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    Fast & Furious....

    .... well at least that's how the hunt started out.
    I had a whole day to myself Sunday to do a little MDing! So went to an old school site were a lot of dirt has been moved around. I knew it'd been hit hard by a lot of other detectorists. But I ain't scared
    I turned on the ET and made a few swings and BAM! Shallow penny signal... a wheatie! Maybe two steps away.... BAM another shallow penny signal. Only this time....silver baby!! A 1905 Barber dime, less that a inch deep! Then.... a 6 inch deep quarter signal!! You can imagine whats going through the brain at this moment. All for nothin. A 1976.


    I hunted for around 5 hours. As the day went along I managed a handful more wheats. But no more silver.

    Here's the keeper coins for the day.


    And the "other stuff" ...


    No banner day. But no SDHOS either!!

    Thanks for lookin'!!
    GL & HH
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    I would call that a good day. 5 hours of enjoyment, a bunch of Wheats and Old Silver. Even though it's a bit beat up, got to love those old tokens.
    Great Job Tim.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Digger Don View Post
    I would call that a good day. 5 hours of enjoyment, a bunch of Wheats and Old Silver. Even though it's a bit beat up, got to love those old tokens.
    Great Job Tim.
    Thanks Don. It was a win-win for me. A little, much needed, free time to swing, and a little silver to top it off with.
    I wish I would've had your number. Maybe we could've met up. This fall we'll have to make a point to meet up.
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    Your heart races when you find stuff the first few minutes at a new site. What does the token say? Nice job Tim!
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    Good job pulling some nice targets from a pounded site!
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    Looks good to me Tim! Congrats on saving those old coins from the ground. What does the token say? Is it one of those soap tokens? HH, Dave.
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    free time to yourself....priceless. Nice finds Tim, always love to see Barbers posted.
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    Now that must have been fun, finding keepers only 1" deep!

    Congrats on the Barber Dime and the pile of wheat cents, Tim!

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    Excellent pile of coins... great hunt!
    I <3 colonial relics!

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    Finding the Barber took the pressure off of the rest of the hunt Apparently none of the other detectorists hit that spot very well now did they?I love seeing moved dirt!
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    Congrats for the barber. Safe & HH

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    Quote Originally Posted by OxShoeDrew View Post
    What does the token say?
    Thanks Drew! It says CRYSTAL WHITE LAUNDRY SOAP .... YYY

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    Good job pulling some nice targets from a pounded site!
    Thanks Lodge Scent

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    Looks good to me Tim! Congrats on saving those old coins from the ground. What does the token say? Is it one of those soap tokens? HH, Dave.
    Thanks Dave! Yeah it's one of those soap es. Its a CRYSTAL WHITE LAUNDRY SOAP .... YYY







    Quote Originally Posted by aloldstuff View Post
    free time to yourself....priceless.
    You got that right brother. Thanks Al

    Quote Originally Posted by Tony Two-Cent View Post
    Now that must have been fun, finding keepers only 1" deep!

    Congrats on the Barber Dime and the pile of wheat cents, Tim!

    No SDHOS!
    Thanks Tony! Yeah it was pretty exciting! I was thinking possibly double digit silvers? At least multiple silvers anyways, with a silver soooo early.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Isaac View Post
    Excellent pile of coins... great hunt!
    Thanks Isaac! It was nice to get out.

    Quote Originally Posted by coinnut View Post
    Finding the Barber took the pressure off of the rest of the hunt Apparently none of the other detectorists hit that spot very well now did they?I love seeing moved dirt!
    I guess they did miss that spot. They were pretty thorough though. Even the wheaties wee spotty at best. And you are 100% right. Finding that Barber so early in the hunt defiantly took the pressure off Thanks for the response George.

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    Congrats for the barber. Safe & HH
    Thanks Timewarpdigger!
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    Nice score on the barber and pile of wheats

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    Great hunt!!! Congrats on the dime! I was surprised to find an IH about 1" down this summer. Good thing I didn't assume it was a zilcoln and move on! I guess they'd moved some soil because there wasn't any sign of erosion there... Actually my oldest coin 1820 LC was amazingly shallow a couple inches down on top of a huge root that had pushed up through the soil. Now that was cool
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    it does me good to see you getting out Tim , congrats on the shallow barber
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    A whole day to yourself at a new spot ... man , that's a treasure in itself , nice going on the Barber and all the wheats .

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