2015: Hunting Is a Harsh Mistress

TheMastermind · Jan 5, 2015

Picked up three boxes of halves over the weekend, skunked on all three.

Picked up a box of halves + $2 in loose halves today on my lunch break, loose halves were all keepers:

1964
1967 x 3

8-)

Will search the box of halves tonight.

BuffaloBoy · May 9, 2015

This week's 15 boxes gave me 2 walkers (both 1947p) and 4 40%. 13 of the boxes were skunks though.

Hope your boxes pulled through.
HH
Buff

TheMastermind · May 11, 2015

Picked up three boxes of halves today. One box was a skunk, but the other two each gave up one 90%er and four 40%ers!

The first box gave up my SECOND 1893 Columbian half and four 40%ers! 8-)

Breakdown for the first box:

1893 World's Columbian Exposition commemorative
1967 x 2
1969D x 2

The second box gave up a frosty-looking Ben and four 40%ers:

1957 Ben
1967 x 4

BuffaloBoy · May 11, 2015

awesome boxes!!! congrats on the silver commemorative!

norcalsteve · May 11, 2015

Very nice! I am very much hoping to find an old commemorative half.

TheMastermind · May 13, 2015

Picked up two boxes of halves yesterday on my lunch break, one of which was a skunk. The other box gave up six keepers, a 90%er and five 40%ers:

1917 Walker
1967 x 2
1968D x 2
1969D

8-)

Avago · May 13, 2015

Great early-date Walker! What's the condition like? I had a similar box this past week... I'm excited to get my next order for the first time in awhile!

TheMastermind · May 13, 2015

It's very worn, and there is a mint mark on the obverse. But I can't tell if it's a "D" or an "S". It was late last night when I finished searching, so I was tired and couldn't get a good look at it. I'm going to try to get a better look at it tonight.

boristhespider88 · May 13, 2015

TheMastermind said:
It's very worn, and there is a mint mark on the obverse. But I can't tell if it's a "D" or an "S". It was late last night when I finished searching, so I was tired and couldn't get a good look at it. I'm going to try to get a better look at it tonight.

Sweet find either way!

Avago · May 13, 2015

That's an excellent find! Either way, a 1917 with an obverse mint mark is a winner all day long.

BuffaloBoy · May 13, 2015

Avago said:
That's an excellent find! Either way, a 1917 with an obverse mint mark is a winner all day long.

Sure is! That beats my oldest walker by about 20 years. Great job

TheMastermind · May 13, 2015

I'll upload pics of it tonight, hopefully I can figure out which mint it's from.

BuffaloBoy · May 13, 2015

Give us a close up of the mint mark, I am sure we can verify it for ya

TheMastermind · May 14, 2015

I looked at it with a crappy magnifying glass, I'm leaning more towards it being from the San Francisco mint. Under the magnifying glass I could see some faint lines which, to me, would indicate the top and bottom concave curves of an "S".

Man, I just can't get any good pics.

boristhespider88 · May 14, 2015

TheMastermind said:
I looked at it with a crappy magnifying glass, I'm leaning more towards it being from the San Francisco mint. Under the magnifying glass I could see some faint lines which, to me, would indicate the top and bottom concave curves of an "S".

Man, I just can't get any good pics.

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I can confirm from looking at your pictures, that is indeed a Walking Liberty half dollar!

In all seriousness, I can't tell anything.

BuffaloBoy · May 14, 2015

It looks like an "S" to me!

TheMastermind · May 14, 2015

boristhespider88 said:
I can confirm from looking at your pictures, that is indeed a Walking Liberty half dollar!

In all seriousness, I can't tell anything.

Haha! Yeah, the pictures suck. I tried to take one while holding the magnifying glass over it, but that came out even worse.

boristhespider88 · May 14, 2015

TheMastermind said:
Haha! Yeah, the pictures suck. I tried to take one while holding the magnifying glass over it, but that came out even worse.

I know, mine are awful. I could have the most high end camera made and they would suck.

boristhespider88 · May 14, 2015

I checked it out on my computer tonight also and I still can't tell what it is.

TheMastermind · May 15, 2015

I'm going to pick up a loupe this weekend, hopefully it'll help identify the mint mark. If not, then I'm content to know that I have a 1917-? obverse mint mark Walker.

Anyway, picked up three boxes of halves yesterday. Two of the boxes were skunks, but the other gave up a 90%er and a 40%er:

1964
1967