Mike Moutray - St.Louis MO
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Days ago, while sweating to death at work, I was looking forward to today because I knew it would be a cool day and I knew I was heading out to my favorite park. I had the windows down at 6:30 this morning on the highway driving to my park. It was freezing cold and I loved it! 
Half of the park was closed off for a huge fair of some kind, so I couldn't hunt my favorite spots.
I started in a picnic area hoping to scare up a silver dime. I scanned over some fresh washouts and soon had a screaming hit. I looked down and saw the outline of a dime laying on top of the dirt and bent over to pluck up an easy clad dime. It looked weird at first and I gave it a second glance and discovered it was a 1901-O Barber Dime in nice shape! That was a stunning find for a picnic ground that only dated back to the 1950's.
Later on I moved over to an old, yet ridiculously overhunted spot to see if I could scare up a signal to dig. After 2 or 3 hours of digging up nails and little bits of junk, I get a deep, promising signal in the middle of a group of small pine trees. About 4 inches of pine needles and 4 inches of dirt later, my X-1 probe sings out Silver! Hoping for a seated dime, I found another Barber Dime instead - 1914-S. I finished in a VERY trashy area in a VERY busy location and popped out a 1901 Indian and some Wheaties.
I am now stiff and sore, but it was a great day to get out... something I rarely ever get to do anymore. Take care and HH, MIke.
Half of the park was closed off for a huge fair of some kind, so I couldn't hunt my favorite spots.I started in a picnic area hoping to scare up a silver dime. I scanned over some fresh washouts and soon had a screaming hit. I looked down and saw the outline of a dime laying on top of the dirt and bent over to pluck up an easy clad dime. It looked weird at first and I gave it a second glance and discovered it was a 1901-O Barber Dime in nice shape! That was a stunning find for a picnic ground that only dated back to the 1950's.
Later on I moved over to an old, yet ridiculously overhunted spot to see if I could scare up a signal to dig. After 2 or 3 hours of digging up nails and little bits of junk, I get a deep, promising signal in the middle of a group of small pine trees. About 4 inches of pine needles and 4 inches of dirt later, my X-1 probe sings out Silver! Hoping for a seated dime, I found another Barber Dime instead - 1914-S. I finished in a VERY trashy area in a VERY busy location and popped out a 1901 Indian and some Wheaties.
I am now stiff and sore, but it was a great day to get out... something I rarely ever get to do anymore. Take care and HH, MIke.
I havent found a barber in some time now :sad: