BIG Silver!

[Carolina Tom]

I managed to get out early Sunday morning on a solo hunt, as the other boys had chores. I went over to the bad side of town, home of the bottle caps! I hit a couple of lots that formerly had houses on them.

I was digging the usual, nails and bottle caps... when a nickel appeared, I wiped it off, and it had that silver look to it, first silver of the day '45P war nickel.



Bolstered by my success, I plunged ahead. Not two feet later, an IHC appeared. All of my IHCs are all chewed up. I am so jealous of the gents that find the nice jade green ones.



I zapped this one with electrolysis... it was a nice 1900 when dropped, but 100 years on the ground ate it up.



A bit later, I got a fairly good signal... bigger than a quarter. I dig a lot of half dollar signals, 99% are NOT half dollars though! When the dirt came out of the hole, I saw what looked like the rim of a big silver coin...



I grabbed it up in my greedy little hand, to make sure it wasn't a gas cap or some other half dollar looking piece of junk.



It was NOT junk this time... it was a 1945 Walker.



It has been awhile since I found a silver half dollar, and let me tell you, it felt really good.

YTD silver coins: 39

Thanks for looking, and good luck on your hunts!

 

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[Jaysix]

Congrats!!! Best feeling ever

 

[basque-man]

Very cool!!!!!! It's awesome when ya see that big ole round silver disc in the ground!!!!!

 

[Tpmetal]

very nice half

 

[GB1]

sweet coins man keep digging

 

[Carolina Tom]

Very cool!!!!!! It's awesome when ya see that big ole round silver disc in the ground!!!!!

Thanks BM. Hope you've been doing well.

I love finding the half dollars, for me, that's as good as it gets. In my 3.5 years of detecting, I've been lucky enough to find 11 of them. Here is a pic of all of them together!

 

[dirtlooter]

very awesome, congrats on the big silver! I have areas that we call trash city because there is so much pull tabs etc. So we/I tend to detect an hour or so at most in there thinning it out before heading to quieter grounds. that Walker is a really nice looking one. hopefully you will find that nice IH soon enough

 

[Subterranean]

Tom went big and went home. Congrats, Sub

 

[pa-dirt_nc-sand]

Nice Walker to add to your awesome collection! I've found 2 this year and they definitely get your blood pumping when they pop out. Great hunt. Congrats!!

 

[4x4x4]

....Happy Happy joy joy ! Hey, Tom I like the in-situ pics too .

 

[Bill D. (VA)]

That definitely qualifies as big Tom - WTG!!

 

[coinman123]

Thanks BM. Hope you've been doing well.

I love finding the half dollars, for me, that's as good as it gets. In my 3.5 years of detecting, I've been lucky enough to find 11 of them. Here is a pic of all of them together!

You are very lucky!! I am drooling over that 1911 Barber half!! I would do anything to find a silver half!

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on pulling those 3 keepers Tom, especially the big one. Nothing better that hearing a screamer that turns out to be a big silver.

 

[Terry Soloman]

SWEET Silver!!!!

 

[xr7ator]

TREASURE! Grats, Tom. That 1911 barber is soooooooo nice!
BTW, my first silver half was a 1968 Kennedy. The only 40% half I've dug.

 

[BeenFishin]

For some reason or another i dont find many halves! The only one i found WAS a 1901 s though. Congrats Tom! Awesome day!

 

[romeo-1]

Very nice!!

 

[Steve in PA]

I'd walk a mile for a Walker! Always a thrill to see big silver like that in the dirt.

 

[sutphin]

NICE FINDS INDEED.

 

[bill_wabo]

Thanks for sharing this nice BIG silver! One of the best looking coins imho.