Finally knocked one off the bucket list!

[JeffInMass]

After a soaking rain yesterday, it only made sense to get out today. I took a long drive to a park in a town just outside of Boston, where I've had very good results in the past. First couple of good signals were an old wheat and an Indian, then I got a very high tone that was giving me a hard time pinpointing. I finally narrowed it down and after flipping the plug, saw a big silver rim in the dirt- I could tell it was half-dollar size. Hoping for a Barber or Seated, it ended up being my FIRST Franklin half, a 51-D. I've been hunting for close to 30 years and have found several Walkers, Barbers and Seated halves, but the Franklin has always eluded me, until today!

Nabbed an 1893 Barber dime a while later, to go along with 1881 and 1890 Indians and 10 wheats, one a 1909. A long drive, but worth the trip to check one off the list!

Hope you all got out and had success! Enjoy the pics and HH!

-- Jeff --

 

[VERMONTIS]

Great story and GREAT FINDS!!!!

 

[washingtonian]

Sweet Franklin half, congrats Jeff! Oddly enough, a Franklin was my first silver coin ever in a well hunted park. I've yet to get a seated coin, that's probably highest on my list!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the nice silver!

 

[toasted]

Congrats. Franklin is the only half Ive yet to dig

 

[A2coins]

Jeff good job Ive found 5 walkers a barber and only 1 frankin those are tuff to find and shes a beauty well done

 

[thrifty76now]

A very impressive hunt there. I like your Franklin half.

 

[TomW244]

Wow! That Franklin is a beauty! Congrats on a great hunt!

 

[Hawks88]

Great looking silver find. Congrats

 

[Terry Soloman]

Congratulations - What a feeling!!!

 

[GB1]

nice finds

 

[Racso]

Congrats on the nice bucket lister.

 

[Greastart]

Keepers all the way! Good hunt! Thanks for sharing

Grease

 

[DirtDigginDan]

Nice bunch of silver! I`m still wondering if I`m just lucky, or smart to pick the two yards only 200 yards apart that each gave me a Frankin awhile back.

 

[Underwonder]

Very nice couple of finds. Those big coins and firsts make for a good day!

 

[Whyme]

A Barber and a Ben! Congrats!

 

[basssmann]

JeffInMass, your right, the Franklin is harder to find, I only found 1 in 29 years, found the Seated, Barber and Walking more than once.... Mine was a 1953, I like your's… 1951... the year I was born.. haha

 

[Carolina Tom]

Congrats on the Franklin! Your parks are WAY better than mine.

Well done.

 

[Rookster]

Great silver.Congrats

 

[Trezurehunter]

Great finds Jeff. It sounds like you wrote my book. I have also been detecting for 30 years, and have found many Kennedy, Walker, & Barber halves. The only difference is that I still dont have a Franklin ! That is one of a few coins left on my bucket list. Glad you knocked it off of yours.