Some coins I found over the last week including my first half dollar

[beez0404]

Haven't been posting my finds much of late. Here are a few from the last week. This is the first half dollar I have found. So that was pretty exciting. The small ring I found today. Rang up in the silver dime range. It appears to have been made with a piece of cutlery. I also found 23 wheat pennies last week. As a rule I generally find 3-4 mercury dimes for every Roosevelt. Not this past week. Thanks for looking and good luck on your upcoming hunts.

 

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[beez0404]

Congrats! Awesome digs! What was your reaction when you found that great silver half dollar?

You know the old story. Yeah, yeah.........a TID of 95 probably just another chunk of can slaw. But I dug it anyway cause my friend from T-Net CarolinaTom has found two halves in the last month so I had to see. When I lifted back the plug it was actually laying in the bottom of the hole with a little loose dirt laying on it. I could tell it was silver and definitely bigger then a quarter. I picked it up like you would a newborn baby and very lightly rubbed enough of the dirt off to see the word America. At that point I got very excited. I poured some water over it and saw what I had and it just gave me a warm fuzzy feeling inside. With a HUGE smile I took photos of it with my cell phone and texted them to CarolinaTom and Smittyman both of T-Net. The atta-boys and accolades from friends makes a find like that all the better.

 

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[beez0404]

Nice silvers but the wet ground impresses me more right now, lol. I saw on tv last night it is dry 5 ft deep here.
Super nice half. I have found 2 clads but no silver ones.

We have had quite a lot of rain the last 10 days or so. But once you get down 4" or so it's still quite dry. But at least that first 4" is easy digging now whereas 2 weeks ago it was really tough. The rain has been a blessing.

 

[Old Dude]

Cjon and I went out yesterday and it was the first time in months that the dirt would stick together in a plug. Was great being able to push the digger in 6 inches!

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Congrats on getting that big silver!!! Still looking for first big silver this year not even had a quarter yet, had some dimes but thats it !

 

[jewelerguy]

beautiful half!

 

[ringking76]

Great finds,sweet silver gotta love it

 

[Bum Luck]

Damn nice Walker! Wow!

 

[Scrappy]

Nice catches! I almost fell over when I found a '41 walker half. Man what a feeling.

Nice job!

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[Gridwalker306]

Nice walker! I have found 4 Barber halves, a Morgan...but the Walker eludes me. My goal this season was to find one, I'm trying hard lol!

 

[beez0404]

Nice walker! I have found 4 Barber halves, a Morgan...but the Walker eludes me. My goal this season was to find one, I'm trying hard lol!

To be really honest I used to NOT dig the half dollar TID numbers because they were always can slaw or some other trash. But a buddy of mine from this site (CarolinaTom) found two silver half dollars and it was driving me crazy that he found two and I had never found one. Not sure I'll go right back to digging those high TID numbers as with my bad knees I have a limited number of targets I can dig in a day. So wasting them on garbage isn't very inviting. I think I just got really lucky to find that one.

 

[Gridwalker306]

To be really honest I used to NOT dig the half dollar TID numbers because they were always can slaw or some other trash. But a buddy of mine from this site (CarolinaTom) found two silver half dollars and it was driving me crazy that he found two and I had never found one. Not sure I'll go right back to digging those high TID numbers as with my bad knees I have a limited number of targets I can dig in a day. So wasting them on garbage isn't very inviting. I think I just got really lucky to find that one.

I hear you! Repeatedly digging those "big silver" signals only to find junk is frustrating, but when it's the real thing it's awesome. I'm getting better at deciphering, especially at spots I have been over many times. I bet this silver half you found will inspire you to dig those signals more!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Man that was a great week of silver finds, the Deus just loves the silvers!
I've been thinking that this unit might be my next detector purchase, but dealers here in Canada seem to be few and far between.

Congrats on finding your first Walker ... I found my first and only Half Dollar 3 years ago and it was a Walker!
Best of luck to you,
Dave