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Valued Member
United States
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Tomorrow there is going to be a barn sale near to where I live. The barn is 100 years old. I'm only brining 60 bucks with me but I'll be looking at antiques and also scouring the ground for coins. I'm ginger to bring a flashuge light and even look under all the hard to reach spots and maybe even bring some kinda hooked slim Jim kinda tool to get a better reach.
I'm really excited and was wondering if anyone else has ever had a chance to do something like this and lucked out.
I still don't have an Indian head and I'm hoping to maybe spot one or two.
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Rest in Peace
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Depends on the barn and what used for. Most likely there was NO business transactions done in the barn itself, possibly a small blacksmith venture if horses or mules as was the family's farm. Farmers were a poor lot, they generally didn't walk around with change in their overalls. If you had a detector you would find nails, bailing wire, that lost pair of snippers, maybe a horseshoe or two.....  been there. No coins. Now the small blacksmith shop on the SW corner of the property brought some metal, no coins. The Old Hatton General Store across the road in the coinfield also brought no coins and that ruby ring my mother-in-law lost in her front yard as a young girl in the late 20's never has turned up to this day! |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Good luck ....and enjoy the day.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
You'd probably have better luck taking a dirtfishing rod, for the yard. I've dug several dozen Indian cents, and many large and small silvers from areas like that. Make sure you have permission. When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
Edited by fistfulladirt
04/20/2018 06:17 am
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Use the $60 as your beginning savings account for a metal detector. It is pretty rare to find researched ground. Getting a new good detector will get you deeper where older models didn't go. GOOD Luck  |
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Valued Member
 United States
114 Posts |
Yeah I thought it'd be cool to metal detect but I don't have one. I figured evn if I don't find any coins I can at least look at some old stuff and maybe score on a cool antique
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Good luck with that barn sale but be careful where you stick your hands under things . You don't want to get bit by a snake or deadly spider . And yes a metal detector would be good on that property with owners permission . |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
3098 Posts |
Good luck on your hunt.
Please make sure you share what you find with all of us.
Paul Bulgerin
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Moderator
 United States
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I suppose you do not know until you try. Good luck! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4211 Posts |
Yes, good luck and let us know if you find a coin or two! |
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Posted 04/20/2018 01:36 am
