Quick Morning Hunt - My First Franklin

[Natman]

Hi all,

I went out early for just a little while to finish searching one of those private yards up the street..I began digging some clad, more toy cars, and only 1 wheat penny.

In the corner of the back yard, I got a strong 50 cents signal, so I was hoping for a Kennedy half. When I saw the shine I said, "Silver Kennedy!" Then I wiped off some of the dirt and found it was a Franklin!

There's 2 scratches across the head..I was VERY careful digging just in case it was a coin..the scratches look and feel smooth, as if they'd been there for awhile..either way it was neat to find!

HH,
Nat

 

[Schrecky]

Aren't they sweet? I've found two. You can see them here: http://www.dfxonly.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4282

 

[RUDY2003]

Nice Franklin Nat!!!!

Beautiful silver and my birth year too....

Keep safe and keep diggin'...

 

[Ridley]

Great job, Nat!

That must have been a rush!


Congratulations!



Ridley

 

[finderzzs]

Great find, those are always fun to find. Old scratch huh??

 

[weasel606]

real nice find ! looks very good , darn scratches but still a great find congrats

 

[Prober]

Sweet coin, I would love to dig one of them! I wouldn't even care if it was scratched!

 

[halfdime]

Welcome to the club! Nice coin!

 

[gold fish]

Nice on the BIG silver, I still haven't gotten one of those(or a walker), but they are both on my target list for the summer.

 

[ghostrider1775]

WTG Nat!!

 

[Gribnitz]

Nice big silver ! Been at it about 4 years and have yet to find anything bigger than a quarter, with the exception of a clad Ike dollar (my luck)

 

[Ricardo_NY1]

WTG Nat, that is one hefty bit of silver........I remember a friend of mine walking up to me at the park with one of those saying he ran into some "Big Silver". Big it is. Congrats.

 

[M-Squared]

Congrats on the Benny...

Have never hit one of those halves before. I use to have an entire collection that I recently sold (last year). Keep up the great finds and continue posting.... I'm enjoying this...

HH from M2

 

[dave-enc]

terrific find natman wtg
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[Bertman]

Rock on Nat... That is a great find even with the scratches... I've been at this hobbie for 20+ years and have found only one Franklin half...

HH Robert

 

[Boobydoo]

I vividly remember all the Fraklins I have found, all both of them...lol, very exciting find Nat, congrats!! Beautiful coin even with the customization.

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

That's one you will never forget for sure. I found my first one right in the middle of a huge trashy area. I got tired of digging junk and upped the descrimination just to see what I could find.

 

[civilman1]

Two Kenedy's this year Nat but no Bennie (ever)......Sweet dig Nat!!Congrat's!!!!

 

[Dman]

Great find. Big silver is so hard to find. WTG
Dman