Got a Barber Half today! My first!

[Tony Two-Cent]

Another one scratched off the bucket list! I finally got my first Barber Half Dollar today! :happy:

Yesterday I tried a new spot, a grassy area beside an old railroad depot that has been turned into a village hall. In this grassy area I found 1 Indian Head, 16 Wheat Cents, 3 Buffalo Nickels and 1 Mercury Dime. It was a pretty fun day.

Today I decided to head back to a park that I had hunted one time last year. When I was there last year the Lions Club was having a fish fry and most of the park was occupied with people. I detected a small corner of the park that was away from the people and found a few wheat cents and a couple of easy silver dimes.

Today was a beautiful sunny day in the upper 70s, and again there were several people in the park so my hunting area was limited. I decided to hunt a strip between the sidewalk and the street that was furthest away from the people in the park. An older gentleman driving by stopped and told me that an old two-story brick school house used to sit on the site. Good to know!

Today in that strip along one side of the park I found 1 Indian Head, 4 Wheat Cents, 3 Silver Rosies, 1 Silver Washington, and a 1903-S Barber Half Dollar! The strip I was hunting was almost like a shallow ditch. I guess no one had bothered to hunt in the ditch before! I will definitely have to go back to this park sometime when there are not so many people there.

Here are my finds for the weekend:
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Here are the keepers:
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My first Barber Half:
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Mystery Coin. It's about the size of a large cent. I have no idea if it's Arabic or Hebrew or what?
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Relics:
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This lead WWI doughboy still has lots of the original paint:
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That's all, folks!

Thanks for looking and happy hunting! :beerbuddy:

[del]

:wow: great hunt Tony , :congrats: on the Barber half |:confused:)

[Skamaniac]

Way to rock and roll! I like the doughboy. :congrats:

[skribnod]

:congrats: Tony, thats a pile of silver! It was a great day to be out today and silver seemed to be coming to light. I like the doughboy, the old leaad toys are far and few to find in that condition.

[mike l]

Hey Tony, Now thats a nice week end haul! Nice big silver :perfect10:

[z118]

Just insane! Man I thought I had a good weekend and then I see this and Skribnob's spill too... I give up! :white:usaflag:: :white:usaflag:: :white:usaflag::

lol lol

Amazing finds Tony... just amazing. Huge congrats on some awe inspiring hunting!

[Tony Two-Cent]

Thanks, everyone!

It turns out the Mystery Coin is from India.

http://fdc4all.com/images/Sil-07.jpg

[dave in iowa]

some great finds tony , i like the soldier
|:cheering:

[AmxFred]

Wow! What a great weekend. :congrats:

[starman2]

:omg: :wow: :happy: If there's one post I have to reply to tonight. Before I pass out. It's yours Tony. Man what a days haul! That is one fine Barber Half! The rest rest of the finds are not to shabby either. Great day for ya! :congrats: On your first Barber Half! :beerbuddy: Here's to ya! :bananadance: :bananadance: :bananadance:

[CODY]

:wow: Tony, :wow: :wow:. A Barber Half! For sure one on my bucket list. Its took me almost two years just to find a Barber quarter. But, they are out there. You inspire me. Great finds! Love the doughboy :smitten:. Hey, love those silver coins, but theres just something about those old toys and tokens. Great hunt my man! :congrats:

[tech125]

Tony, Congrats on your Barber half! Mike dug one on Saturday....

[Hook]

wow tony..you dont mess around! nice pile of keepers there! pile of copper with all that silver and buff's on them..looks great. and that half dollar...not bad either :teasing: its a nice one for your first for sure.

but wow! that sidewalk strip paid off like a slot machine . ya gotta love it!!!! :smitten:
and hit that park HARD man..you know its gotta be loaded! congrats on a real fine day of diggin!

[Atokad]

Holy hell :envious: :envious:
Thats a years worth of finds right there :perfect10:

[skribnodsister]

:wow: Tony, what a great day you had! :peace: :congrats: on your first Barber Half and all the rest of your finds! :perfect10: :perfect10:

[aloldstuff]

It was only a matter of time before a Barber 1/2 got under your coil. Some great hunting and :congrats: on that pile of keepers. Really like the WWI doughboy lead figure. |:cheering:

[POKIE73]

them barber halfs dont come around too often congrats on yet another great hunt you are right about the weather we were close to your area it was a nice day again congrats on a great hunt dennis :perfect10: :perfect10: :waving: :waving:

[CTDirtFisher]

Tony... :wow: :wow: :wow:

That was a huge pile of keepers...

A mound of Wheaties, 2 Indian's, 3 Buffalo's, 3 Roosies, a Merc, Silver Washington, and a BARBER HALF !!!

:congrats: on crossing the Barber Half off your wish list and all of the rest !!

[bob_e99]

:omg: :omg: :omg:

:wow: :wow: :wow:

What a great hunt!!! Not only a Barber half, which is a dream for most of us, but also a nice variety of objects which always makes a hunt fun (IMO).

:congrats: :congrats:

[pulltabsteve]

Nice bunch of finds Tony! :perfect10: Big congrats on that Barber 1/2 |:cheering: :bananadance:

[milco]

WTG Tony! That is like two months worth of finds for most of us at least! And, you found it all in one hunt! I salute you, and congrats! :clapping:

[CTX Tom]

Dynamite barber half Tony!Awesome find for sure.

[Tony Two-Cent]

Thank you for the kind comments, everyone!

Here is a video of the hunt, if you have some time to kill:

Five silvers including my first Barber Half Dollar! Metal Detecting April 14, 2013 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsIqZ5tJZio#ws)

[Fire Fighter 43]

WTG Tony, congrats on a BIG first and a fantastic hunt. |:cheering:

[bob_e99]

:wow: :wow: :wow:

What an amazing hunt! That just blows my mind (what little I have left).


:congrats:

[barlowchiro]

Awesome finds!!!!

Thanks for the video!!