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Story of my life Tom, Always a day late and and S mint mark short !!!!!!

GB, We miss you!!! Are you still with us or are you hiding with Chase??? Ha Ha, Speaking of Chase we miss you too, But we will still bust your chops a little. Hope you both report in to make us into a whole group again. If your just lurking, Just jump into the pool. We need to know we are all back in action.

As Ace Ventura said Rheeeeeely!!!

Thats some great stuff , got to love those seated. Glad your doing well. And the gold coins are super nice.

Sadly this S mint is worth only a few bucks. I think the Philly mint is worth more. I was on a barber drought for a few years and have been doing well on them now.

The weekend I had hoped would be pretty good, Decided to try a new cellar hole find which was a disaster. This place was so iron laden I thought it was EMI. My 800 really struggles in the harsh iron. not having a 6 inch which my buddy was using and he wasn't having any better luck. PLAN B lets hit a small 12 acre park with an old farm house that was razed about 10 years ago. Well now this place was just as bad except is was a mowed yard. After a few painful hours I said lets cross the street to an 1880's house that no one lives in but's well kept. My first decent signal was a wheatie (oh joy) couple of minutes later out comes a 1883 IH (getting better) 30 mintutes later and got a 22 on the 800 dug the hole full of nails and was ready to give up when my last handful of super dry dirt produced a 1910 barber dime. It took 6 hours of heat and iron to make the day end on a good note. The 800 was acting a little wonky and I wasn't to thrilled by its ability to hit a good target with a lot of nails. Today my buddy wanted to run out somewhere, So I said lets hit the 1880's house again. But today was going to be a little different, I was pulling the Compadre out and running it on near max disc. This little wonder never ceases to amaze me for being able to hit silver and eliminate the nails. Only had an hour so here it goes. 45 mins and the machine was running fine but no hits. Until I wondered over to where I found the dime. I got a hit 4 inches from where I dug the 1910, I was not expecting what I found, lots of nails 5 or 6 pieces to be exact. WTF I hit the hole again with the coil beep beep. The soil was so dry and crumbly that my next handful popped The big brother to the dime, A 1905 1/2 barber dollar my first barber 1/2. My only hit in an hour not bad. I'll put another silver notch on the Compadre.

Nice saves, That haul is pretty damn good. I'm sure you will find a bunch more at that old house. Good luck

Nice finds, Now go back out in the HEAT and find some more.

As long as your back, Glad your still hear. I'm assuming the glitches could be fixed in time. looking forward to your comments.

At this point I will evaluate when or if it comes out. Right now it's like wishing your rooster will lay an egg.

EL NINO77, Glad to hear from you and Glad your back. Your input has been very valuable to me. Thanks for being part of all this.

Thanks Joe, Glad you were there for support!!!! Not sure I would have made it without some of my friends!!!😀

FEELS good to make a post !!!! Never thought I would like a like button so much!!!

I can't believe the withdrawl I went through not being able to talk and listen to you fellow members. I feel much better now that things for now are back in order. The UNIVERSE is now back on track. Can't wait to catch up on Every ones finds and tales. WOO HOOO!!!!

Nice Job Raphis, Can't beat a day like that. I feel your pain with the humidity, Here in PA we are plagued with the hot and damp conditions. Almost remind's me of South America but with less snakes. Passing up on those 8-9 signals will get you on the gold ring wish list. Thin 14k usually hits in that range. Hope you can cool off and get to diggin some more!!!!

Here ya go F350, It's a strange one to me. The ends seem to be broken at the same place, What are the chances of that??? I've looked at sugar nippers, compass's, dividers and even a nut cracker Ha Ha Never dug anything remotely close.

Yesterday was HOT, But I decided to hit a shady spot that has produced some good stuff. I decided to bring the line trimmer and mow down an area around some tree's that I found a nice barber on. So after an hour of trimming I was happy I could detect under the 3 foot tall grass. My first good signal was a nickle (buffie) next was a wheatie, Not bad for my efforts. The spot is next to a willow tree by an old pond/swimming hole. After collecting a few more nickles and pennies (not looking closely to what I dug) I found what I think might be a carpenter's compass (Total Guess), It's made of copper and was around 10'' deep. Next was a thimble and a kerosene lamp burner. One more signal and out comes a lead button. Well I was hotter than hot and called it a day. When I got home to look at my rather mundane finds I realized I tripped up on Two liberty head nickles (1912 and 1895), a 1907 indian head penny, and two wheatie's 1920 and a no date. , And two no date buffies. This place has yielded stuff from colonial to the 19th century and I'm going to bring the trimmer back to clean up some more spots on the property, Not only for me but to pay back the owner for the permission. Anyone who can help with the ID on the my best guess carpenter compass I welcome the help.

Here in PA it is hot as S**T with humidity in the 80% range. The other day it registered 104 in my truck. But yet I still subject myself to the misery. God help us all.

That's a good find!! Glad the Apex is working out for You. I always thought that machine would be as good as their others. Now quit BSing and go find some more HaHa. PM Joe D with your last beach find, He would get a good laugh.

Kac, No post or marks. This is very thin copper, but possible two piece.

Just so everyone knows what the shield looks like on a New Jersey copper.

Gb, It looks broken to me but it looks like the other rifle barrel comes past the other guns butt stock. CPT GhostLight, Wow you did a fantastic job!!!! That's what I had thought it would look like. It's possible that it was two piece and the back is gone but it looks early to me. All the Civil War stuff that I have seen just doesn't look the same. Many thanks for the effort you put into that!!! Kac, no pin back and from the pic's its small.

It seems to be stamped copper, I'll photo the back and get back to you, But if I recall its in reverse on the back (from the stamp)

My detecting buddy found this a couple of weeks ago and we can't make heads or tails as what it is. I was thinking colonial being that the shield looks a lot like the shield on a New Jersey copper. The other half is obviously missing but I'm guessing it is a mirror image. Crossed guns with a shield. If anyone has come across something similar, We would like to know what it is. Hope you all can give me some direction.

You got me GB, HA HA, Freudian slip, I probably was thinking how bad I feel for posting the silvers in your time of drought. It must have overwhelmed me. I doubt I could ever be offended by you pointing out my brain fart. Nice to see someone other than my wife keeping me in line. Sure wish you were closer, I would love to do a hunt with you, Of course I would have to blind fold you to protect the innocent. Ha Ha