I wasn't even sure if I wanted to go detecting today, it was so cold and windy here this morning. But I reluctantly decided to head back to the old ball park where I found a Barber Dime a couple of weeks ago. I started out hunting in the large outfield of the ball field itself, but it seems to be void of any coin signals, so I headed back to the trashy area around the old concession stand where I had experienced moderate success before.
I found the 1945 Merc before too long, it was surrounded by trash and was not an obvious signal. The sight of silver sparked my interest though, and about 20 minutes later I found the 1914-D Barber Dime. This one was a much better signal, one of those where you know it's an old silver coin. I love finding Barbers! By this time I am enjoying myself immensely and have totally forgotten about the cold and wind. It started sprinkling lightly when I found an area that was producing a few wheat cents. I have mentioned previously that I often find bottle caps or pulltabs in the same hole with the coins at this site, and today was no different.
After the run of wheat cents I got a consistent 12-35 at 8 deep and right away thought that it might be an Indian Head. Sure enough, it was a 1907. Not too pretty, but I'll take it! Right after I found the Indian Head it started raining pretty hard so I decided to call it a day. I'm sure that I will be heading back to this old ball park again. It is such a peaceful place to hunt, I'm always the only person there.
Always a pretty sight: A Barber in the pile of dirt!
These two wheat cents were together in the same hole, this is exactly how they landed when I scooped the dirt out. Notice the bottle cap in there with them.
Todays haul:
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