Holy Freakin Cladsville Miss Liberty !!

[Bigpoppa]

What a strange day....

I decided to try a different stretch today to hunt and then wait and see what happens with this monster wind storm they are predicting tomorrow..

The day started off really pitiful as I gridded high, low, mid, on top and at the waters edge...After about an hour I had maybe 4 coins, 6 bottlecaps and a sinker...
So I decided since it was so nice out to take a long walk to a completely different area that I hadn't been to in quite awhile...

As I'm walking the entire stretch I'm getting nada...no signals at all and I was getting a bit disappointed, but I continued on to my intended spot..
Just before I reach the new spot I want to grid, I find a wash out from Sandy and you can see where they had been working at some point there..
So I find a green nickel near the surface, then a quarter and then out of the sand comes a big surprise..A Walking Liberty Half Dollar...I mean as soon as I saw the big gray beauty I knew immediately it was something great..Woo Hoo !!!
Nothing like a burst of motivation....
So I grid the small area about 3-4 passes and nothing else, but ring tabs and aluminum .Ohhh well have to move on.
..
I keep swinging as I'm walking and a few coins here and there, but nothing great...As I start my journey somewhat back I head way up top and next thing you know it's coin, coin, coin...So I start doing long passes and in each pass I'm getting multiple coins...My habit is if I get coins in a pass well I turn and go back the other direction until it stops...Well it didn't stop for the next few hours...I was still digging coins even as I was ready to leave, but enough was enough for one day, so I'll be back eventually to finish the rest of the area..
I must have found a minimium of 15 coins by sight, before the detector even hit them, that were just wind exposed..

What an incredible hunt it turned out to be even though once again I couldn't find a ring or piece of jewelry even by accident with all those zillion targets

Beautiful day...Great workout..More for the clad pile...

Good Luck & Happy Hunting !!

Will be back after the storm passes !!!

TOTALS FOR THE DAY:

$9.13 In Clad...whole slew of greenies and copper pennies, but no wheats

1- 1944 Walking Liberty Half Dollar

1- Decimated Hot Wheels

A small pile of rough & tumbled sinkers for my huge collection

More Metallic Human Waste for the trash heap

 

[TooManyHobbies]

To think, detectorists have been missing that Walker for 70 years or so. Congrats.

 

[Marko0916]

Awesome. I love those days. Looking forward for this storm to really bring out the good stuff

 

[njal]

Thats the way to do it! clean it out!
I was expecting to see Napoleon.

But Miss Liberty is nice, real nice
shape for being buried all these years.

 

[Wicholee]

great find, love that

 

[trsrseeker]

Nice BP!

 

[Seener53]

Congrats on the walker!

 

[OBN]

Love the Half, Now your rock'en.....Shovel Time!!

 

[search and recovery]

Keep diggin' the good signals. You are close to great finds!

 

[cdv1]

Simply amazing..... you almost needed a Cladesdale to haul out the coins.

 

[lorraine]

WOW, Bigpoppa! That is some haul!!

That walking half is a beautiful find.....and is great condition!

You had a terrific day of detecting...keep at it!

Lorraine

 

[Mainelypulltab]

BP, with all that clad, you could probably purchase another walker. Congrats!

 

[Ace350]

Great job Big Poppa.

It's days like you just had that inspire us all to go out and do it again and again.
Always trying to have a repeat of that good day.

In fishing it is like catching a noteworthy fish.
In golfing it is like making a great shot.
In poker it is like getting great cards all night.

Happy hunting and may the gold gods be with you on your next hunt.

 

[CoilyGirl]

Looks like a fun day,congrats on that Walker!