Scarce Barber Quarter + Other Silver And Nickels

[angellionel]

I do miss spending some time detecting at the parks, but I can't pass up the opportunities for old coins and gold rings that shallow water detecting can also offer, like what I picked up during this early morning's hunt.

There were no gold rings this time, but I did find an old sterling silver ring, twelve silver coins - six quarters and six dimes, plus several old nickels, wheat cents, and an air corps bracelet.

The quarters are dated 1909-O, 192?, 1926, 1930, 1935, and 1941. It was great seeing three Standing Liberty quarters emerge from the water, two with full dates, but the best quarter is the scarce 1909-O Barber. Only 712,000 were minted.



Here is the 1909-0 Barber quarter after removing most of the heavy sulfide using the baking soda and aluminum foil trick. I was careful to leave some of the tarnish intact, which still gives it the desired 'aged' look. The quarter had been lodged between a small and large rock, so it took some effort prying it out of there while balancing in neck deep water. Unfortunately the contact marks across the face appear to have been caused during this effort. Out of the 119 silver coins I have pulled out of this lake it had to happen to this one. She is still a beauty though!



The dimes are all mercs, dated 1937, 1937-D, 1941, 1942, 1942, and 1944.



I love how well the nickels hold up while in the water. They are dated 1911, 1915-S, 1916-S, 1929, 1938-D, and 1943-P. The 1915-S nickel is also a scarce date coin.



This is a neat sterling silver ring, and it screams old.



This 12k gold filled air corps bracelet is a neat find too. The back is engraved with To Helen from Jerry.



The rest of the finds, a junk ring, pendants, and wheat cents.









HH!

[rsarge1]

very nice and all from one hunt wtg

[randy]

Amazing silver Angel. As usual. Congrats.

[coinnut]

It's a scarce coin hunt Congrats on the 2 rare date finds I love the silver ring...can't tell what kind of cabachon is in it, maybe some kind of agate Also love the glass, turn of the century ring. For costume jewelry, they were beautifully done. Thanks to a world wide recession/depression, the fine European artists were without jobs, so the took jobs in America, where we were only producing costume jewelry. We got world class artists, doing junk jewelry designs Lucky us
Great hunt! Hurry up and get out of the water, I'm dying for a park hunt

[zrickkid]

Once again you pull of the impossible.

[RobW]

I have to stop looking at your posts Angel....drives me crazy!!! Makes me want to stop working and go hunt, and I don't think my marriage would survive that!

[SeabeeRon]

Angel, you never cease to amaze!! I have been off line for a bit and I see you are still hitting the best finds ever!! Congratz buddy!!!

[BOWSER]

wonderful stuff cograts.

[exsquid]

Amazing finds...

[Napa Steve]

Awesome hunting Angel, you must be hunting with a silver magnet,

[Nitro 54]

Nice finds We need to do a road trip steve

[Salty Dog]

Nice recoverys,wish i had lakes or ponds here that are not hammered to death you have paid your dues that is for sure,can't wait to see your finds this season,Dave

[ronv3]

Very good Hunt, I enjoy digging up the past also, items of days gone by. You're really good at detecting, enjoy looking at your finds, Thanks for posting!

[russellt]

great finds . you are absolutely killing me

[odave]

Awesome Angel Congrats on all the Silver !!

[wild willy]

hey bowser! is that you sitting down on a bench while detecting on your avatar willy

[BOWSER]

unfortunatley that is me losing my balance and fallin over