:
And it's an O mint mark, so maybe a 4th first. Big time congrats, I am drooling over that coin :o

Thanks! :D Very good point it is a 4th first for me! My first O mint mark. HH
 

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