Victory snatched from the jaws of defeat!

[Viking]

My wife got me permission from a co-worker to hunt an 1894 yard last night. This has been a long time coming, so I was excited about it to say the least. A little background info- I have hunted a friends yard from 1910 a few times and really never found anything old (~35 shallow coins with an average age of 1982- due to a lot of landscaping and fill in the 1980’s >happydance02, so I knew that this new prospect was no slam dunk. Sure enough, it started off really poorly last night.

I spent about an hour in the tiny backyard and was having all kinds of problems with chirpy signals due to a lot of rusted iron trash, EMI, and metal landscaping edging. Autosensitivity would only go from 16-18, which says something about the conditions. I hunted the whole back yard and found a couple rusty nails (dug them because they were iffy and my arm was about to fall off from all the swinging) and a pop top. I decided to go over it again, switching from Angel/Andy’s pattern to the standard coins pattern (figured I’d up the discrimination to see if it would talk less) but still couldn’t find anything. Then I tried to hunt wide open- ha! I think I shaved 6 months off my hearing with all of that racket. >:/ Then I tried two-tone ferrous and actually found a shallow clad dime. Between the chirpiness and clumpy, hard-to-swing-over grass, my spirits were broken and my patience was toast.

I decided to try the front yard really quick before heading home. My first target in the front was a wheat penny. “Ok, ok, this is better�, I thought. Next target was near a bush and only a couple of inches deep. I cut the plug and could see silver staring back at me. Upon further investigation, I about fell over. It turned out to be a 1910 Barber Dime. Woo hoo! Second oldest coin I’ve ever found and first Barber dime (oldest is an 1896 Barber quarter). Ended up with 6 wheat pennies and that Barber in the front yard. Moral of the story is that my spirits are as high as they’ve ever been!

Thanks for looking- Viking

[MassDirtFisher]

Congrats on the silver and wheats!! Happy Hunting!!

[coinnut]

lol Yep, we have all been there. High hopes and then the stark reality 8/ There is lots of junk in standing house yards But the real moral of the story is never give up. Your best day of detecting could just be one signal away. Glad you got that Barber and I would have loved to see your face lol Great looking coin

[jkress]

Wow... great save Viking. You walked away with some nice coins.
You sure through the book at the yard, great persistence.
It's amazing how a hunt can be saved by just moving over a little
to a new section.
Congrats on the Barber.

[JTGOLD]

nice barber and wheats good finds,wtg.

[rsarge1]

+awesome wtg

[del]

great looking barber and congrats on your second oldest

[Snickerdoodle]

Nice Barber dime!!

[top pop top]

Great hunt and WTG on the Barber and wheats thumbsup01

[milco]

Nice hunt and your persistance paid off. I have found that with older homes the front yards are usually much less disrupted that the back yards. Congrats on the old silver!

[aloldstuff]

Congrats on the silver and the wheats. Hope you get to go back

[tanacat]

Moral of the story is that my spirits are as high as they’ve ever been!

Ah the silver dance! Congrats on that barber dime!

I wish my hubby would find me a good site to hunt You're lucky! thumbsup01

[Tony Two-Cent]

There's nothing like the thrill of unearthing a silver dime, then discovering that it's a Barber! To this day I still remember the first Barber Dime that I found, where I found it and the date (1916). Any hunt where you find a Barber Dime is a good one!

Keep swinging that coil, keep concentrating and keep digging. You will find a lot more great coins! CONGRATS!

[zrickkid]

WTG man. A Barber anything is high on my wish list.

[wingmaster]

Congrats on the barber and wheats.