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[MPRVVA1]

Long time viewer, finally have something to show.

We are limited in travel in Wisconsin, so am not able to go to some of my good spots. So I am redoing the property we live on where there was a fishing resort starting back in the early 1900s. It has been hunted out, almost.

This signal was at the top of a ledge where the land drops down to the water, in brush where it is too steep to mow. The signal was not good but I dug anyway as there were so few signals. I was surprised when the silver edge popped up. I still had a signal which turned out to be the rusty nail. I resisted the urge to wipe the coin, and brought it in to clean it carefully without knowing what it was. 1937.

It has been years since I found a half dollar. Made my day. Now I have to detect along the entire ledge.​

 

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[A2coins]

Very nice coin those are not easy to come by. Good job sounds like a fun place to hunt. Stay safe and keep that silver coming Tommy

 

[battlecat]

Very nice find!! Congrats!

 

[Jack Wilde]

Nice find! Congrats

 

[jewelerguy]

sweet. congrats! Funny thing about Walking Libs, it seems like the majority that are dug date from the 40's. I like it when I see anyone dig a half, but there just seems to be something a little extra cool when they date before 1940. That's weird I know.

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Very Nice!!!!! Congrats!!!!!

 

[JeffInMass]

Big silver is always great- Congrats!

 

[EccentricInTexas]

NICE FIND!!!

 

[Ekim14]

Big silver - It looks so good coming out of the ground - just got to love it - Congrats!

 

[washingtonian]

Killer stuff. Halves are definitely hard to come by.

 

[ToddsPoint]

sweet. congrats! Funny thing about Walking Libs, it seems like the majority that are dug date from the 40's. I like it when I see anyone dig a half, but there just seems to be something a little extra cool when they date before 1940. That's weird I know.

If you look at the production numbers from the mint for the Walker you will find that 1936 was a huge production year, a result of the gold being withdrawn in '33. Then, when WW2 started, the mint fired up the presses again making millions of Walkers in the years '42, '43, '44, and '45. Same with all wars. Look at 1861 mint numbers or 1917. Gary

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

The best looking US Silver coin you can find - congrats !

 

[SD51]

Congrats on a great Walker! Had to cancel our annual trout fishing trip to the Driftless area. Hope we can all get out soon...

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on digging that great Walker.

 

[thrifty76now]

A GREAT WALKER THERE.

 

[mddavis3]

Great half dollar! Way to go.