Indian Heads and Silver at a New Old Park

[Tony Two-Cent]

An old park that is new to me. :thumbsup01:

The other park I've been hunting seems to have dried up on me, my last two hunts there were quite fruitless, not even a wheat cent. So today I headed to another old park that I had seen a few weeks ago and filed away in the back of my mind. It is about an hour drive away from my house.

After firing up my E-Trac I had a decent signal within 30 seconds, it ended up being a wheat cent so that was a good sign this park wasn't hunted out. About 20 minutes into my hunt I found an 1892 Indian Head, so that was another good sign. I hunted this park for about 4 hours and found a decent pocket full of keepers and a nice big silver ring.

Here are today's finds:
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And here are today's keepers:
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I ended up with 6 Indian Heads today, 1892, 1893, 1897, 1899, 1900 and 1905:
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The first silver of the day was this 1935 Merc:
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Then later I found this 1912 Barber Dime:
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Interesting thing about the Barber Dime; when I checked it for a mint mark I noticed that someone had carved an initial into the coin where the mint mark would be. The initial appears to be an A or perhaps it's supposed to represent AH. Kinda neat!
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This little pinback car thingy was kinda cool too:
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I thought this was going to be a clad quarter, but I was pleasantly surprised to see this big ol' honkin silver ring come out of the hole. It is marked .925. From the design on it I'd guess that it's modern. Still a nice find.
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The good news is that there is a lot more area to cover at this park. I will definitely be heading back there!

Thanks for looking and happy hunting!

[jkress]

<: Awesome hunt Tony. This is a fantastic hunt in my book. :smitten:
The Barber dime is interesting. It's in great shape too.

You've really got some nice parks to hunt over there. Fun times for sure. :beerbuddy:

[OxShoeDrew]

That is one great hunt sir. The coins are in such good condition too. :shocked03:

[CODY]

:wow: Great hunt with some awesome finds! :perfect10: WTG! I think just the begining on this park! Congrats! |:cheering:

[coop]

Awesome finds thumbsup01

[aloldstuff]

Tony, you're killing it at the parks. You did some great hunting and got yourself some beautiful keepers, love the Barber...but then again you know that.

[milco]

Great hunt there Tony! An hour away, but you made it well worth your trip!

[mike l]

Thats what I call a productive hunt! Love the Indians :peace:

[CTDirtFisher]

Nice nice hunt !!

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[elkameno59]

good show... nice barber of course you are going to hit that place again!

[Fire Fighter 43]

Very nice Tony, the Barber is in great shape too bad about the engraving. WTG |:cheering:

[Tony Two-Cent]

Very nice Tony, the Barber is in great shape too bad about the engraving. WTG |:cheering:


If it had been a rare date Barber I might have been upset about the engraving, but in this case I think it adds character and history to the coin. I kinda like it!

Here's video of the hunt:

Metal Detecting at an old park in central Illinois = Indian Heads and silver (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fich_kxjlpQ&feature=g-upl#ws)

[pulltabsteve]

Super hunt Tony :clapping: I love all those IHs and the little car pin is way cool!!! :perfect10: