Big and small Barbers, Mercs and a Roosevelt

[jkress]

What a nice way to start a busy work day. Snuck down to the park for a couple of hours very early this morning
to see if I could coax a few more keepers from the ground... I did! <:

I had 4 silvers, and a handful of wheats in my pouch within the first hour. I desperately wanted to
add one more silver to my harvest before packing it up for the day. Hit a bit of a dry spell for 45 minutes
before I found an IH. Five minutes later my coil went over a real screamer. Almost sounded like a bolt from one angle.
The tone sure settled down as I investigated around the target. Yep... a definite 'dig me'.

Hoping for a silver quarter I was very happy to see a bigger piece of silver come out with a handful of dirt.
Even happier to see it was a Barber. :happydance01: Rescanned to make sure there wasn't more in the vicinity then
powered down the machine and headed home one happy detectorist. It was the one item on my wish list
I really didn't expect to find this year.

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[Epi-hunter]

Absolutely incredible Joe :happydance01: :happydance01: :clapping: |:confused:)

[Ill Digger]

You gotta be kiddin' me! :envious: :shocked04: :omg:
Holy cow Joe! You have become a silver finding machine!!
Your really sucking up the IH's too! Like they're still in circulation! :shocked04: lol
That Barber half is a super sweet find!
It's in really good shape too!!
Awesome day Joe!
Congrats ! :grin:

[milco]

:perfect10: :perfect10: That's one incredible hunt Joe! WOW!! I think I would have come down with a sudden cold and called in! What a beautiful half, congrats to you on those fantastic finds. Your great year continues and we still have the fall prime hunting season ahead of us yet.

[Tony Two-Cent]

What a gorgeous Barber Half! |:confused:)

Amazing that such an large coin was still there for the finding in a park! Finds like this give me such hope and encouragement!

The other finds are great too, Barber Dime, Mercs, Indian Head, Wheat, WOW! :clapping:

[JTGOLD]

congrats on the big and little silver,and a nice looking IH too,wtg.

[silver star]

WOW great looking Barber Half and that IH is in incredible great condition. Big congrats on all of your finds bud :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:. Good luck and HH. Mike

[mike l]

Wow what a hunt. That Barber half is VF/EF condition. With the S mint mark looks like a $200.00 coin! :perfect10: :peace: :clapping:

[dave in iowa]

wow Joe , you got one . great hunt , same Park as yesterday?

[fsa46]

AWESOME Joe. :cheering: I sure wish my IH looked like that in this neck of the woods. :perfect10:

[aloldstuff]

What a great hunt, that Barber half is beautiful. Congrats on a great hunt and how did you manage to get to work with a hunt like that in progress.

[angellionel]

That is one beautiful coin, Joe. :clapping: And I would dare bet that there are still a few more in that park. :drool: The rest of the silver is sweet too of course. :happydance01:

[RobW]

Those are some GREAT digs :clapping:

[randy]

Love it, beautiful barber half :perfect10: Of course the rest of those keepers are sweet also happydance02

[rsarge1]

:omg: Outstanding :perfect10: :perfect10: :perfect10: :perfect10: WTG!!!!!

[jkress]

Thank you everyone for the nice comments. I'm still reliving the moment every chance I get in my mind. :daydream: lol

As you all know, pulling a 'first for me' treasure from the ground is definitely one of most exciting
moments of this great hobby. We all see coins/relics/jewelry posted here by fellow hunters we only dream of finding one day.
When it finally happens... it is exhilarating. <:

Good luck this weekend folks!

[odave]

Wow Joe !! Beautiful Coin :beerbuddy: :perfect10:

[switch]

Wow! What a great Barber Half! :omg: :smitten:

[PL8MAN]

Sweet Barber !!!

[Cheap Thrills]

Awesome finds , great going on that Barber half . :perfect10: thumbsup01