Double Header = Double The Fun

[Ill Digger]

My son CJ had a double header baseball game yesterday with a 2 hour break in between games. Knowing that, I took along the ET. After the first game ended I headed to a near-by park that I've lightly hit a few times in the past. This park has given up a few wheats and a little silver ring in the past. The first good target was a wheat. Shortly after that I got a mixed signal that was mixed between a pull tab and the sweet sound of a quarter. Some times can slaw will sound like this. NOT THIS TIME! Digging down and while pulling the dirt out of the hole I got a glimpse of silver! :shocked04: :drool: I was stunned to see a 1893 Barber quarter come out of the ground!! :shocked01: :drool: <: :happydance01: This is my first ever 1800's Barber coin! <: And only my second Barber quarter. So that was even a little sweeter lol Checking the hole I also pulled out the ring part off of a pull tab. That explains the low tone! ;) thumbsup01 Thursday while hunting with Jkress, another local detectorist and forum member skribnod, told me he had found a few gold rings with his E-Trac and said Co.06 is 10k gold for him on his ET. So after finding the barber quarter I get a solid 09-06 @ about 3 or 4 inches. :huh: After digging so many foil signals in the past I walked two steps past it and said to myself You'll never know if you don't dig it up. :poke: \:hammer: So I went back and found the signal again and dug down and to my surprise.........A GOLD RING!! :shocked01: :shocked04: It's a small 10k ring marked 417.
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417=41.7% pure gold which is 10k. ( I had to look that one up lol )
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I was able to find one more wheatie before I had to get heading back for game two of the double header. Thats got to be the best intermission I've ever had! lol :beerbuddy:
Thanks for lookin' & HH everyone :grin:

[JTGOLD]

very nice gold ring,and a good hit on the barber quarter and wheats,good hunt.wtg.

[Mudder]

Great find on the gold ring, |:confused:) I always dig, but so far only one small gold ring for me. Congrats on your Barber thumbsup01

[mcdoogal]

:beerbuddy: Very nice!

[milco]

Very nice finds! Congrats on the quarter and on the gold, remember if it beeps you gotta dig! Way to go back to that one!

[silver star]

Congrats on the Barber and gold ring :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:. WTG!!! HH Mike

[randy]

Barber Q and a gold ring, it doesn't get much better than that, does it? Congrats!

[bob_e99]

Very nice hunt. I really like the barber quarter. That's a great find.

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[skribnod]

Grats on the Gold ring and barber :clapping:. You just never know when one of those are going to turn up in between the foil digging. HH

[Ill Digger]

Grats on the Gold ring and barber :clapping:. You just never know when one of those are going to turn up in between the foil digging. HH
Well I gotta give you all the credit for the gold ring!! :yes: |:confused:) If you hadn't givin me the tip on the Co. 06 that ring would still be buried in that park :yes: lol
So... thank you |:confused:), thank you |:confused:), thank you |:confused:)
Good to see ya postin' !! thumbsup01 :poke:

[Tony Two-Cent]

That's a terrific hunt right there! I love the Barber Quarter! Congrats on your first 1800s quarter! That is a great milestone to reach! Awesome gold ring too! I don't think I will ever have the patience to dig those signals myself.

Way to knock it out of the park! :clapping:

[dave in iowa]

great find ,i have found a few, only one this year , very cool to see an older coin come up . I missed the hunt with Joe the other , hope to hook up with all of you in oct.. Joe is a master at this and a great guy

[tanacat]

:happydance01: happydance02 :clapping: :beerbuddy: Congrats on your first 1800's Barber Tim!!!

Woooo hooooo for you! And so great you found it during that little break. Oh and the gold ring... just think how many all of us have prob passed up 'tired of digging the foil-n-tabs'... it does get overwhelming. I find myself listening for the silver tones mostly anymore :cheesysmile: Prob why I don't have gold listed in my siggy :-\

Curious how many golds you found for 2009 & 2010? Hey, your silver count is looking great this year! thumbsup01

[jkress]

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Score!! A big congrats on getting into the 1800's with style. :smitten: The Barber is a beauty.
The ring... |:confused:) |:confused:) |:confused:) I love it. :envious: Glad you walked back and dug that baby up. It is a very nice looking piece of gold.
I'm happy you had an epic hunt. :beerbuddy:

[Epi-hunter]

Beautiful Barber Tim!!!! And I love the ring too!!! Definitely a SCORE :perfect10: :perfect10: :perfect10: :perfect10:

[aloldstuff]

Excellent recoveries, gold and a 1800's barber, Congrats |:confused:)

[cnr_dogs]

great hunt WTG on the GOLD and nice barber!!!

[cnr_dogs]

WTG on the GOLD and the Barber frim the 1800's yaahooooo!!!!baseball and digging the BEST

[hockeyguy]

WOOOOHOOOOO...good thing you backed up for that foil signal!

[HEAVYMETALNUT]

a nice hunt! some sweet digs right there! :groovy:

[Ill Digger]

Way to knock it out of the park! :clapping:
lol Very punny!! rofl



I missed the hunt with Joe the other , hope to hook up with all of you in oct..
Thats alright. Family first :yes: thumbsup01
Yeah it'll be cool when we all get a chance to meet face to face :grin:



Curious how many golds you found for 2009 & 2010? Hey, your silver count is looking great this year! thumbsup01
Thanks Tawna :grin: Let's see :thinkingabout: In '09 I found one 10k ring. In '10 I found 4, 2-10k and 1-18k rings plus a small 10k hat pin. And so far this year, as you can see, I've been fortunate enough to find 2 small 10k rings :)



Beautiful Barber Tim!!!! And I love the ring too!!! Definitely a SCORE :perfect10: :perfect10: :perfect10: :perfect10:
Thanks Ang! |:confused:)



Excellent recoveries, gold and a 1800's barber, Congrats |:confused:)


WTG on the GOLD and the Barber frim the 1800's yaahooooo!!!!baseball and digging the BEST
I've been hopin' for a 1800's Barber and finally found one!! I can't believe it's a quarter to boot!! :shocked04: :happydance01:



WOOOOHOOOOO...good thing you backed up for that foil signal!
You ain't kiddin'! lol thumbsup01



a nice hunt! some sweet digs right there! :groovy:
Thanks Dave!
It's hunts like these that keeps the cravings alive :yes: :drool: :drool:

Thanks for lookin' & commentin' everyone! |:confused:)

[zrickkid]

Way to go Tim. <: Maybe we can get in a hunt before the year is up!

[russellt]

does it get any better //////////////////:huh::huh::huh:thinkingabout:? i think not .. fabulous hunt

[Cheap Thrills]

Way to go Timmy !! :perfect10:

[Fire Fighter 43]

Congrats Tim!! Gold and old silver, you can't beat that to often.

[Civil War Nut]

Hidy LD. Nice finds you got there . You finding all that gold and you want to come to Tn . just to find a old coin with a hole in it . Looks like you are doing good .

[Evan/tn]

Great hunt and good job going back digging the ring...i did that once, got a foil signal walked a few steps past and went back and dug up a small 10k ring.