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Spent the day with my buddy at a ghost town. The bugs were bad and the sun was hot, but had a really great time. Pictured are my finds. My buddy did manage some cool relics and a couple old wheat cents. Lots of variety. Many eye-find buttons. I decided to pick them up all day. I like them. They display good.

I love the old, black, ghost town, 1894 Barber Half. Sweet signal!

Thanks for looking.
 

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excellent post . I love the pix of the desert terrain, to set the stage.
 
Nice finds. I am a bit surprised the desert was not kinder to that coin. I have dug a couple barber halfs here in FL at over 6 inches deep in fertile soil that came out better with less cerosion. I would have figured the desert wouldn't be so rough on silver.
 
Very nice hunting! The barber half Is always fun to find, and it looks like yours has a mint mark too. Good luck out there, and happy hunting!
 
Congratulations on the fine hunt and especially the barber half. As others have said I'm surprised the arid dessert was so unkind to that silver. What is that coin/token in the upper right corner of the second photo?

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ecmo said:
Congratulations on the fine hunt and especially the barber half. As others have said I'm surprised the arid dessert was so unkind to that silver. What is that coin/token in the upper right corner of the second photo?

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Thanks! That is a lid to a Tobacco tin. It says United States Tobacco Co.
 
TNTGross said:
Nice finds. I am a bit surprised the desert was not kinder to that coin. I have dug a couple barber halfs here in FL at over 6 inches deep in fertile soil that came out better with less cerosion. I would have figured the desert wouldn't be so rough on silver.
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ecmo said:
Congratulations on the fine hunt and especially the barber half. As others have said I'm surprised the arid dessert was so unkind to that silver. What is that coin/token in the upper right corner of the second photo?

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I wondered the same. I haven't dug much silver from ghost towns, but this is the most corroded one I've found.

This place does get heavy snow in the winter.
 
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Very cool finds! Congrats on the Barber half! I always like sites where there are eyeball finds along the way.
 
Congrats on all the goodies! I didn't realize desert sand/dirt was so corrosive. I see you use the six inch coil, I use one as well and love it.
 
CharlieT84 said:
Congrats on all the goodies! I didn't realize desert sand/dirt was so corrosive. I see you use the six inch coil, I use one as well and love it.
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Thanks! Not really sure why its so black and pitted. Maybe got hot in a fire or maybe from chemicals from the railroad track. It was found close to the black looking gravel around old railroad tracks.
 
Great stuff right there!
Do you know what that purple glass piece is?
I have one exactly like it, but it's blue.
I always thought it was some type of bottle topper, or stopper.
 
matmit said:
Great stuff right there!
Do you know what that purple glass piece is?
I have one exactly like it, but it's blue.
I always thought it was some type of bottle topper, or stopper.
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Thanks. I do believe it's a bottle stopper. I've found a couple more that say Lea&Perrins.
 
randy said:
It looks like saltwater damage to me. Don't know if your site is near the coast or near a saltwater source.
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CharlieT84 said:
.... I didn't realize desert sand/dirt was so corrosive....
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Stiffwrists said:
.... but this is the most corroded one I've found.

This place does get heavy snow in the winter.
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ecmo said:
.... I'm surprised the arid dessert was so unkind to that silver. ...
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TNTGross said:
Nice finds. I am a bit surprised the desert was not kinder to that coin.....
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Hey guys, excellent discussion. I can't speak for Utah soil/desert, but I've hunted lots of Nevada desert sites (sometimes with 100-ish miles of the Utah border). And the terrain shots are similar to one stiff-wrists posted here. So I'm guessing their similar ingredients/soil/conditions.

As such, my friend and I have noticed that it depends on the alkali content of the soil, and amount of moisture annually that the spot bathes in. Alkali soil is easy to spot : There's a white salty looking deposit that forms hither and yonder, wherever puddles have been allowed to dry out. Whenever you're in those parts of the western USA deserts, then the silver has the potential to be very "kissed" :no: But then a mere 50 yards away, at a slightly higher spot in the landscape, the coins can come out better. It's hit & miss.
 
Can’t tell from the picture, but the flat round thing is a container, it may be a pumpkin seed flask !
 
Wom 27 said:
Can’t tell from the picture, but the flat round thing is a container, it may be a pumpkin seed flask !
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Its a little pocket watch. Looks like it was probably gold plated.
 

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Tom_in_CA said:
Hey guys, excellent discussion. I can't speak for Utah soil/desert, but I've hunted lots of Nevada desert sites (sometimes with 100-ish miles of the Utah border). And the terrain shots are similar to one stiff-wrists posted here. So I'm guessing their similar ingredients/soil/conditions.

As such, my friend and I have noticed that it depends on the alkali content of the soil, and amount of moisture annually that the spot bathes in. Alkali soil is easy to spot : There's a white salty looking deposit that forms hither and yonder, wherever puddles have been allowed to dry out. Whenever you're in those parts of the western USA deserts, then the silver has the potential to be very "kissed" :no: But then a mere 50 yards away, at a slightly higher spot in the landscape, the coins can come out better. It's hit & miss.
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Tom thanks for sharing your insight/first hand knowledge.
 
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