Finds from the 80s and later

[Silver Fox]

Finds from the '80s and later

These are just some of my past finds. I didn't take photos of everything I found but I'm glad I recorded these finds.

#1 - Found in my first 6 months with a White's 6/DB in Los Angeles.
#2 - 1,700 clad cents that did not require cleaning!
#3 - Walking Liberty half without Adolph A. Weinman initials. Wasn't worth anything!
#4 - First treasure found without a detector, courtesy of the local bank. I wrote my first article about this in 1993.
#5 - All silver! WL, SL, Barbers, Liberty dimes ("Mercury"), JFK, Franklin, Roosevelt.
#6 - Clad quarters
#7 - A visual meter - crap on top, goodies on bottom, same meter markings

 

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[Thomas007]

Re: Finds from the '80s and later

Hey Fox

that is a passel of coins in the photo and finding a roll of walking liberty halves is pretty spectacular as well.

thanks for sharing

HH

sanat

 

[seger98]

Re: Finds from the '80s and later

wow, nice collection, thanks for sharing!

 

[stryker-one]

Re: Finds from the '80s and later

Now we are talking

Stryker

 

[Detectingfreak]

Re: Finds from the '80s and later

Look at all that silver! You sure spent a lot of time detecting all of that! Good job!

 

[Silver Fox]

Re: Finds from the '80s and later

Look at all that silver! You sure spent a lot of time detecting all of that! Good job!

It's always the first silver coin that one finds that is a permanent memory no matter how many one finds. It was a 1930s Walker in Extra Fine condition found between the curb edge and the grass edge. I was so happy finding that HUGE chunk of silver that I took I proudly showed it to a limousine driver sitting in the limo just a few feet away. But as sometimes happen I got careless with it and dropped it while in the bathroom giving it a light wash. It slipped from my hands, hit the floor which was hard enough to put a slight dent on the edge of the coin. It was a slight dent but it was visible from a mile away as far as I was concerned.

Another good memory is finding 4 Walkers inches from each other. What a day!

The roll was a shocker and it became the topic of my first magazine article that appeared in Treasure Facts (Lost Treasure) in 1993.

 

[pattiewhack]

Re: Finds from the '80s and later

Congrats on all the nice finds over the Years! Would've loved to have found those Halves in that roll!

 

[Silver Fox]

Re: Finds from the '80s and later

Congrats on all the nice finds over the Years! Would've loved to have found those Halves in that roll!

When I was given the roll by the bank teller I put in my pocket to look through it at home. It had been rolled by a customer 'cause it had an account number written on the roll. I really wanted a roll from the mint and I almost gave the roll back to the teller.

At home, sitting down on the sofa and opening one end I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It was so exciting seeing all of those silver halves but especially the Walkers I couldn't continue sitting on the sofa and got and wandered around the apartment muttering to myself!

Now, when I ask for halves at the bank I draw a blank. I read where some people buy boxes of halves for $500 or so and find a few mostly JFK 40% and one said he got Barbers! Never give up!

SF

 

[Indianhead Jones]

Re: Finds from the '80s and later

SWEET!!! Spectacular finds...awesome collection!

Larry G.

 

[Silver Fox]

Re: Finds from the '80s and later

SWEET!!! Spectacular finds...awesome collection!

Larry G.

Hi Larry G: Thanks for reviving this ol' thread. There's nothing left, I enjoyed finding them, cashing them in, and spending them. But as the old saying goes, the thrill is in the hunt!

Edward