Sooper Dave
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Indians, V's And Another Nice Barber Quarter
I got out Saturday evening for about two hours before dark to a place I have wanted to try for a while now. This is a house that was built in the 1950's but the old maps have an older home there in the exact place. It has a huge yard and was I hoping that there would be some original ground left to hunt. I got permission from the owner and it started out slow as I worked the front yard but it turned around when I dug a 1904 Indian Head. I just kept working it slow and dug another Indian and then an 1898 V Nickel. There is a huge side yard and I wanted to at least hit some of it before I had to head out. My first signal there was a 1907 V Nickel and I thought there is a good chance to find a Barber here. My last signal I dug right at dark was a good 12-47 but shallow. I had just dug a big brass Yale lock and was thinking this is probably something big as well. As I flipped my pug I saw that silver quarter laying there and was excited to see it was a nice Barber! I didn't realize how nice it was until I got it cleaned up. I believe it is one of the nicest ones that I've dug. Another neat surprise is that Oxypathor pin, it is from an invention by a E.L. Moses that was selling these units to help bring oxygen into the body. I read online that he was thrown in jail for 18 months for this being a "quack" device. That is some fun little history. I'm glad the research worked out and I've got the OK to come back and finish off the rest of the yard. HH David.
I got out Saturday evening for about two hours before dark to a place I have wanted to try for a while now. This is a house that was built in the 1950's but the old maps have an older home there in the exact place. It has a huge yard and was I hoping that there would be some original ground left to hunt. I got permission from the owner and it started out slow as I worked the front yard but it turned around when I dug a 1904 Indian Head. I just kept working it slow and dug another Indian and then an 1898 V Nickel. There is a huge side yard and I wanted to at least hit some of it before I had to head out. My first signal there was a 1907 V Nickel and I thought there is a good chance to find a Barber here. My last signal I dug right at dark was a good 12-47 but shallow. I had just dug a big brass Yale lock and was thinking this is probably something big as well. As I flipped my pug I saw that silver quarter laying there and was excited to see it was a nice Barber! I didn't realize how nice it was until I got it cleaned up. I believe it is one of the nicest ones that I've dug. Another neat surprise is that Oxypathor pin, it is from an invention by a E.L. Moses that was selling these units to help bring oxygen into the body. I read online that he was thrown in jail for 18 months for this being a "quack" device. That is some fun little history. I'm glad the research worked out and I've got the OK to come back and finish off the rest of the yard. HH David.
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