There's a farm near my house where I've been arrowhead hunting successfully for years. It dawned on me yesterday that I should MD where I had seen an old shed. Turns out upon closer inspection it is very old with stone foundation. There's no visible sign of where the house was, but after finding brick and burnt wood where I was digging lots of copper pipe, I figured out where the house had been- and found my first Walker Half (1939) about 3 deep in the 'front yard' !
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Possibly the biggest adrenalin rush and happy dance I've had yet in this hobby!! I've found 2 Franklins and 2 Kennedy halves so far and really enjoy the big silver, but have been longing for a Walker... such a beautiful, intricate coin...
My friends' Missy & Bill were hunting with me, took pics of the land but I was too eager to share my big find before they forwarded the pics to me... They just took off MDing for a few days on an island of a nearby lake, rich with history. I wish them luck thumbsup01 Btw, they're supposed to be introducing themselves on here, so far they're just lurkers Hopefully they'll have good story and pics for us when they get back.
Had another good hunt a few days ago, went out in 20 degree weather with my buddy Dave and found this big chunk o' silver ring! All of my silver rings have been pretty small, so this big ring was exciting! Figured I'd go ahead and share my total jewelry finds for 2010 while I'm at it. The gold class ring (1936) I found last month- I gave to the deceased owner's daughter. I still plan to write-up a story for White's on that one. Thanks for looking!