Mirage
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Had some good luck the last week hunting. Hunted a couple spots including two trips to the 'berg.
Saturday Nate and I went and I was determined to get a Buffalo Nickel. Our last trip out there I had dug only one nickel but it was a 1938 Jefferson. I had not found a Buffalo yet this year so I really wanted to find one. The first "nickel" signal I got turned out to be a pull tab. Might have gotten a wheat penny next but then the next nickel signal turned out to be a 1936 Buffalo.
I dug over 25 pull tabs and what are the chances of the second signal being a Buffalo?
Anyway, proceeded to find rosie's, wheats and such. Then just as it was getting close to quitting time Nate says we should go. I say fine but he pauses and thinks. Decides to maybe give the area another 15 minutes. I wasn't expecting much but got a signal. Scraped away some leaves and it sounded like silver. Called over to Nate that I thought it was silver and dug the plug. The coin landed with the dirt in the plug and I saw a bigger shiney disc. A closer look and I saw an worn partial eagle looking at me. One of the few times in my metal detecting career where I just looked at the coin in unbelief before even touching it. My first Barber Half.
So we did another 10 minutes and then Nate wanted to try the area that was the original iceberg hotspot. We weren't there more than 5 minutes or so and I was just chillin - not even planning on doing anymore detecting when Nate yells out "SCORE"!
I jump over and look in the hole and see a barber dime at the bottom(see Nate in Ohio’s post for picture). Here are some more pics.
A couple silver Quarters.
The 1965 Canadian Dime is silver. Canadian dimes were 80% silver until 1967. It was reduced to 50% that year.
A crappy 1903 IH.
A bunch of wheat pennies. Man, 1919 was a common year.
Final group shot with the silver rosies, a marble and an old Ford key.
Anybody know aprox age of the key?
Bob
Saturday Nate and I went and I was determined to get a Buffalo Nickel. Our last trip out there I had dug only one nickel but it was a 1938 Jefferson. I had not found a Buffalo yet this year so I really wanted to find one. The first "nickel" signal I got turned out to be a pull tab. Might have gotten a wheat penny next but then the next nickel signal turned out to be a 1936 Buffalo.
I dug over 25 pull tabs and what are the chances of the second signal being a Buffalo?
Anyway, proceeded to find rosie's, wheats and such. Then just as it was getting close to quitting time Nate says we should go. I say fine but he pauses and thinks. Decides to maybe give the area another 15 minutes. I wasn't expecting much but got a signal. Scraped away some leaves and it sounded like silver. Called over to Nate that I thought it was silver and dug the plug. The coin landed with the dirt in the plug and I saw a bigger shiney disc. A closer look and I saw an worn partial eagle looking at me. One of the few times in my metal detecting career where I just looked at the coin in unbelief before even touching it. My first Barber Half.
So we did another 10 minutes and then Nate wanted to try the area that was the original iceberg hotspot. We weren't there more than 5 minutes or so and I was just chillin - not even planning on doing anymore detecting when Nate yells out "SCORE"!
I jump over and look in the hole and see a barber dime at the bottom(see Nate in Ohio’s post for picture). Here are some more pics.
A couple silver Quarters.
The 1965 Canadian Dime is silver. Canadian dimes were 80% silver until 1967. It was reduced to 50% that year.
A crappy 1903 IH.
A bunch of wheat pennies. Man, 1919 was a common year.
Final group shot with the silver rosies, a marble and an old Ford key.
Anybody know aprox age of the key?
Bob
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