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    Happy Father's Day to Me!

    Mama said Its fathers day, go out detecting. :: Sweet! |)
    I was able to find a couple wheats and a bunch of clad. But during the hunt I got a jumpy dime type signal. I dug down to find a big gray disk
    It turned out to be a 1935 Walker!

    In the same hole with it was a 1907o Barber half! .... with them was 4 giant nails!

    Thanks for lookin' & HH!
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    Re: Happy Father's Day to Me!

    Holy cow! Wow oh wow! Man what a dig! HUGE congrats! I hope you will post some pics of those beauties cleaned up.

    WOW!

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    Re: Happy Father's Day to Me!

    Wow! Were these Illinois finds or Wisconsin?
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    Re: Happy Father's Day to Me!

    Quote Originally Posted by z118 link=topic=13566.msg143480#msg143480 date=1371520780
    Holy cow! Wow oh wow! Man what a dig! HUGE congrats! I hope you will post some pics of those beauties cleaned up.

    WOW!

    Thanks Z!
    They're tarnished pretty bad but here's some pics of them washed off.

    Here's the obverse sides...


    ...and the reverses.


    Quote Originally Posted by AmxFred link=topic=13566.msg143483#msg143483 date=1371521834
    Wow! Were these Illinois finds or Wisconsin?
    Thanks Fred!
    They're Illinois finds!
    Some days you get the corn, some days you get the cob
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    Re: Happy Father's Day to Me!

    double wow , great hunt |
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    Wow !! A Happy Fathers Day for sure . Most excellent Timmy !! |

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    Re: Happy Father's Day to Me!

    happy dance on fathers day tim

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    on an awesome find and bonus points for doing it through the nails |

    for sure
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    Re: Happy Father's Day to Me!

    Congrats on a great couple of finds, I'd kill for either one of those!

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    WoW a double half dollar day is pretty rare Tim , you must have been a very good Father this past year Mister | |
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    Re: Happy Father's Day to Me!

    Captain Coinspill strikes again! lol

    That's awesome, Tim! It's amazing how the E-Trac can still find the silver coins amongst the nails. That 1935 Walker doesn't have much wear on it, so I bet both coins were dropped about then. That 1907-O Barber Half has seen lots of circulation, if only it could talk!

    Huge congrats on an incredible Father's Day find! |)
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    It's great to find one...but 2 in one hole!!!! |)
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    Some guys have all the luck! I would've found the nails! on some great finds!

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    Very cool !
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    Re: Happy Father's Day to Me!

    Nice |) 2 halves in one hole is an instant heart attack I would have stared at them not believing they are real lol
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    Re: Happy Father's Day to Me!

    WOW!!! Tim, that is awesome!! It certainly pays to dig those iffy signals, what a find, congrats to you!
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    Re: Happy Father's Day to Me!

    Awesome recoveries Tim! 2 old halves in the same hole WOW!!!!
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    I think there should be more fathers days in a year with finds like thoes,wtg tim.
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    Oh my gosh, what does one say to that? I guess a huge congrats....and I hope you rechecked the hole lol
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    Re: Happy Father's Day to Me!

    There ya go....2 silver halfs and 4 nails.....now that is some great detecting.....

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