The Giving Beach gives up some more silver, including my first Franklin Half Dollar!

[TomW244]

I went back to The Giving Beach (yeah, I named it) today to see what it wanted me to take home this time. As you'll see in the pics below, I had plenty of targets, and it took me about two hours before I came across a small section of the beach which had a few older coins. (This section moves frequently, so it's always fun to work the shore until I find it.) I came up with another 1935 Buffalo nickel in pretty good shape, three silver coins, and a few wheat pennies (although I don't know the dates of the pennies yet, as I haven't cleaned them.) The silvers included a 1957 Roosevelt dime, a 1942 Mercury dime, and a 1952 Franklin half dollar. This is my first half dollar found metal detecting, so I was pretty excited! Below are the before and after pics for the coins I did clean. As you'll see, the beach was unkind to the silver coins, but I love them anyway! Thanks for looking and may your next adventure bring you something that makes you smile!

 

[Digger RJ]

Awesome Hunt!!! Congrats!!!!

 

[DirtDigginDan]

Nice bunch of finds, too bad the beach was so hard on them, how did you clean them?

 

[Mikebk03]

Nice finds!

 

[TomW244]

Awesome Hunt!!! Congrats!!!!

Thanks!

 

[TomW244]

Nice finds!

Thank you!

 

[TomW244]

Nice bunch of finds, too bad the beach was so hard on them, how did you clean them?

I used a short period of electrolysis with light brushing with the Andre's Pencils brush on the buffalo nickel. I used Buckleboy's technique on the silver coins. Here's a direct link to his post on that: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/cleaning-preservation/442189-how-clean-blackened-silver-coins.html

 

[treblehunter]

Nice job finding a beach that wasn't hiding all the good stuff!

 

[Rookster]

Lot of digging. Congrats on the finds.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Great hunt. Congrats on your first Half Dollar.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Really nice beach hunt. Congrats on the Franklin!

 

[TomW244]

Nice job finding a beach that wasn't hiding all the good stuff!

Thank you very much!

 

[TomW244]

Lot of digging. Congrats on the finds.

Thanks! It didn't seem like a lot of digging at the time. I didn't know I had that many coins until I emptied my finds pouch at home!

 

[TomW244]

Great hunt. Congrats on your first Half Dollar.

Thanks! It certainly made my day!

 

[TomW244]

Really nice beach hunt. Congrats on the Franklin!

Thanks, Tom!

 

[washingtonian]

Awesome finds!!

 

[TomW244]

Awesome finds!!

Thank you!

 

[madmantrapper]

That's some nice work. Do you find it better to search low or high tide or does it not matter?

 

[thrifty76now]

Tom, that certainly was a beach hunt to remember for quite some time. Congrats on your first silver half,

 

[Hawks88]

Some real nice saves. Congrats