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Finally! A "nice" coin!

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k2gleaner

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I just said to my wife this morning: "I want to find a nice coin so bad".

Went out this afternoon, late, and detected a sawmill site. My buddy has detected a neighboring homesite a few weeks earlier, finding only modern coins.

After a lot of copper pipe and trash, I started teaching through the field be our spot and the empty Homesite 100 yards away. I didn't get halfway and my AT Pro rang the only high (94) clear tone I've heard in a long time.

10" down, out popped my first silver: a 1944 Walking Liberty half-dollar!

No mint mark. (Philadelphia)

What a feeling!
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Very nice. Don't worry about the scratch. Live and learn. I bet that coin will never trade hands anyway.
 
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I see these posted all the time but can never get my coil over one 🤬
 
What ? North Carolina ? East Coast ? Not a large cent or colonial copper ? How boring ! (just kidding :laughing: )
 
coin whisperer said:
Congrats! To bad you have her a kiss with your lesche


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I'm not sure if I did that or not. I didn't notice the scratch in the field. The uncleaned pic seems to show it's dirty in the groove. Ten inches down and when I rolled the clod over, it was adhered to the clod, face exposed to me.

Either way, I'm happy but want more. [emoji3]

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For your first Silver it is a great one to dig. That Walker is in very nice shape and must have been dropped early in its life. Any Silver from now on will give you that thrill but the first will be cherished for all time. Congrats! Trapper
 
Score!! A deep one in an area you were just passing by. That's a dig you won't soon forget!

No way are any of those scratches from your digger. Those are old damages. Probably plow strikes.
 
k2gleaner said:
I just said to my wife this morning: "I want to find a nice coin so bad".

Went out this afternoon, late, and detected a sawmill site. My buddy has detected a neighboring homesite a few weeks earlier, finding only modern coins.

After a lot of copper pipe and trash, I started teaching through the field be our spot and the empty Homesite 100 yards away. I didn't get halfway and my AT Pro rang the only high (94) clear tone I've heard in a long time.

10" down, out popped my first silver: a 1944 Walking Liberty half-dollar!

No mint mark. (Philadelphia)

What a feeling!
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always a "sweet" find! looks like an "old" kiss!..
just sayin'

(h.h.!)
j.t.
 
Thanks for the kind words. Makes it feel more special too know from experienced folks that it is a special find! No, it won't leave my possession (can't "take it with me" in the end, of course!)

Went back to the site, hopeful, but no silver luck. A few 70's coins.

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