My First LARGE SILVER COIN!

Diggin Canada

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Apr 22, 2014
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Hi everyone, I decided to go on a hunt yesterday but did not want to go to the regular park I have been hitting because there has been a summer camp of over 100 kids there and they are all over the park. I didn't want to hit the old school because they were holding summer school there so I decided I should try a new area. I had done some research on this older park but could not find out how old it was. I new it was at least early 50 to 40's so I decided to give it a shot. The first target I got was a 1982 cent 5 inches down and was totally green.:icon_scratch: I knew that this may turn out worse then I thought. After about 30 minutes and only dug modern cents at 4 -5 inches I was about to call it a day when I got a mid 40's tone at 5-6 inches. I dug it out and it turned out to be a 1936 dime! :laughing7: I started to get a bit excited knowing that I could now find more silver so I stayed and continued to hunt. About 20 minutes later and having only dug a couple more modern cents I got a screamer showing 2:45 at 5 inches. I dug down not thinking it was anything special and saw the edge of the rim. I got the camera out and started filming. At first since it was only 5 inches I was thinking it was a toonie but as I pulled it out I saw King George and said HO-LY BEEP! I could not believe I had just pulled out my first large silver coin! :headbang: It turned out to be a 1940 Half Dollar. After that I found more clad and a wheat cent. I was smiling all day after finding that silver. The day before I hit the regular park and pulled out a 1964 dime and a couple of old cents. Good Luck and HH. Here is a link to the video:
 

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Msbeepbeep

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Jun 24, 2012
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Awesome silver coins and in good shape too! Congrats!
 

CoinandRelicMan

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Awesome hunk of silver there, thanks for showing it!
 

releventchair

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Man that half would have bought a nice meal when minted. Congrats on the whole hunt.
 

dirtlooter

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really nice coins
 

OldNBroken

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Yeah but it's Canadian. Do those even count? :laughing7:

J/K. Nice haul. You are doing better than me. I've only found one half in all my hunts.
 

RelicMedic

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Great score! Good job on the video too!
Cheers
ace aka RelicMedic
 

Argentium

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Those Silver Fifty's don't show up too often- even on the Canadian metal detecting site that I visit - very nice finds !
 

Goldiver

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Nice work, that's an nice chunk of Canadian silver!

Steve
 

treblehunter

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Loved your video skill, great finds, congrats!
 

Cool Hand Fluke

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Don't you just love it when you first see that big silver coming out of the hole you just dug! Disbelief for a few seconds and then joy! I've noticed a few wheaties too, It seems I am finding those older Canadian pennies from the 50's & 60's most months. You have many of our 1 cent wheaties & Lincolns in the ground and we have quite a few of your types. Nice finds!
 

Mduece

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Awesome silver. Still searching for mine (other then a couple silver Rosie's) nice job and coin
 

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