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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[Gridwalker306]

You went and dug my #1 bucket list coin! I've dug 4 halves in 8 years, all of them Barbers unfortunately. I just throw them back these days if they're not Walkers. I really want a Walker!

But seriously, congrats on pulling a nice big silver, she's a beauty.

 

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[Agent Green]

Congrats on the finds!! WTG...

 

[Silver Saver]

Love seeing the big silvers. That is quite a nice handful you've aquired so far. Grats!

 

[Diggin Dude]

Ahhhh a Walker!!!! What a beautiful coin!! Great recovery, congrats and HH

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on that great looking Half Dollar Tom. Always nice to see a big silver come out of the plug.

 

[Sooper Dave]

Nice digs Tom! The Walker is beauty! Congrats!

 

[Scrappy]

Nice one buddy!

 

[OutdoorAdv]

That's one nice big hunk of silver Tom! I like that group shot a lot.... very impressive. I dug a Barber half a couple weeks ago, which brought my total to 2! Haha.

 

[pepperj]

It's always nice to get a silver that makes an impression on the memory bank. Congrats Tom on the biggy.

 

[JeffInMass]

Awesome finds- that is one sweet Walker- Congrats!

-- Jeff --

 

[treblehunter]

Nice find buddy, I'll never forget my summer of Walkers down at my lake. Feeling that heft of a big silver feels good, I would love to feel an early American Dollar someday like a Flowing Hair Dollar!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

OMG! Sweet success and then some!
Will you look at that walker!
Congrats to you!

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[against the wind]

Well done Tom.
Some excellent finds.
Congrats on the Walker.

 

[Patriot Relics]

Congrats on the big silver Tom

 

[ShovelinDave]

Super Sweet Tom. Looks like you had urself a nice little hunt. That's one lady were all happy to see walking . Best of luck on the rest of your hunts. SD

 

[btjbtj]

Wonderful post and finds! Congrats. -Lisa & John

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Nice job, Walkers are great fun to dig, and probably one of the nicest coin designs we have

hh,
Cal

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Great dig Tom! It has been a very long time since I dug a half... I guess I have to bow down right now