Come witness my 1st Silver Half EVER! 1904S Barber Half!!!

[cjon455]

Well its about time a half showed up under my coil, ok lemme get to the story first:

ok so today I had plans on hitting the turnpike south to a town called Quakertown, I wanted to secure a permission in the worst way, I hit 3 ideal homes, 2 no one was home at, and the 3rd was a renter, sweet lady though, just couldn't grant permission, I decided "heck with this" and traveled 45 minutes south to the location where I got my French colonial copper the other day, easy public place that is just insane with history. So right away I picked up where I left off the other day and nailed wheat after wheat, I thought ok cool, lets get to the silver!, 5 wheats in, that's exactly what happened, 1910 barber dime!! so now im in the mindset, calm cool, collect, slow with the swing and 5-6 wheats later, bam another 1910 barber dime DUAL barber dimes of the same year!, the thing about this place is a lot of targets give weird VDIs, not what youd be used to, so I tried another section of the site and hit a clad dime, stood up, rescanned, and clear as day, loud 11-46 at 6-7 inches out pops the 1831 Largie!!! I had to text everyone the pics of course! after the largie I decided to make a slow march towards my car, and back to my first section I get a nice tone, out pops a 54 roosie, I thought cool, lets see the merc for the silver trifecta, sadly that didn't happen, but what happened next kind of obliterated that stupid trifecta. I got a weird 1-50, 7-48, 7-49 tone bouncing back and forth, and thought hmm, probly a can, it was 5-6 inches down and I dug under some roots, popped up dirt in my shovel and there she sat......1904S barber half!!! MY FIRST SILVER HALF!!! I had no idea I was digging a great target, thought I had junk!, unfortunately I scraped the front by the date pretty good but I could care less, I got my first half and am super pumped!!! after the reveal I called George to tell him and called it a day, what a freakin good 3 out of 4 past days I had, couldn't be happier, thanks for reading the novel guys, hope you all can get out and swing that coil!!

thanks for looking and HH!!!

Time to celebrate:

 

[McClod]

Cjon455, I truly can imagine your shock! I have been waiting patiently (not very!) for over 2 years now for my 1st half and can only imagine the thrill you got when yours came up and you're thinking trash! LoL. I'm guessing it'll be like when I found my 1st 2 of only 2 Barber dimes. You got a very nice old Barber half there and you worked hard for it my friend so my congratulations to you! !!

 

[OBN]

Very cool video and Congrads on the half... and neat that it was your first...

 

[Erik in NJ]

If you're pulling that many wheats in one hunt, you have stumbled on an unlikely virgin site there--the silver and large copper coins corroborate that. Congrats!

 

[cjon455]

Cjon455, I truly can imagine your shock! I have been waiting patiently (not very!) for over 2 years now for my 1st half and can only imagine the thrill you got when yours came up and you're thinking trash! LoL. I'm guessing it'll be like when I found my 1st 2 of only 2 Barber dimes. You got a very nice old Barber half there and you worked hard for it my friend so my congratulations to you! !!

Thanks a lot McClod, the only negative thing about that hunt is the fact I scratched the face a bit, oh well I guess that adds to the story!

Very cool video and Congrads on the half... and neat that it was your first...

Thank you OBN, hopefully more to come!

If you're pulling that many wheats in one hunt, you have stumbled on an unlikely virgin site there--the silver and large copper coins corroborate that. Congrats!

Thanks erik, the keepers aren't simple, ya really gotta listen for them, I dug about 50 clad coins too, with very similar signals as the wheats, the silver wasn't exactly screaming at me either, thanks again!!!

 

[Mach1Pilot]

You have been on fire lately Chris! Always expect the unexpected on those bouncy targets- those are the ones everyone skips because they are always junk. Congrats on the awesome barber half!

 

[Steve in PA]

Great hunt! Congrats the Barber half. Love igging the big silver!

 

[time machine]

Cheers to you cjon445 for a terrific day detecting, that resulted in a first for you.

TM.

 

[Garrett424]

That is one BEAUTIFUL silver half.
The rest of that hunt ain't too shabby either.

Congrats on your first half and the rest of that pile of loot.

 

[WHADIFIND]

Ya know, I watched the video again and I noticed something.

Barber dime, cool.

Barber dime, cool,

a large cent, pretty cool.

A Roosie, still pretty cool.

The FIRST half dollar! Queue the dramatic music! Slow motion the camera, shock and awe!
And you found it "on the way back to the car".

Ya know, a very short time ago, the Roosie would've been enough to go into full dramatic effects! A Barber dime!??!
Where's the nearest tree to climb!! To say nothing of a LARGE CENT!!!

Now, they're just ho hum, check with ya if I find something else. LOL
Funny how that happens, ain't it? I know there are some who would go into the full
drama zone if they just found a single war nickel.

 

[cjon455]

Ya know, I watched the video again and I noticed something.

Barber dime, cool.

Barber dime, cool,

a large cent, pretty cool.

A Roosie, still pretty cool.

The FIRST half dollar! Queue the dramatic music! Slow motion the camera, shock and awe!
And you found it "on the way back to the car".

Ya know, a very short time ago, the Roosie would've been enough to go into full dramatic effects! A Barber dime!??!
Where's the nearest tree to climb!! To say nothing of a LARGE CENT!!!

Now, they're just ho hum, check with ya if I find something else. LOL
Funny how that happens, ain't it? I know there are some who would go into the full
drama zone if they just found a single war nickel.

Thanks gary, its funny I love finding any silver, and am usually a nut when I see it, for some reason I was calm cool and collect, that is until that half popped out, I had to edit out my original response, I was like "I don't know what to do, im gonna call George" lol!!!, I got a little spoiled these past few hunts, I gotta realize its not always gonna be barber halfs and Spanish silver lol

That is one BEAUTIFUL silver half.
The rest of that hunt ain't too shabby either.

Congrats on your first half and the rest of that pile of loot.

Thanks Garrett!, it was a nice target rich hunt I wont soon forget!!

Cheers to you cjon445 for a terrific day detecting, that resulted in a first for you.

TM.

Great hunt! Congrats the Barber half. Love igging the big silver!

Thanks gentlemen!, only wish I wasn't hunting alone when I found it, I cant get my sidekick out with me to save my life lately!

You have been on fire lately Chris! Always expect the unexpected on those bouncy targets- those are the ones everyone skips because they are always junk. Congrats on the awesome barber half!

Thanks a lot keith, I realize I don't need to look at vdis anymore, im going with tones, the numbers are just a reference

thanks again!

 

[Scrappy]

Now ya gotta find one of these halves next!

 

[cjon455]

Now ya gotta find one of these halves next!View attachment 1180111

now that would be sweet!, but hopefully when and if I do, someone is there that has a defibrillator and is cpr certified because im gonna need it!

 

[Scrappy]

now that would be sweet!, but hopefully when and if I do, someone is there that has a defibrillator and is cpr certified because im gonna need it!

Lol. I think your heart will hold up after that "other" find of yours.

 

[RobRieman]

now that would be sweet!, but hopefully when and if I do, someone is there that has a defibrillator and is cpr certified because im gonna need it!

I have an AED cj! All I need is your address. Lol You have some sweet hunting grounds there! Congrats!

 

[cjon455]

Lol. I think your heart will hold up after that "other" find of yours.

i was a trainwreck after that, couldn't focus worth anything lol

I have an AED cj! All I need is your address. Lol You have some sweet hunting grounds there! Congrats!

lol thanks Rob, this wasn't my area though, I drove 2 hrs south of me lol

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratulations on the fantastic hunt(s), keep up the great work!

 

[Thigh66]

The wine was well earned & deserved!!! Congrats

 

[cjon455]

Congratulations on the fantastic hunt(s), keep up the great work!

thanks buddy!, it was a blast

The wine was well earned & deserved!!! Congrats

yes sir, drank a little too much lol