Erik in NJ
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Went to the place where I found the Large Cent last weekend for about 3 hours this evening. I found one of the Rosies under a large tree only about an inch or so down. Other than that and a few wheats I wasn't finding much as I'd hit this area hard last weekend. I went over to the lawn on the other side which I'd briefly tried last weekend and only found a few deep memorial cents. I figured there probably wasn't much silver there. Boy was I wrong (thank God)!
Proceeded to find a Merc, and then shortly thereafter the Washington quarter. Found another silver Rosie and then the big surprise! A nice 1904 Barber Quarter - though I have found a Seated Quarter before and a couple of Standing Liberties as well as a handfull of silver Washingtons - that darn Barber has eluded me in the quarter size for 9 years! I've found many Barber dimes, but for some strange reason the Barber Q has been eluding me. Tonight that came to an end - in a place where I really didn't think I would find one. To say I was surprised would be to put it mildly!
A little later I dug a weird signal and was surprised with a Buffalo nickel. Rescanned the hole and found the second Merc dime - that explained the weird signal and was a nice surprise. The other Buffalo was found on the side where I found the LC in an area where there was bushes that have been trimmed back quite a bit.
I also found a handfull of wheat cents and a couple whatzits that I'll post later.
SO my two personal bests on this hunt were the Barber Q and the total number of silver coins: 6 (all found in about 3 hours). I'm convinced that there's got to be a lot more silver where these were found and plan on returning soon.
Thanks for looking.
Proceeded to find a Merc, and then shortly thereafter the Washington quarter. Found another silver Rosie and then the big surprise! A nice 1904 Barber Quarter - though I have found a Seated Quarter before and a couple of Standing Liberties as well as a handfull of silver Washingtons - that darn Barber has eluded me in the quarter size for 9 years! I've found many Barber dimes, but for some strange reason the Barber Q has been eluding me. Tonight that came to an end - in a place where I really didn't think I would find one. To say I was surprised would be to put it mildly!
A little later I dug a weird signal and was surprised with a Buffalo nickel. Rescanned the hole and found the second Merc dime - that explained the weird signal and was a nice surprise. The other Buffalo was found on the side where I found the LC in an area where there was bushes that have been trimmed back quite a bit.
I also found a handfull of wheat cents and a couple whatzits that I'll post later.
SO my two personal bests on this hunt were the Barber Q and the total number of silver coins: 6 (all found in about 3 hours). I'm convinced that there's got to be a lot more silver where these were found and plan on returning soon.
Thanks for looking.
