Nice Way to End the Year! Big Silver!

Cool Hand Fluke

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Nov 28, 2006
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In the Heart of Wine Country in Northern Californi
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Fisher CZ6, CZ5, Coinstrike, Fisher CZ20, Fisher 1235X, Tesoro Conquistador, Whites Surfmaster P.I. ,
, Garrett Pro Pointer
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
A place I've hunted probably 30 times came up with a big surprise! 30 minutes into the hunt a few feet away from a large tree was a good hit a 6 inches. After digging the plug I put my Pro Pointer into the hole and retrieve a crusty wheat penny, put the penny in my pouch and check the hole again with the Pro Pointer and get another sound and vibration with the probe. I put my Lesche digger blade in behind the signal and pops out a big dark grey disk!:headbang: 6 inches deep with out comes a 1919-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar! I was stoked!:hello2: last time I dug a Walker Half was back in September of 2015.

Continuing with the hunt over the next 4 hours I dig out 2 silver dimes, 3 more wheat pennies, and a trade token! It was a great day! Nice way to end the year!
 

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wagbert

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Wow! What a nice early "S" mint Walking Liberty half dollar! That's a keeper for sure!
 

BigWaveDave

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Nov 22, 2013
9,331
17,040
Mountain Maryland
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4
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Garrett AT Pro, AT Max, Minelab
Equinox 800
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Congrats on the big silver....she's a beauty!
 

Oct 5, 2014
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Massachusetts
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Garrett: AT Pro, AT Gold & Infinium; Minelab: Explorer SE, II; Simplex; Tesoro: Tejon & Outlaw; White's: V3i
Primary Interest:
Relic Hunting
Nice cluster of silver coins! That walking half is a very nice big silver find, congratulations! :occasion14:
 

CASPER-2

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Jan 3, 2012
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NEW ENGLAND
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6
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WHITE'S XLT, PI PRO, GARRETT 2500, 3- FISHER CZ21s, JW FISHER 8X
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All Treasure Hunting

Loco-Digger

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Jun 16, 2014
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Northern O-H-I-O
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F75 LTD, 1280X Aquanaut, & a Patriot (back-up/loaner)
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Awesome CHF, any hunt where you pull a silver is a good day, when you pull 3 it becomes a great day. :headbang: Way to go ending the season with a bang.
 

JerseyDigger19

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Apr 20, 2015
566
759
West Orange, NJ
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XP Deus and AT Pro
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Metal Detecting
That's an awesome 1919 S half! A much scarcer date with at least XF details if not AU! That's an easy $100+ coin. Way to go!
 

DannyB.

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Jan 20, 2015
532
514
Washington/Texas
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Tesoro Compadre
Tesoro Silver UMax
Fisher 1265x
Fisher F75 SE LTD
Bounty Hunter LRP
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Awesome!! I love seeing the photos with the background in them. I always wonder where the cool coins are found.
 

freddy williams

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Oct 9, 2010
882
92
Alabama/ Ohio
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GTI-2500, Whites V3, xplorer XS Cortes & XLT Cibola Tesoro Tiger shark Now using a Xterra 705, Ace 350...
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All Treasure Hunting
excellent way to end a year :hello2:
 

beerguy

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May 6, 2004
1,138
1,174
Camano Island, WA
Detector(s) used
CTX3030,
Many more on a rotating basis.
Park Ranger and Pack Mule pouches by Freeloader!
Great find. I have never dug a walker....
 

xr7ator

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Sep 2, 2011
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7,265
Denver, Colorado
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Garrett AT Pro, AT Gold, ATX, MH7 (oldie!) Minelab Explorer SE Pro, EQ800
Sounds like you've got a great stand by place to hunt! Thanks for sharing and grats to ya.
I wish I had a place that I've searched 30 times that gives three silvers in an outing.....Yes, just a bit jelly....
 

Tommy G

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Dec 5, 2015
1,575
1,564
Virginia
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AT Pro
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All Treasure Hunting
Amazing detail on that walker to be as old as it is. Congrats!
 

Carolina Tom

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Apr 4, 2014
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17,064
Charlotte
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XP Deus V3.2 9" & 11" Coils, AT Pro, ProPointer AT, Lesche 55, 75 & 80LT
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Other
Very well done. The half is really sweet.

That was a very nice hunt, I'm envious.
 

JerseyDigger19

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Apr 20, 2015
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759
West Orange, NJ
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XP Deus and AT Pro
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Metal Detecting
Actually wait... 1919S goes up to $1000 in XF condition and $1700 in AU. You definitely want to get a professional conservationist for this one. Talk to a coin dealer and see if you can get them to help submit it to someone like NGC Conservation. This could be a $500+ coin if professionally conserved and maybe even a $1,000 coin. DON'T try to clean it yourself or do ANYTHING to the coin till you talk to a pro!
 

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