Semi-key Barber dime but...

[Fast_Dave]

So when is finding a semi-key Barber dime a bad thing? When you really "make it your own" as I did this one! Jim and I had hunted Saturday and come up with nothing but a wheat, and Sunday wasn't going well either. We made a final stop at a park about 20 miles from town that we'd hunted before with some success, although the old coins were pretty far between. I hit a bouncy 28 signal at about 3.5-4" and wasn't expecting much more than a wheat at best. It seems there was a piece of iron in the hole that threw my pinpointing off a couple of inches and this is the result. A $70 Barber dime that has not one, but three visible gouges on the reverse. The Roosevelt came up about 10 feet away in a rather unique manner. I cut a deep plug and, when I scanned, heard the target in the plug. I dug away until I saw a green wheat penny in the bottom of the plug, but when I picked it out, the back of the dime was visible right underneath it! That was a nice little suprise.
All the way home I was hoping the Barber wasn't a rare date. After all, it's a Philadelphia mint! It broke my heart when I saw it was worth more than the "O" mint of the same year. As penance, I promise to watch "Jimmy Sierra and the Goat Doctor Treasure" at least 5 times before I pick up a detector again.

 

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[tymcmurray]

arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!!!!!
Hate that!
Sorry for you!

 

[trhunter1]

Congratulation on the two fine silvers!!

 

[BuckleBoy]

OUCH!

Been several nice coins on here sliced and diced this week...Must be the heat fogging up folks' brains.


Do your Penance. Get out there again. Stay Calm and Focused. And Dig Carefully.



-Buckles

 

[treasurefiend]

Man that sux!!! But a damaged coin is still better than no coin

 

[daytondigger]

Well the reason the 1895 coins are low mintage is because of a depression in the mid 1890's. Looks kinda like depression has reared it's ugly head again. I bought one of those sunray probes and I cut large u-shaped plugs which helps prevent scratching a good target. One of my detecting buddies used to say I put my signature on many of my finds. I let the probe show me right where the target is and I dig carefully around it. Congrats on the find. Ive got the 1895-O dime and had an 1895-S half that came from a picnic grove.

 

[DDEXPII]

nice finds


DDEXPII

 

[christ-first]

scratched or not...still some awesome finds !!!

 

[dugdigger]

i'd take any barber. those are good digs any way you get them.

 

[sonny60]

oh well, s#$t happens WTG

 

[kevo]

Uuugghhh, thats rough. I found a counterfeit 8 reale a few days ago and sliced the reverse of it. At the time I was very disappointed because I didn't know what it was at the time. The problem I was having that day is the fact that the ground was like cutting through concrete with a spoon so it made digging very difficult.

 

[dirtyJohn]

I feel your pain. It's a bad month for barbers. I slashed this one a few weeks ago.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice finds but still a barber I just scratched a coin recently too.