How often do you find a silver like this laying on top of the ground?!!

[Trezurehunter]

There seems to be quite a run of Barber Halves in the last week or two, so I thought I'd throw mine in the ring. I found it just this morning at a park about 10 miles from my home. I noticed a few weeks back, that they were doing a lot of dirt work in there. Putting in a new tot lot for the kids, adding new park benches, etc. I was out there about an hour digging clads, when I stumbled onto an area where I was walking into the sun. I noticed a glint up ahead, & was thinking large screw cap. When I got closer, I couldn't believe it was a Barber Half laying right on top of the dirt they were working. Also picked up a 44 Wheat on top of the ground. That was it for the morning, along with the 25 clad coins (which ironically, I had to dig ) ! A fellow club member of mine picked up a Merc, and Barber Quarter out there last week. Think I'll be headed back next weekend ! Good luck to all.

 

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[jeff of pa]

a Barber once laying on a spring foundation
don't remember the date.
a Merc Once, Laying on a Tabernacle Pillar
both were back in the 80's,
Both probably detected & forgotten.
a near trashed Large Cent Once, Laying on the Ground
in a Grove. early 21st century

nice find !

 

[jewelerguy]

happens to me all the time...... in my dreams

 

[Kurios1]

Gotta' love a construction project for tilling up a nice coin like that! I have often recovered old coins, tokens, relics laying on the surface following construction projects. Easy pickens for those with keen eyes. Nice score mate!

 

[david680]

Found a few sitting on top of the ground, mostly more modern stuff, but I did find a 1840O half dime on top of the ground at our local fairgrounds.

 

[scruggs]

Unusual find but a very nice one, congratulations!

 

[against the wind]

Congrats on a nice Barber Half.

 

[DigToChina]

a Barber once laying on a spring foundation
don't remember the date.
a Merc Once, Laying on a Tabernacle Pillar
both were back in the 80's,
Both probably detected & forgotten.
a near trashed Large Cent Once, Laying on the Ground
in a Grove. early 21st century

nice find !

I was thinking the exact same thing. Someone detecting it and missing their bag when they went to stow it.

However these ended up on top, good job making sure they didn't stay there TH.

 

[washingtonian jr]

I found a silver Canadian quarter on the ground the other day but Finding a barber half would be insane! Nice find!

 

[smokeythecat]

If you're in the right spot, at the right time, it is not hard to find coins lying on top of the ground. I was in NJ yesterday not far from NYC with a buddy, and I found three modern coins on top of the ground. All three had been in the ground at least a few years, but....they were on trails in the woods, and had just weathered out and were in the process of sliding down the trails a bit. A friend found a seated quarter, 1850 something or other on the top of the ground at a CW site last fall, he turns around and says you put that there, well, no, like no. He turned it over and it had the hugest dirt clod well stuck to it. Farmer had just disced and tossed it up. Found two colonial English half cents on top of the beach sand at the ocean, and my first gold coin, a 1774 British gold guinea, on top of the sand at the same beach that year at the high tide line. Ocean had just left it there for me. A few hours later, and it would have been gone again. Also got a flying eagle cent in a disced and rained on field once on the surface. I think 1858. Whichever one is the most common. I still have it - somewhere. There are more stories...for later.

 

[MattPa]

I found an old park that others had searched for but missed. It is still one of my favorite spots but because of the memories, but isn't giving much up these days. I found many things in it. Amongst those were two barber dimes two Indians A buff & V nickel all in different spots laying on the surface. It was really cool.

 

[romeo-1]

Cool find!!

 

[Silvermonkey]

Crazy good find. Only once did I find a silver Mercury dime on the surface... off in the woods, just sitting there waiting for someone to pick it up... It does happen, but super rare. Congrats!

 

[diggingthe1]

That's a great find. Its nice when you see them from far away and they end up being the real deal. One of my better eyeball finds was a Morgan, sandblown from being on the surface for a very long time. The bottom was in much better shape. Yours looks to be a beauty. I'm glad it wasn't a foil cap. Sounds like a well used area, good luck going back!!!!

 

[Ammoman]

My father found a barber dime sitting on the surface of mostly rock and clay back in the 80s. My son found a standing quarter no date and super tarnished next to a tree just under some leaves. As for me...I have to dig all my silver.

 

[Calabash Digger]

nice coin!

 

[sutphin]

NICE FIND

 

[DetectorMoe]

Wow, right on top of the ground, thats like tripping over a big gold nugget. Congrats!

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on pulling that Barber from the surface. I bet that put some pep in your step and made swinging the coil a lot easier. I have only pulled one older coin from the surface and it was a Barber dime that was on hard soil with a little dust on it.

 

[sandchip]

Ridiculous! WTG