Almost Skunked, And Then My First Barber Half Dollar

[secondstar]

I honestly thought that I was going to get skunked today. A little stretch of woods that I was checking out after work just wasn't producing. I decided to head home for dinner, and as I was walking out, pow! Beautiful tone, 90 on the VDI, I knew at once that I had big silver!





This is my first Barber Half Dollar, it's hard to tell from the picture but the coin actually has a nice purple tone. Have you guys ever noticed that it seems as if most coins are found either at the very beginning or at the very end of a hunt? Thanks for looking!

Mike

 

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[Silvermonkey]

Awesome find Secondstar! Nice to see Massachusetts continuing to get their digs in!

 

[Rookster]

A beauty. Congrats

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!!

 

[TomW244]

That is a beauty! And, yes, I seem to find most of my keeper coins right at the beginning or end of my hunts, too. Odd.

 

[mikefromIllinois]

Congrats on the Barber Half. That's one still on my to find list.

 

[Phishfarmer]

What a find! Great condition and very rare to find a Half. Congrats!

 

[K1DDO1979]

Awesome coin. Id love to find one of those someday! [emoji106]

 

[Sooper Dave]

Congrats on your first Barber Half! She’s a beauty! My first one was an 1894s and I remember like it was yesterday and it was 20+ years ago. It’s a thrill you won’t forget!

 

[washingtonian]

Sweet find! Just nabbed my first barber half dollar last weekend, an 1895-S. Great find!!

 

[Hawks88]

That’s a real nice coin. Congrats!

 

[A2coins]

cool find i think when ya start out your excited and want a good start so your digging everything at the end the same you just want one more goody in between your in clock pengallum mode

 

[dirtlooter]

awesome coin, congrats

 

[Tpmetal]

really awesome find right there!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice find!

 

[against the wind]

Congrats on your first Barber Half.
Put that coin in a coin folder and Mark it with big red letters, "FIRST "

 

[park pirate]

Sweet barber damn nice condition to..

 

[JBnNC]

Congrats Mike, that's a great coin!--JB

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Awesome coin! Congrats!!

 

[Rubka888]

Nice one! Key date too!