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Silver #9 is a Big One.

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Stiffwrists

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Went on a night hunt this evening. Was searching an old church I've hunted many times and always manage at least a couple wheats. Dug this 1951 S Frankin Half right next to a sprinkler valve box. I skip those signals near valve boxes thinking it's probably just one of the fittings. Something about the 50 tones in Park 2 made me look it up. Awesome. Big silver by the moonlight. Its nicked up and kinda ugly, but I'm happy to have recovered it! Thanks for looking.
 

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Awesome T! I have only found one of them myself! My wifes favorite coin.
Jer
 
That’s a FAT one! All but 1 Franklin has eluded me,which is weird. I find Walkers very readily,so the numbers must be way higher for those...
Great find...sparkling in the moonlight...nothing cooler than that!
 
Great dig there, Nighthawk! The last time I remember seeing a Ben Franklin half dollar in circulation was when I was just little rugrat at some relatives' wedding dance. Around 1970 or '71. I vaguely remember a live band playing, and some pretty women trying to teach me how to dance, but I clearly recall good old Grandpa handing us boys a big old BF half dollar each, and telling us to go buy ourselves a soda. That orange crush only emboldened us enough to come back and ask for more. He did give us each a second one, but I don't remember anything after that. :laughing: What a party!
Hey thanks for posting this. Telling my little story made me forget how jealous I was when I first read about your big silver #9. Congrats!
 
Oh wow. Great job, stiffwrists! That's a great find! half-dollars are rare enough, but to pull a Franklin is fantastic! woot!

Skippy
 
Seeing something like that come out of the ground will sure get your heart pumping!:yes:
 
Nice find, SW! And good instincts to go after the signal despite the sprinkler head - that's good hunting!
 
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