My E-Trac was in for repair until the end of April, so I did not get out much until middle of May. I invited Pokie73 (Dennis) and he brought a new friend that I met, MarineDad (Mark). I knew a person that had an old abandoned house over 100 years old. He gave me permission to hunt it. I had been there twice before and just found wheats, memorials, and clad dimes. I was ready to give up on it. Dennis had found a 1906 Indian cent the second time we went. The third time Dennis found an 1898 Indian cent, 1939 Mercury dime several wheats. Mark found a 1954 Roosevelt dime and several wheats and some memorials. I had a few wheats, a couple of memorial cents, and a few clad dimes. I then got a 10-46 signal about three foot from a tree in the front yard. The signal frustrated me because it did not lock on. It changed numbers and sometimes went back to 10-46. Dennis watched as I dug the hole, after 4 or 5 inches I found nothing. It was still in the hole. I dug a scoopful deeper and there was a dirt covered big circular object that I could see only the edges all around were silver. I looked at Dennis and then started rubbing the dirt off the obverse. I then could tell it was a Barber Half. I rubbed some more and the date appeared 1893. I turned it over and rubbed the dirt off the mint mark. It was an O mintmark. I yelled at Mark that I found a Barber. We all three found silver that day. I also found a ring with a working compass in it, along with a Mercedez Benz toy car.
The other items include a ,925 girls silver ring with a few stones. It was found in the outfield of a ballfield at a school. I have hunted 4 or 5 house yards and took a picture of the toy cars I found.
A week ago on Saturday our club Illinois and Iowa Treasure Hunters had a club hunt at Longview Park in Rock Island Illinois. My son and I enjoyed the hunt. I have a picture of the necklace (Letter A), earing of American. We came home with two minelab caps and two minelab tot bags based on tokens we found in the seeded hunt. We also found 4 Presidential Dollars in the seeded hunt. Oldest coin found was an 1892 Barber dime, along with a 1917 Buffalo, and several old wheat cents that were not in the seeded hunt. I am lining up more houses to hunt. Bigjohn
Update I took the 1893-0 Barber half to Illinois & Iowa Treasure Hunter Meeting and got First Place for find of the month most valuable coin. I then took the Barber half to Illinois Valley Research & Recovery Association and got a third place in find of the month for oldest coin. Bigjohn
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. I love the old matchbox cars too |
Originally Posted by Hook link=topic=13543.msg143205#msg143205 date=1371204593
) Nice finds and of course the Barber halves are too far and few between.
