MTJosh
Elite Member
Hiked back into my barber hillside pocket. Great day out with fall colors in full swing. Hike in saw a few deer and the whitest skunk I have every seen.
Upon arrival, I swept the area with the magnet stick I made. Pulled over 40 nails. Started detecting. 10 minutes in get a high tone squeak. Pulled 1st barber dime. It was on its edge. Then another high tone. Only from one direction. Any other way no signal at all with all the iron infesting this area. 2nd Barber dime. Keep sweeping for iron and pull some more nails. Get a odd high tone but only reading 74 on AT. Dig out pile of dirt. In hole pinponter has multiple targets and I pull 2 more nails. I sweep coil over pile of dirt I dug and iron sound, then sweet dime signal. 3rd barber. This one 1800's. Hole had dime and nails next to each other. Finally one more odd signal and my 4th dime for the day. This one in amazing condition. Since I have found no mercs I'm guessing 1914/15 could have been when these were lost. Explains great condition. I started digging away dirt, sweeping for iron, pulling nails and detecing. No more coins. A steel buckle, some bullets and rivets so still finding targets. If/when I go back will need serious tools to dig this hillside down so I can pull more iron and search for more silver.
This one small area has now produced 11 barbers, 3 quarters, 8 dimes. Until this spot I have only found 2 barbers ever in the years I have been detecting. Out west finding coins this old is rare. Finding a pocket producing this many a needle in a haystack. Then again research, hiking miles and perseverance paid off.
Upon arrival, I swept the area with the magnet stick I made. Pulled over 40 nails. Started detecting. 10 minutes in get a high tone squeak. Pulled 1st barber dime. It was on its edge. Then another high tone. Only from one direction. Any other way no signal at all with all the iron infesting this area. 2nd Barber dime. Keep sweeping for iron and pull some more nails. Get a odd high tone but only reading 74 on AT. Dig out pile of dirt. In hole pinponter has multiple targets and I pull 2 more nails. I sweep coil over pile of dirt I dug and iron sound, then sweet dime signal. 3rd barber. This one 1800's. Hole had dime and nails next to each other. Finally one more odd signal and my 4th dime for the day. This one in amazing condition. Since I have found no mercs I'm guessing 1914/15 could have been when these were lost. Explains great condition. I started digging away dirt, sweeping for iron, pulling nails and detecing. No more coins. A steel buckle, some bullets and rivets so still finding targets. If/when I go back will need serious tools to dig this hillside down so I can pull more iron and search for more silver.
This one small area has now produced 11 barbers, 3 quarters, 8 dimes. Until this spot I have only found 2 barbers ever in the years I have been detecting. Out west finding coins this old is rare. Finding a pocket producing this many a needle in a haystack. Then again research, hiking miles and perseverance paid off.
