I decided to take Maurice to the oldest park in the city for lunch today. I know there is a Seated coin in that park and I aim to find it.
For today however, I must be content with my 6th Barber dime of the year. This dime was barely two inches under the ground, surrounded by trash and iron. Among a cacophony of mid tones and iron signals there was a high, sweet sound, just barely discernible. Alas, my trusty XP Deus never lies (although I often misunderstand it) and out of the ground came this 1899 O Barber dime.
When I first looked at it at the park, I thought it was a D mint mark. Once I returned to my office and ran some water over it, I could see the slightly misshapen O. I love it! This is my first New Orleans mint mark ever. The mint at New Orleans was active for only a short time and now I got a coin from there.
This is my third silver coin from this park. It is a difficult park but it is loaded with goodies. Besides the silver coins, I’ve found a heavy gold bracelet here plus a number of old nickels including Buffaloes and V’s plus a couple of Indian Head cents. Oh yeah, and a bullet from the 1850’s.
It won’t be long now, before this park gives up its Seated coin to me.
Thank you for looking!
P.S. I forgot to mention that my good friends have a new nickname for me: AlmostASeated. I must say I’ve earned it. LOL!
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Hey !
The Dime is just great ! I would love to detect in the US 🙂 Maybe one day …
HELLO from Metal detecting Germany !
Ralf
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A friend from Chicago found one a few weeks ago ! 🙂 HELLO – Ralf | metallsuchgerät
And i bought one on ebay a few weeks ago 🙂 beautiful … | metalldetektor
They are a beautiful coin. It’s hard to find them in good condition but once in a while I find one worth collecting.