Low Mintage Barber Dime and Giant Canadian Bank Token!!

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Back at a late 1700s farmhouse the other day, playing around with some settings on the Deus II. Been here a bunch of times before over the years.

Managed to pull an 1896-S Barber Dime in really nice condition. I believe it is the 3rd lowest mintage in the barber dime catalog. The following day I went back and got the 1837 One Penny Bank Token. Somehow I must have walked over this thing 20 times. I've found the smaller halfpenny version before...this thing is massive!!
 

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Back at a late 1700s farmhouse the other day, playing around with some settings on the Deus II. Been here a bunch of times before over the years.

Managed to pull an 1896-S Barber Dime in really nice condition. I believe it is the 3rd lowest mintage in the barber dime catalog. The following day I went back and got the 1837 One Penny Bank Token. Somehow I must have walked over this thing 20 times. I've found the smaller halfpenny version before...this thing is massive!!
Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!
 

Great find! That dime is probably worth $300+
 

Crazy the things you miss when you think you've found it all! Awesome finds!
 

Great looking 1 Penny, the soils were very kind.
Dug a few over the years, though the 1/2 Penny are more common.
Just to put it perspective this was from a days hunt a few years back.
Just one 1/2 & a single 1 Penny.
This is the average condition also.
So yours is top self.
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Dang...I'll bet that token was screaming
 

Very nice finds grasshopper. That Canadian bank token is gigantic! Did it blow your ears off?
Congrats on a productive hunt!

Dang...I'll bet that token was screaming

Surprisingly...it didn't blow my ears off. I was messing around with the Deep HC program and it was just a repeatable, normal-sounding high tone in an area I've covered quite a few times. Ended up being about 8 or 9 inches deep. Probably never even heard it with the normal sensitive/fast programs I've used in the past.
 

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