Miracle of the pounded park: 1903-S Barber Half!

[Scrappy]

I went with my mom and son to the park and decided to bring the detector. Thought maybe I'd find something. I searched for about 45 minutes over some old hotspots I had previously hit. Nothing. Had a pouch full of vodka bottles, nutra-slim can, Poland Spring bottles, plastic bags, and nada else.

Got ready to go and my 1 1/2 year old boy wandered over to a spot I'd previously pulled a 40-something Merc. Went over and scanned and BOOM!

It read 12-46/47 at 6". Went down 6", then 8", the 10"...nothing. Thought hmmmm.... Rescanned and 12-48, 01-48....Then I knew it was goin to be good. I gingerly moved another inch or two of dirt and saw the rim. Sideways and edge-up.

At that point I called my mom over and had my son look in the hole. He saw it and grabbed that sucker! Dropped it and I saw the eagle.

Barber 1/2 Dollar minted in the great year of 1903 in San Francisco.

I'm especially stoked since my mom was there and my son pulled his first silver from the ground. Funny part was he did not give it up. He ran off!!!!

Lol. Happy hunting and just when you think you don't want to detect your local park again, go do it. View attachment 1155892

 

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[detectahead]

Such a beautiful coin! What a thrill when you see that big reeded edge! Congrats!

 

[detectahead]

Sorry, posted twice

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Those are always a "Jaw-Dropping" good find in my book, only had one so far and had to dig down to the hard pan through sixty years of parking lot gravel to get mine !! Great story by the way too

 

[cjon455]

wow that's a pretty cool story that your little boy pulled it out of the hole, such a fantastic coin that I dream of finding! congratulations

 

[Scrappy]

Those are always a "Jaw-Dropping" good find in my book, only had one so far and had to dig down to the hard pan through sixty years of parking lot gravel to get mine !! Great story by the way too

Thx. I'm often light on the stories but this one was worth sharing. I had to give my boy a fake gold toned dollar coin before he allowed me to pry this one from his mitts!

 

[Scrappy]

wow that's a pretty cool story that your little boy pulled it out of the hole, such a fantastic coin that I dream of finding! congratulations

Thx Chris. A buddy of mine didn't tell me more than two weeks ago this was on his bucket list. Guess who I texted first? Lol.

 

[cjon455]

Thx Chris. A buddy of mine didn't tell me more than two weeks ago this was on his bucket list. Guess who I texted first? Lol.

Ahh I'm sure, poor guy lol

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice looking coin. The excitement from pulling Halves out of the ground is unreal.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Digging any barber is a thrill, but when it's a half barber dollar it's something special. Super cool find!

 

[SeabeeRon]

Beautiful Big Barber!!

 

[G.A.P.metal]

Scrappy
Beautiful coin that turned into a family affair !
What could be better than that ?
Gary

 

[Blueblood]

Beautiful! Nice find! They just don't make em like that anymore...

 

[Loco-Digger]

Man Scrappy your pulling up a lot silver this season. Congrats on the sweet Barber.

 

[Mi$terG]

Love those Barber halves. Great looking coin- congrats!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Like father like son, he knows the good stuff!
Congrats awesome find and with family!
Detail on that half is awesome! Super cool!

 

[Scrappy]

Very nice looking coin. The excitement from pulling Halves out of the ground is unreal.

yep, it never gets old. I also felt like a kid trying to impress Mom. So funny!

 

[Scrappy]

Very nice looking coin. The excitement from pulling Halves out of the ground is unreal.

Digging any barber is a thrill, but when it's a half barber dollar it's something special. Super cool find!

Beautiful Big Barber!!

thanks fellas. Gotta love the simple classic barber design. Found plenty of Barber quarters but never a Barber half!

 

[Ahab8]

That's a great looking silver buddy. Sounds like you'll have some competition in a few years

 

[Scrappy]

Scrappy
Beautiful coin that turned into a family affair !
What could be better than that ?
Gary

Thx Gary. The kids love my coins. He knew exactly what is was when he reaches in that hole. At home I have to give them shiny clad to keep them away from my silver stash.