My family homestead permission, My first huge silver!

highnam

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My Family was among the first to settle North of Seattle, they turned River delta into farmground Around 1900, my Grandpa and 5 sisters grew up in this house. My grandfather was born upstairs.
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I noticed the place was being worked recently and my wheels started turning, I had met the owner on a couple accasions, but never asked permission to hunt his property because he was renting it out.
After a series of emails, I finally convinced him I could do a clean job, and my intentions were more family history related...Bam, done deal.
I hunted 5 hours yesterday and quickly remembered how my grandfather used to bury all his trash...guess where he learned it from...It took an hour before I found some clad, I started stacking them up leaving a few coins encased in dirt balls for the homeowner to check, but I didn't expect much...I ended the day with 3 wheat cents 29',30' & 34'
I also found a belt buckle and a "ACME/RFD" mailbox padlock that was issed by U.S. Mail in 1902. The "RFD" stood for "Rural Free Delivery". This new government program brought mail to rural farmhouses often by horse and buggy. Here is the house, my first time ever on the property... image.jpg

I was happy with my take, but by this morning I felt it wasn't enough, I headed back over and started the yard slowly in a different direction. I have never dug a silver bigger than a dime, so I got a crazy big hit at 7"....I centered the target and pulled the huge plug, I scanned the hole and scanned the plug...nothing....I moved the plug over and nearly fainted, I did not know what it was other than a huge silver, probably one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. image.jpg
I recognized the image and noticed she was standing, no, walking! Walking Liberty Half Dollar!!
1920! My grandfather was 10 years old when this coin was minted... Worn as can be , but So cool. image.jpg image.jpg
I finished the day with some a baby spoon and a odd piece that might be from a pocket watch? It is engraved, "ALC" inside a diamond image.jpg
 

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That's a great story just to think that those coins were from your family and most things you find there,thats really cool. Keep those in a display case I have all my silver stored in cases Thanks for sharing that!!!Tommy....... That house looks like it could be in a horror show the first pic LOL kind of spooky really cool!!!!
 

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What a great opportunity to explore your family history and hunt the property that your grandfather actually grew up on! Imagine how many of those items may have been in their hands back in the day? And yes...Congratulations on the Big Silver! :icon_thumleft:
 

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Great story and finds!! Keep all those finds from that site separate and in a special place, Congrats!!
 

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highnam

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That's a great story just to think that those coins were from your family and most things you find there,thats really cool. Keep those in a display case I have all my silver stored in cases Thanks for sharing that!!!Tommy....... That house looks like it could be in a horror show the first pic LOL kind of spooky really cool!!!!
It does look spooky, fortunately I had some other old photos that showed the yard. I jumped at the chance to tour the interior of the house. What a cool experience.
 

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What a great opportunity to explore your family history and hunt the property that your grandfather actually grew up on! Imagine how many of those items may have been in their hands back in the day? And yes...Congratulations on the Big Silver! :icon_thumleft:
I have never found a silver bigger than a dime, 5 years swinging a metal detector. Really cool day
 

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Congratulations on your finds. now that's what i call saving history lol.
I love hearing about family stuff like that SO COOL.
Thanks for sharing RICH :icon_thumright:
 

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1920 seems to be coin to find.
I just got one too. Congratulations
 

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Congratulations on your finds. now that's what i call saving history lol.
I love hearing about family stuff like that SO COOL.
Thanks for sharing RICH :icon_thumright:
Thank you, I enjoyed sharing these finds with my family the most
 

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That's detecting at it's best.......when you have the opportunity to reconnect back to your fore bearers and gather pieces that may have been handled by them.
The Walker, exciting as it is, just puts a little sweetness to the hunt.........congratulations, highnam!!
 

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Very nice finds, excellent story- Congrats!!

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Thanks for sharing! Congratualtions on the big silver! :occasion14:
 

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Nice early Walker. The history surrounding it is excellent. Congrats.
 

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Grats on your first silver half and thanks for sharing the story. HH ALL
 

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