Results 1 to 16 of 16

Thread: Unexpected Find!

  1. #1

    Talking Unexpected Find!

    Found this Beautiful 1900-O Barber Half Dollar out at an Early !800's Home site out in a small grass field. Had to do a double take when I found it never thought I would pull another half this year!


    Keep on Swinging Everyone!
    Attached Images Attached Images   

  2. #2
    Congratulations! That's a great way to end the year. Nice that it is a New Orleans mint too. HH, Dave.
    Oldest Coin: 100-60 BC Gallic bronze coin (Sequani Tribe)
    Oldest Silver Coin: 1156 hammered Pfennig from (now) Bavaria
    Oldest U.S. coin: 1805 Draped Bust Large Cent
    Best Coins EVER: 1625 4 Sols from Kingdom of Chateau Renaud, France
    1662 15 Kreuzers, Leopold I, Austria
    Best Relics: Bronze Age Arrowheads & Spearhead, 2c Roman silver ring, complete medieval knight's spur (x6)
    YouTube Channel: Full Metal Digger

  3. #3
    Thanks Dave! Indeed I was very happy for this to be the New Orleans Mint of the Barber Half.

  4. #4
    Global Moderator aloldstuff's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2011
    Location
    western mass
    Posts
    10,310
    Now that's a find that would make any of us smile. Nothing like December silver.
    V3i- Prism IV- Pro Pointer
    2020 GOAL: Any Flowing Hair coin

    TOTAL 100 YEAR OLD COINS - -280
    2020:
    Silver: 11


    Oldest U.S. Copper - 1795 Liberty Cap
    Oldest U.S. Silver - 1829 Capped Bust Dime extra large 10C
    Click here to view my album

  5. #5
    Junior Member
    Join Date
    May 2012
    Location
    Mountains of West Virginia
    Posts
    154
    Wow !! Oh what a silver. Congratulations.

  6. #6
    Thank You! Definitely made me smile too!

  7. #7

  8. #8
    Elite Member Digger Don's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2013
    Location
    Northern Illinois
    Posts
    3,785
    Early Christmas For You. What a great find this late in the season.
    Oldest Coin: 1699 William III Halfpenny


    20
    24
    Silver 5
    Indian 3, Buff 1, V Nik 1, Rosie 2, Barber Dime, SLQ 1, barber qtr 1,

    YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoU...FVGumMQ/videos

  9. #9
    Senior Member Nesdore's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2014
    Location
    Southeastern Ohio
    Posts
    615
    Awesome Barber Half great save
    Oldest Coin - 1830 Large Cent
    Oldest Silver - 1898 Barber Dime

    Garrett Ace 350, Garrett AT Pro Pointer

  10. #10
    Congrats! I'm very jealous!!!!!!!!!!
    http://www.youtube.com/c/MrDigger

    Minelab Equinox 800, SE Pro
    Oldest coin: 1693 W&M halfpenny
    Oldest silver: 1751 Ferdinand VI Pistareen1 Real
    Oldest US coin: 1787 Mass State Copper
    Oldest US silver: 1821 Capped Bust Dime
    Favorite Find: 1806 Carolus IIII 8 Reales

  11. #11
    Wow, what an incredible find! We don't see too many Barber Halves posted here. Nothing like big silver to put a smile on your face!

    Lifetime totals:
    10 Large Cents, 415 Indian Heads, 2 Two Cent Pieces, 1 Capped Bust Half Dime, 1 Seated Half Dime, 10 Shield Nickels, 68 V Nickels, 124 Buffalo Nickels, 31 War Nickels, 16 Seated Dimes, 131 Barber Dimes, 405 Mercury Dimes, 249 Rosies, 4 Seated Quarters, 18 Barber Quarters, 20 Standing Liberty Quarters, 89 Silver Washingtons, 1 Seated Half, 3 Barber Halves, 16 Walking Liberty Halves

    YouTube Channel: Tony Two-Cent https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmz...RlHTBIU42bUORg

  12. #12
    Senior Member RIdirtdigger's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2014
    Location
    Narragansett RI
    Posts
    589
    Nice barber half there, that coin is still on my wish list. Keep swinging and happy hunting!
    Oldest coin(s): 1600's Spanish copper maravedis Oldest American Coin: 1797 Large Cent. Oldest silver: 178? Spanish 1/2 Reale
    Best Relic(s): Pre Civil War US Revenue Service Button, GW Button, Best Find(s): 1790 King George III Gold Guinea/ "Long Live the King" Button

  13. #13
    Thanks Tony! Definitely made me Smile!

  14. #14
    Elite Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2013
    Location
    Pickerel, Wisconsin
    Posts
    2,103
    Great coin. Its always nice pulling big silver. Had to pull my detector out of storage as the Wisconsin ground has thawed enough to hunt. WD
    Total silver 3 - Goal 50 (2024 Finds) - 0 Washington - 0 Barber Dimes - 0 Mercury Dimes- - 3 Roosevelt Dimes - 0 V Nickels - 0 Buffalos - 0 War Nickels - 0 Indian - 10 Wheats - $ 3.44 in clad
    Relics: MILESTONES since 2012: 1700 silver coins - 8000 Clad Quarters - 500 Roosevelts - 750 Mercury Dimes

  15. #15
    Elite Member The Rebel's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2013
    Location
    Southwest, CT
    Posts
    2,063
    WTG on the Barber. Always nice to see Silver in the hole!
    Minelab Manticore / SPECTRA V3i, Pro-Pointer II. Lesche Digger.
    Oldest Copper: 1694 William & Mary Halfpenny. Oldest Silver: 1663 1-Reale
    Cob.

    My Album

  16. #16
    Veteran Member leslie(nova scotia)'s Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2009
    Location
    Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia
    Posts
    1,880
    Nice barber and I'm sure it was a thrill to find. Congrats!
    From the land of the Bluenose.....life is a beach at least till the tide comes in and the Bud is all gone. Swish and dig at the drop of a dime!

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •