My first BIG SILVER of the year....finally! What a pretty lady!

silverfreak · Oct 7, 2007

W@W this was a long time coming! My post was going to be completely different than this one...until the last hole dug this morning, After 3 hours of swingin' the coil I had just 7 wheaties. Don't get me wrong I'm very happy with that because I hunt only areas that have been pounded for 30 plus years. I was going to post just that..my 7 wheaties and how I was happy to have popped them out of the pounded ground..and that how many times I'll come home after 3 to 4 hours with only a few wheaties and NO silver. Then it happened! I ran the coil over the last 3 feet of ground between the ground and where it changes to gravel. I got a nice high flutey hit and it read like silver. I didn't get overly excited because 3 or 4 of the wheaties had caused the crosshairs to peg like silver too. Anyway I dug down about 5" to 6" and popped out wheatie #8 and thought.."okay I will post these and explain how silver doesn't always pop out".
I gave the hole a quick double check with the probe as always...and BINGO...another coin in the hole! I got a solid pegged high hit that was definately silver about 2" deeper in the hole which was gravel at this depth. Now I got excited so I carefully dug down around the center of the hit as to not damage my silver dime that was sure to pop out. I pried at the last part of the circle of hardened soil/gravel mix and this big beauty plopped right up and out like a fish jumping out of water. I said "Holy Sh%*"..."that ain't no dime" (Before you ask.....the answer is yes... I was talking to myself!) I couldn't help it because this was honestly the last thing I expected to pop out. I was totally shocked as this site has been hit for 30 years and this is the first Walking Liberty Half that I have ever pulled out.I didn't even rub the dirt off yet because I wanted you all to see exactly how it came out of the nasty gravel soil. Man I LOVE this hobby!

panzermeyer · Oct 7, 2007

Wow !!!! High fives on a beautiful find.You must have had rush when you seen that big catch come up.Once again proof that a well pounded site can produce a whopper.God Bless and HH...Panz

tymcmurray · Oct 7, 2007

Well done. That's a weeks worth of congratulations right there!

birdman · Oct 7, 2007

That is good stuff! I have not found any silver in a couple of weeks but the wheatys are flowing like wine. I have never found a half but would love to!!

Natman · Oct 7, 2007

Congrats on the big silver!

Nat

poppa19 · Oct 7, 2007

awesome silver find

silverfreak · Oct 7, 2007

panzermeyer said:
Wow !!!! High fives on a beautiful find.You must have had rush when you seen that big catch come up.Once again proof that a well pounded site can produce a whopper.God Bless and HH...Panz

Thanks Panz. It was a rush allright. I just about filled my britches.

Captn SE · Oct 7, 2007

Wow, Bryce, what a rush to see that big silver come out of the ground!!

You know, I've said the same thing to myself when going to some of my heavily hunted sites, "just a few wheaties and I'd be happy...". Those types of finds come up when you least expect them to. What's the date of the Walker? You know, I found one of my walkers this year in a similar fashion. I was nearing the edge of a cliff/drop off, and was just about to give up and turn around, when "Bam", I get a nice deep silver hit. Thinking a silver dime, and then completely excited to see the big silver pop out at 6". I think this is a great lesson to us to try and cover every inch of turf/ground possible at our sites....good finds can come up just about anywhere.

Congrats on your first Big Silver of the year, bud!!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

halfdime · Oct 7, 2007

She is lovely, especially since she's the first! Congrats, the thrill never goes away; after a dozen or more silver halves, it's still exciting to pluck another.

Joe G · Oct 7, 2007

Now THAT'S a big silver! Still waiting for one of those myself

Congrats! It should clean up real nice!

Goldiver · Oct 7, 2007

Great job on the half dollar!

desertfox · Oct 7, 2007

BAM, that's a waker upper for sure. Congrats, congrats, congrats! She's a real beauty

HH

Desertfox

Ridley · Oct 7, 2007

I can imagine how excited you must be! I know those Walkers are out there, I just haven't found one yet.

Congratulations! You did it!

Ridley

Green1 · Oct 7, 2007

sweeeeeet dig !! ya gotta be happy with that ol' girl....

CRUSADER · Oct 7, 2007

Nice find - congrats

starwarsblazer · Oct 7, 2007

Congratulations! I was showing a friend of mine how to use his new detector and his first hit was a silver half. I was super jealous of him since that was the first thing he dug and I have been digging for five years and the halves have still eluded me to this day, so a big CONGRATULATIONS!

Greg