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    Had my best day detecting yet

    Went to a place that I have found 4 Walking Liberty halfves in the last 3yrs but this was the first trip with my E-trac . I found 5 nice Walking Liberty halfves today alone- 4 of them are 1941's and the other is a 1935- all in great shape too! I have found nothing but halves at this place and now 5 of them are 1941's and the oldest is a 1902. Then went to another site and found a neat coin- it is just like a IH but has stars around the head and has a date of 1863 -and on back it says 500,000 persons annually cured by DrBennett's medicines. What a day!!! I think this may even impress angellionel If I can get pic on here I will post them

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    Spike, what a day you had. I wish I had your problems of only finding halves lol Congrats on your hunt. The 1863 Indian I believe is a store card token. It's used as advertising and is similar to a Civil War token. Real nice find! As far as pictures. I set my camera's resolution internally to 800x600. This way I don't have to reduce the picture size to make the limit of 300 KB per picture, in order to post. I can't wait to see the halves. You may even get angel to drool a bit
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    Thanks it just seems strange not to find any other coin there and that many 1941s but no complaints

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    Maybe someone had a roll or partial roll of halves and they got lost there. What ever the reason, I'd be glad he didn't have a pocket full of Zincolns. lol
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    Those big silver pieces will make anyone's heart run like a wild horse and even get the person dancing out in the field. lol Congrats! I hope you can get some photos up.

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    Wow! Someone lost their collection of silver halves. Too bad for them! Would love to see photos. What a great day!
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    I think he went to the coin shop and got those coins. LOL no reallly it was a great day for him. Glad he is finally starting to find some of the stuff Im dropping on the ground for him... The token is really cool.

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    Mabe I will have rusthunter help me post them that way he can look at them again rofl

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    Here are Spikes coins.
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    WOW! That would be a day to remember for sure. Did you start looking around thinking someone was messing with you? I was at a tot lot that I was getting quarters galore as soon as I turned on my machine, and I started looking around thinking someone was messing with me.

    Savor the day, it may be a long time before you top that one!

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    Quote Originally Posted by CBnKansas View Post
    WOW! That would be a day to remember for sure. Did you start looking around thinking someone was messing with you? I was at a tot lot that I was getting quarters galore as soon as I turned on my machine, and I started looking around thinking someone was messing with me.

    Savor the day, it may be a long time before you top that one!

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    I would love it if someone messed with me like that. I would tell them to keep em coming.

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    Thanks rusthunter I will try to get some better ones if I can


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    The only problem I see Spike, is the let down you are going to have thinking this is always going to happen lol You should savor the moment. Next time you may find a cache of pulltabs :bangahead01: Great bunch of big silver. Man are you lucky for getting those. I would expect you are going there again?? lol
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    O Ya Did I mention its in a corn field so I know I missed some

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    Re: Had my best day detecting yet

    Quote Originally Posted by Spike View Post
    O Ya Did I mention its in a corn field so I know I missed some
    That makes more sense now. Someone buried a cache or they demolished a house and the cache was in the basement. Now it's scattered about for you to find SWEET!!!
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    Re: Had my best day detecting yet

    Thats what we think but coins date from 1902 -41 that's a big gap? Either way I hope theres more

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spike View Post
    Thats what we think but coins date from 1902 -41 that's a big gap?
    Not at all. Check your pocket change, or if you save your change in a jar. Look at them dates, especially nickels. I bet you will cover that span even now. He just saved whatever he got hold of. Lots of people would save any silver they could, especially if a war was present. He probably lived through the 1929 depression and decided to save some money if rough times hit again, Lessons learned from his previous days. Smart Guy!!
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