1892-S Barber Quarter and 1920 SLQ

[angellionel]

What a way to start the year! Taking advantage of today's mild weather I took a drive to the park I had last worked this past December. When I arrived I saw that the park was mostly free of snow. The ground, though stiff, was relatively easy to dig into. I got to work, and less than an hour into the hunt I had my first silver.

I just love seeing the reeded edge of the larger silver coins while they are still in a clump of soil.

http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/January/1892S_barberquarter_insoil_012010.jpg


It turned out to be a beautiful 1892-S Barber quarter! There were 964,079 minted. A great find for sure!

http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/January/1892S_barberquarter_012010.jpg


Here it is after removing the sulfide.

http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/January/1892-S_BarberQuarter_012010.jpg


A silver Roosevelt dime and several wheat cents later I hit on my third silver.

http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/January/1920SLQ_insoil_012010.jpg


This one ended up being a 1920 Standing Liberty quarter. It's in great shape and with a full date. :thumbsup01:

http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/January/1920SLQ_012010.jpg


Here are the rest of the coins, a 1952 Roosevelt dime, a 1944-P wartime silver nickel, and a good number of wheat cents.

http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/January/wheatssilver_012010.jpg


If only this one had been with an S mintmark. 1909 VDB wheat. :rolleyes:

http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/January/1909VDBwheat_012010.jpg


The rest of the finds - a watch, which was actually my very first good target of the day, and a pocketknife.

http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2010/January/watchandknife_012010.jpg


Let's hope the good weather continues to hold.

HH!

[Bentfork]

Love the Barber! Nice hunting.

Gary

[coinnut]

Well you waste no time on that silver Aye?? :lol: Glad to know last year wasn't a fluke :rolleyes: And to think I actually felt sorry for you not being able to hunt when we were getting out :rofl: What a great start and an S Barber...excellent :yes: Bet it felt good to swinging again and to see that silver rim sticking out. I'd say a pretty good first outing!!

[angellionel]

Well you waste no time on that silver Aye?? :lol: Glad to know last year wasn't a fluke :rolleyes: And to think I actually felt sorry for you not being able to hunt when we were getting out :rofl: What a great start and an S Barber...excellent :yes: Bet it felt good to swinging again and to see that silver rim sticking out. I'd say a pretty good first outing!!


:lol: :lol:

It was painful seeing you guys out there pulling some great stuff while I stayed home drooling over the finds. :lol: It really was a very relaxing and pleasant day, and I had the park all to myself. I enjoyed the peace and quiet. The Barber quarter now joins the low mintage 1892-S Barber dime I found last year. :grin:

[Epi-hunter]

The silver king strikes again ;) Winter can slow you down, but it just can't stop you, right? :thumbsup01:

Beautiful barber quarter, SLQ too! And you know... even if that watch had been a Rolex, I would not have heard about it :lol:

[bmattioli]

What a way to start a new year of detecting. You started off with a big bang Angel.. Told you the ground is diggable.. Good finds!!

[angellionel]

The silver king strikes again ;) Winter can slow you down, but it just can't stop you, right? :thumbsup01:

Beautiful barber quarter, SLQ too! And you know... even if that watch had been a Rolex, I would not have heard about it :lol:


King? :shocked01: You mean jester, don't you? :lol:

Yeah, I barely glanced at the watch. I even had the urge to place it in the trash pouch. :lol:



What a way to start a new year of detecting. You started off with a big bang Angel.. Told you the ground is diggable.. Good finds!!


It felt great to get out. :thumbsup01: I thought I would see you out there. :)

[hoser]

Awesome finds my friend. I hope to get my first standing lib this year. That one seems to just hide from me. :bangahead02: Glad you were able to get out. Its gonna be a while for me I fear. :crying02:

[CyberSage]

What? No half's in that hunt of yours? :lol:

It's great that you can get out Angel. Things are thawing here a bit as well. Thanks for sharing. I am going to go outside now and chip some ice of the front step.

Jack

[Beefcake]

Nice hunt! I'm with you Hoser... I've only found one since I started... amazing how rare they are to find. Uless your name starts with A and ends with L... Nice hunt buddy!!!

[del]

Wow :shocked04: your just picking up from where you left off arn't you :rolleyes: that is a very nice first year semi key dated barber , super start to the new year and then a SLQ to boot . George is right here we were starting to feel sorry for you for not being able to get out and dig in those parks and you go out and pull the hey Angie watch me pull a S- barber out a my hat routine . :lol: :poke: :lol:

glad you made it out Angel and big congrats on the great coins for the new year

Dan

[angellionel]

Wow :shocked04: your just picking up from where you left off arn't you :rolleyes: that is a very nice first year semi key dated barber , super start to the new year and then a SLQ to boot . George is right here we were starting to feel sorry for you for not being able to get out and dig in those parks and you go out and pull the hey Angie watch me pull a S- barber out a my hat routine . :lol: :poke: :lol:

glad you made it out Angel and big congrats on the great coins for the new year

Dan


I was just glad to get out and detect for a while. I would have been happy with the watch alone. :lol:

But, yeah, the Barber and Standing Liberty quarter sure made my day. :grin:

Thanks Dan!

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

wow! :drool:nice nice finds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :thumbsup01:

[xzlr8n]

Very cool :cool: Nice start for the new year. Congrats!!