Gnats, Silver And Copper

Today I hit a new site, one located here in MA. It was a bit of a distance from my house, but I had to try it out sooner or later. :yes:

I arrived at the site at about noon. Though there are roads on both sides of the small park it was pleasantly quiet, with hardly any traffic to speak of, perfect for detecting such sites. But there was one problem - biting gnats! :hairpulling: They were all over me! :shocked01: I continued detecting and soon found a mercury dime, but those gnats had me thinking of leaving the place. :crying02: Then I picked up a 1908-D Barber dime. :drool: At that point I said okay gnats, I'm not leaving, so bring it on!! :boxing: :boxing: Then they proceeded to beat me up mercilessly. rofl rofl But at least I left the park with several keepers. :cheesysmile:

Well, what have we here? :drool:



It's a beautiful 1901 Barber quarter! :smitten:



And this one? :drool:



A worn but still very pretty 1856 Seated dime! :smitten:



Here are my five silver coins of the day, which includes a semi-key date 1893-O Barber dime. :happydance01:



The reverse of the 1893-O Barber dime.



And I did dig up one large cent, dated 1834. :happydance01:



Also among the finds were four Indian Head cents and five wheat cents.



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Very nice ANgel....I like the barber quarter especially.

How many gnats did you take home with you. Now you know why them coins were still there, the park is patroled by gnats lol Beautiful 1901 Quarter...I hope there is an S on it :drool: :drool: It was worth the trip and what does it hurt to trade a bit of flesh for some silvers :shocked01: You're happy...the bugs are happy...everyone is happy thumbsup01

Are you still whining about the gnats? lol
Like I told you earlier, let them feast... the finds are worth it. Beautiful coins!! I especially love that barber quarter. :smitten: :smitten:

Sure wish i had that kind of area to hunt , wonderful finds angel, always a pleasure to see your finds and your comments , thumbsup01

hockeyguy link=topic=5757.msg68169#msg68169 date=1304908835 said:

Very nice ANgel....I like the barber quarter especially.

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She does have a lot of great detail. :smitten:

coinnut link=topic=5757.msg68171#msg68171 date=1304909071 said:

How many gnats did you take home with you. Now you know why them coins were still there, the park is patroled by gnats lol Beautiful 1901 Quarter...I hope there is an S on it :drool: :drool: It was worth the trip and what does it hurt to trade a bit of flesh for some silvers :shocked01: You're happy...the bugs are happy...everyone is happy thumbsup01

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Oh man! I was wishing for an 'S' so badly! :drool: :drool: But not this time. :crying02: And yeah, the gnats were full and happy. rofl

Epi-hunter link=topic=5757.msg68174#msg68174 date=1304909361 said:

Are you still whining about the gnats? lol
Like I told you earlier, let them feast... the finds are worth it. Beautiful coins!! I especially love that barber quarter. :smitten: :smitten:

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Hey, they took more than their fair share, so I have to complain. rofl But the coins were worth the bites. :smitten:

dave in iowa link=topic=5757.msg68177#msg68177 date=1304909705 said:

Sure wish i had that kind of area to hunt , wonderful finds angel, always a pleasure to see your finds and your comments , thumbsup01

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Thanks Dave! thumbsup01

them old silvers are worth a few bites,very good hunt.

As usual very nice hunt. are the silvers classified as blood silvers?

aloldstuff link=topic=5757.msg68206#msg68206 date=1304941311 said:

As usual very nice hunt. are the silvers classified as blood silvers?

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Probably. lol God knows the gnats likely took more than their fair share. :shocked01:

Awsome finds! :clapping: Those gnats were definatly a nuisance this weekend :yes: I think I swallowed and inhaled a few myself >:#

Biting gnats and black flies are the worst :girlcry: You made the best of it. Nice saves thumbsup01

Nice pile of goodies .Great silver. Yazoo

Gnats are gone, but all the silver remains. Congrats on another fine hunt.

I'd put up with more than gnats for digs like that! lol Congrats...

Nice... glad to see you pushed through the gnat thing. |)
Those pesky buggers can certainly be a nuisance. Looks like you were rewarded big time.
Those silver coins would have me doing the happydance2.0. Unlike anything you have seen. lol
Congrats on a great hunt Angel. Absolutely :smitten: all the pictures in this post. Especially the first one.
Very, very nice visuals for the hunt. :yes:

:angelic: Nice finds as always!