NCtoad
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I got out for a 50 minute hunt on the property where I work. I've only hunted here about four times prior to today and have yet to hit any silver. The property where I work dates back to 1909 or maybe even a few years earlier. It was a vacation/resort area back in the day. I knew there had to be silver here...just hadn't hit any yet, until this evening. My second coin was a wheatie. I've only dug 3 wheats total previously here, but any wheat is a good sign and I like digging them. About 35 or 40 minutes later I get some really nice fainter sounding high tones (I was in 50 tones on the nox) and the depth meter was pegged, numbers in the low 30s. I had a very strong suspicion it was silver and after digging down 6 or 7 inches it was still in the hole, so I took another shovel full out and it was still in the hole. I then reached down with my hand and grabbed a fistfull of dirt off the bottom of the hole, ran my pinpointer over it until I found my very first barber quarter, a 1900 which is my oldest silver coin. That got me pretty pumped, but it was getting late so I started working my way back to the car and about 50 feet from the barber I get another real nice signal. Six inches down was a legible date SLQ...1927! It's my 4th slq, but the only one that has a readable date on it.
Great recoveries, Scott! Your first Barber quarter is in nice shape.
the late teens/and 1920's was a tough time for my area apparently. Very nice, thanks for sharing!
I would love to find either of those. 
