Welcome guest, is this your first visit?
Member
Discoveries
 
Results 1 to 7 of 7
  1. #1
    us
    Feb 2012
    Houston, TX
    30
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    First Real Silver!

    After 6 skunk boxes, I finally found my first silver! The Franklin and the Walkers were found in the last 3 rolls of the box, the Peace dollar was bought from a gas station. The attendant though the coin was fake because of the "V" in "TRVST"!

    Totals:


    3000 Halves Searched

    Box 1- Skunk

    Box 2- Skunk

    Box 3- Skunk

    Box 4-Skunk

    Box 5-Skunk

    Box 6- SILVER!

    1x Dateless Walker
    1x1946 Walker
    1x1936 Walker
    1x1962 Franklin
    1x1968 D Kennedy

    Gas Station:

    1x1928 Peace Dollar
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Click image for larger version. 

Name:	IMG_2011 (1).jpg 
Views:	273 
Size:	274.3 KB 
ID:	619415  
    2012
    Halves:
    40% Kens-1
    90% Kens-
    Walkers-3
    Bens-1

    Dimes:
    Rosies-0
    Mercs-0

    Nickels:
    War-0

    Other:
    Peace Dollar-1

  2. # ADS
    Ads

    TreasureNet.com is the premier Treasure Hunting Forum on the internet. Registered Users do not see these ads. Please Register - It's Free!

  3. #2
    us
    Mar 2012
    42
    4 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting
    That's a nice box to break your cherry with. Keep up the good work.

  4. #3

    Dec 2006
    43
    4 times
    Hey there Takedown; Check that Peace Dollar for a mint mark if its a P its worth a good chuck of change, (right above eagles tail) Please post the results.

  5. #4
    us
    Feb 2012
    Houston, TX
    30
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting
    Quote Originally Posted by wolfmann View Post
    Hey there Takedown; Check that Peace Dollar for a mint mark if its a P its worth a good chuck of change, (right above eagles tail) Please post the results.
    Nope, it's an S mint mark.
    2012
    Halves:
    40% Kens-1
    90% Kens-
    Walkers-3
    Bens-1

    Dimes:
    Rosies-0
    Mercs-0

    Nickels:
    War-0

    Other:
    Peace Dollar-1

  6. #5
    us
    Dec 2011
    Quantum XT
    192
    1 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting
    Congratulations, those are great finds! Keep it up, persistence will pay off.







    HH Dave
    2012 Silver Finds
    105 Rosie Dimes; 2 Mercury Dimes; 5 Canadian Dimes 5 Washington Quarters 282 40% Ken's; 29 90% Ken's; 29 Ben's; 2 Walkers

  7. #6
    us
    Jan 2012
    Maryland
    White's Coinmaster
    4,831
    496 times
    Coin Roll Hunting
    Quote Originally Posted by wolfmann View Post
    Hey there Takedown; Check that Peace Dollar for a mint mark if its a P its worth a good chuck of change, (right above eagles tail) Please post the results.
    It would have just been blank, not a P mintmark.

  8. #7
    us
    Mr. FreedomUIC to you!

    Jan 2010
    NUNYA
    1,736
    308 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting
    Quote Originally Posted by TakeDownTick50 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by wolfmann View Post
    Hey there Takedown; Check that Peace Dollar for a mint mark if its a P its worth a good chuck of change, (right above eagles tail) Please post the results.
    Nope, it's an S mint mark.
    Shucks, from a $200+ coin to $30.00, That would have been exciting to see.
    [R.I.P. Rich Hartford - Champion CRH of All Time]

 

 

Sponsors

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Similar Threads

  1. A little Gold, a real little Silver!
    By pganjon in forum Today's Finds!
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: Dec 15, 2011, 10:43 PM
  2. 1807 Silver 1/2 Real!!
    By jwalters in forum Today's Finds!
    Replies: 8
    Last Post: Mar 14, 2011, 05:07 AM
  3. First real silver this year
    By pennyfarmer in forum Today's Finds!
    Replies: 8
    Last Post: May 19, 2008, 07:56 PM
  4. First Real Find - Is This Silver?
    By secondcup in forum What Is It?
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: May 17, 2006, 07:30 PM
  5. $1,000,000 Silver certificate - is it real???
    By jean9 in forum What Is It?
    Replies: 26
    Last Post: Apr 06, 2006, 01:50 AM
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.1.3