Been Hunting for it for 49 Years & Found it Today!

[Texas Jay]

Hooray! I finally broke my silver half dollar jinx today! Found a 1914-S Barber silver half dollar, 9-10 inches deep with my Garrett Ace 250. I've been metal detecting for 49 years and a silver half dollar has always eluded me until this one popped out of the mud today. I have found a few clad halves over the years and always figured that my first silver half would be a Kennedy, a Franklin, or maybe a Walking Liberty but I really didn't think it would be a beautiful Barber. Please excuse my poor photography but I was a wee bit excited to say the least. ha.
~Texas Jay
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[Squirrel322]

Thats an awesome dig!

 

[ramjet2187]

Congrats!!! Super happy for you! One you'll ALWAYS remember!!

 

[UnderMiner]

Nice!

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Congrats on the half, bet that looked awesome popping out of the ground

HH,
Cal

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

That was a deep one, did it ring up as a quarter or half? Congrats!

 

[Texas Jay]

That was a deep one, did it ring up as a quarter or half? Congrats!

Thanks, everyone, for the nice comments. pa-dirt_nc-sand, it mostly rang as a half but it did bounce around to a dime and quarter some. We'd been digging a bunch of iron and brass horse hitch rings and buckles so that's what I initially thought it probably was as they rang up about the same. I was sure happy to see the completely mud-covered round piece come out though. As soon as I picked it up, I knew I had a silver half. I washed most of the mud away and then put it back where it was for the photos. There were so many angry and wet fire ants in the hole that I no sooner placed it back before 5 or 6 ants started crawling across its face.
~Texas Jay

 

[Hawks88]

Nice find. Happy for ya! Congrats!

 

[qdp diggers]

Nice save on that beautiful coin . Congrats.. I'm still waiting on my silver half

 

[mindcrime1988]

That's a long time to wait for finding your first silver half. Congratulations and hoping your next one comes much sooner.

 

[can_slaw]

Congratulations on a bucket lister coin!! How are the coins details, is she in good shape?

 

[Phishfarmer]

Might as well edit your post and give us a photo of it close up.. both sides! What a find. I've never found any kind of a half dollar; it's just such a big coin that fewer are lost. Another thing I like is you found it with a relatively inexpensive machine... and deep! Good on ya!! Thanks for the post.

 

[dirtlooter]

awesome find and congrats! yeah, close up pics would be really nice

 

[Truth]

Been Hunting for it for 49 Years & Found it Today!

Welcome to the Barber Half Club. One of my favorite finds. Congratulations Sir take care of her. I don’t leave home without her.

Good Club to be in [emoji1317]

 

[washingtonian]

Heck of a find. You don't see those every day. Nice going!!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratulations on the big silver!

 

[digging440yrs]

 

[sataro]

Congrats on an awesome find!

 

[Rookster]

Now we're metal detecting. Congrats

 

[Slingshot]

Congrats on a beautiful BH, and hope more halves keep rolling out of the ground for you!!