My first Barber Quarter, 1869 Injun, whats its...

jgas

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Went to a farm that we were granted permission to hunt. The nice lady owns the abandoned homestead and lives right next door in a newer home. She was the kind of person that was really interested in what we would find. Of course we showed her everything and I will return after we clean up some things and return those to her. Started out with the usual trash stuff but did hit on some keepers. Don and I tag teamed up on the front and side yards first and we soon found some clad coins only an inch down. Don then got a really iffy signal, penny at best that fluctated from penny to pull tab. He dug the plug and could not find it with the in line probe. I then used my newly bought Garretts ProPointer and found it for him. Caked with dirt we could finally see the small shield on the back. An Injun!! ;D Nice, but we could only see what we thought was a 19 and possibly another 9. No more field cleanup here so we out it away and continued the hunt.

Went about 50 yards in front of the house and got a good signal. Dime/ Quarter... and out pops our first Barber Quarter and oldest silver to date. A well worn 1892 S....Not bad at all, went on to find some strange ornate Deer type thing and several other trinkets including two heart shaped pendants.

I then got a good signal that was loud and penny type about 6 inches down. Dug the plug and at first thought I had a great pocket spill but it turned out to be 4 nickle size discs with 1883 stamped into them and another nuber with Madison Twshp...Not sure what they are, I was hoping someone would help out with these. Not sure if they are telephone pole markers or what, or if they are from 1883. :icon_scratch:

After we go home and looked closer at the Injun to our surprise it ended up being an 1869....Nice :thumbsup: Never really realized that they are worth more than a few pennies.. :laughing9: This day turned out better than I had hoped really..An S mint mark Barber Quarter and and 1869 Injun...I guess that dated the place a bit older than what the lady thought... :headbang: Okay, check ya later...Be safe out there.. :thumbsup: jgas
 

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HOLY COW.....Thanks for the replies guys...Buckles, thanks for the information on the tags. I never would have imagined that these things could be worth anything. I will take your advice and post one on ebay and see what happens. They sure made my day when I found them but I am still in shock now...What has turned in to a regular day of hunting has ultimately produced a great day with the Barber, the Injun and the tags. WOW...I guess it was a banner day for me. Thanks again for all the replies everyone. I sure do appreciate it. :thumbsup: jgas
 

Congrats on those sweet finds JGas. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
 

Cool 1800's dog tags. Thanks for the ID, Buckles and your wealth of knowledge on the subject matter. Well put. WTG Jgas on some sweet finds. I haven't even found 1 dog tag ???
 

Hey Jgas, great finds...nice coins, nicer dog tags.....who wuuda thunk it, huh? :laughing7:
BUT, my favorite is the deer......if you find out anything on that one, let me know, ok? That is one
beautiful find, and a great set of finds. :thumbsup:
 

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