How many have you found??

deepskyal

Bronze Member
Aug 17, 2007
1,926
61
Natrona Heights, Pa.
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White's Coinmaster 6000 Di Series 3, Minelab Eq 600
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
One sorta... :icon_scratch:

64 Kennedy half...was clad.. >:(...but also my only half.
Looked like it went thru a plow, pretty beat up and bent. Dont remember where...but still got it years later.

Al
 

ClonedSIM

Silver Member
Jul 28, 2005
3,808
24
New Mexico
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White's XLT
deepskyal said:
One sorta... :icon_scratch:

64 Kennedy half...was clad.. >:(...but also my only half.
Looked like it went thru a plow, pretty beat up and bent. Dont remember where...but still got it years later.

Al
If it was a '64, it certainly wasn't a clad! The 64 Kennedy was only made in silver, as were all other US dimes, quarters and halves of this year.

Conversley, if it was a clad 1964, then it's the only one I've ever heard of...
 

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MUD(S.W.A.T)

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Apr 15, 2005
8,003
897
Location: Undisclosed
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I use, Whites MXT and Garrett AT Pro.
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All Treasure Hunting
Yea '64 is silver, If not then it is a rare mistrike !!

Keep @ it and HH!
 

Dman

Silver Member
Feb 10, 2006
4,106
328
Tennessee
🥇 Banner finds
1
Detector(s) used
Minelab EXPLORER SE
I have found 2 silver dollars ,2 sitting Liberty halves, 8 walking liberty halves, 6 Franklin halves 6 Kennedy halves. I have also been hunting for over 40 years.
Dman
 

The Buzzard King

Hero Member
Mar 29, 2005
643
5
N.E.P.A.
Detector(s) used
Fisher CZ-5, Fisher 1280-X
4.
2 Barbers, and 2 Walkers, in about 4 years of swinging now.
The only "Bigger" silver coin I've ever found, was an 1889 Spanish 8 reale.
(My only dollar-sized silver.).
 

Digger

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Mar 24, 2003
740
186
Dodge City Kansas
Detector(s) used
XP Deus, E-Trac, Makro Racer 2, DFX
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
31 half dollars, and not one single silver dollar.
 

kane23

Hero Member
Mar 29, 2007
719
5
Utah
Detector(s) used
Tesoro Tejon, Garrett Ace 350.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
24 silver dollars, over 300 silver halves,thats in 40 years detecting,most were before 1985,sorry no pictures,Kane 23
 

aa battery

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Oct 11, 2006
10,620
3,241
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kane23 said:
24 silver dollars, over 300 silver halves,thats in 40 years detecting,most were before 1985,sorry no pictures,Kane 23
after all you found is it still a thrill when you find more?
 

mick56

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Jun 2, 2007
1,337
1,131
Southern Wisconsin
🥇 Banner finds
1
Detector(s) used
ATPro
After 2 years, have found one silver dollar, an 1880.
 

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MEinWV

Bronze Member
Mar 10, 2007
1,166
17
West "by god" Virginia
Detector(s) used
Fishers CZ5 and 1280X
I have only found 1 Morgan dollar, an 1888-O (inland)

As for the silver halves........Wow!...........Don't remember, but I'll just say it is literally dozens........many dozens. Most were beach coins which I sold for scrap back in the early 80's. I remember sometimes finding five or six a day. Thanks for the memories!
 

kane23

Hero Member
Mar 29, 2007
719
5
Utah
Detector(s) used
Tesoro Tejon, Garrett Ace 350.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
a a battery,
After forty years its still a thrill! I'm thrilled with the two franklins and one silver dollar this year. Although I enjoy finding newer stuff(especially rings),I still love silver coins.....Kane 23
 

N.J.THer

Silver Member
Nov 16, 2006
3,282
238
Middlesex County, New Jersey
🥇 Banner finds
1
Detector(s) used
Whites DFX w/ Sunray DX-1 probe and Minelab Excalibur 1000, Whites TRX Pinpointer
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Two Sliver Halves - A Walker and a 40% JFK (both at the same park)

One Silver Dollar - 1911 Chinese Silver Dollar (on a farm field)

Here is the Silver Dollar:
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NJ
 

kimsdad

Silver Member
Apr 17, 2008
4,692
24
Moronica, northwest of Chicago.
Detector(s) used
E-trac & Bounty Hunter Land Star
Only one - a 1943 Walking half in a private back yard this spring. It was my first silver coin ever & fed the fever for sure!

Come to think about it, I found it with my first & cheapest detector - a BH Land Star. Those were the days...
 

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