beez0404
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I had a great day today. Got out about 11am and went to detect at a house built in 1900. I gridded the entire front yard and side yard. I found a dime and a zincoln penny and that was it. There was a small patch of woods next to the side yard so I thought what the heck and hit it. I found this shortly after I started swinging in the woods.
That was all I found there. At this point I'm starting to get hungry and my back was starting to hurt. Since I planned to get out tomorrow I thought I would call it a day and go fix something to eat at home. This is where the day got good. About 1/10th of a mile from my house sits a lovely brick home up high on a hill. I ride by this place every day at least twice. I've always said "Lord, I would love to hunt around that house" but had never stopped to ask for permission. Well today I decided what the heck and stopped. Met the owners who generously gave me carte blanche to hunt anywhere on their property. The husband said I would have to spit a treasure if I found one.
I decided to start in the front yard and picked the right side. My first good signal, right next to the sidewalk had these hidden in the ground. A 1914 Barber half dollar and four wheat pennies.
Now the back of the Barber half dollar is pretty smooth, but I don't care at all. I was ecstatic to have found a coin spill that wasn't modern coins.
My next good target was this little sweetheart, a 1914 Barber dime.
And finally when my back wouldn't let me swing anymore I found this mercury dime. I've not cleaned it up but it's got some damage to the front. I couldn't get a date off of it.
These are silver coins #17-20 FTY
Hope everyone is able to get tomorrow and that ya'll have a fantastic day. Thanks for looking and HH
I had a chance to clean these up this morning. The four wheat pennies found in the same hole as the Barber half were dated
1915-d, 1939-d, 1941, and 1946. So this tells me the half didn't hit the ground till at least 1946?
That was all I found there. At this point I'm starting to get hungry and my back was starting to hurt. Since I planned to get out tomorrow I thought I would call it a day and go fix something to eat at home. This is where the day got good. About 1/10th of a mile from my house sits a lovely brick home up high on a hill. I ride by this place every day at least twice. I've always said "Lord, I would love to hunt around that house" but had never stopped to ask for permission. Well today I decided what the heck and stopped. Met the owners who generously gave me carte blanche to hunt anywhere on their property. The husband said I would have to spit a treasure if I found one.
I decided to start in the front yard and picked the right side. My first good signal, right next to the sidewalk had these hidden in the ground. A 1914 Barber half dollar and four wheat pennies.
Now the back of the Barber half dollar is pretty smooth, but I don't care at all. I was ecstatic to have found a coin spill that wasn't modern coins.
My next good target was this little sweetheart, a 1914 Barber dime.
And finally when my back wouldn't let me swing anymore I found this mercury dime. I've not cleaned it up but it's got some damage to the front. I couldn't get a date off of it.
These are silver coins #17-20 FTY
Hope everyone is able to get tomorrow and that ya'll have a fantastic day. Thanks for looking and HH
I had a chance to clean these up this morning. The four wheat pennies found in the same hole as the Barber half were dated
1915-d, 1939-d, 1941, and 1946. So this tells me the half didn't hit the ground till at least 1946?
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I had to wash the salt off the old truck !
Great day hunting for you, worn or not that barber half is great!!, ive had homes like that where ya keep saying "man I wish" and then ya finally get up the nerve and they are nice as pie!
