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CODY
08-05-2012, 07:32 PM
Some friends and I went on a nice motorcycle ride yesterday, 445 miles.
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By the time we got through I was pooped. Got up this morning and said I wasn't going anywhere today. Well about 2:30 I couldn't stand it no more. Told the wife I was going to go dig a couple of hours. Went to the property I just got permission to hunt. Found some clad, 1937 wheat and the 1954 Rosie.
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Decided to call it a day. On the way home I passed a site I had hunted earlier in the year. At that time it had a house on it that had been gutted by fire. I noticed that the lot had been scraped clean. Couldn't stand it, had to try it. Found nothing but clad where the old house stood. Was on my way back to the truck (how often does this happen) when I hit a strange target. Was bouncing between 80 and 95. Started to walk slowly around it. Every time the coil went over it, a different number. Staying between 80 and 95. I decided to pinpoint it. It showed 6. And was a very, very small target. So I decided, maybe a ring. I decided to dig. Well, when that plug flipped over, I thought, well now, thats interesting. I think I said, whoa. I saw the eagle, so I knew it was a WLH. The other side was packed tight with dirt. I waited till I got back to the truck to wash it off with a bottle of water. just enough to see the date. 1941 WLH. And in pretty good shape. Well, thats been my day, two more for the jar. This is only the second half dollar I have found. Both WLH's. HH all!

Tony Two-Cent
08-05-2012, 07:42 PM
WOO HOO! Awesome find, Cody! The Walking Liberty cleaned up beautifully! :smitten:

Nothing like the feeling of finding a nice, big silver coin! :happy:

:perfect10:

jkress
08-05-2012, 07:44 PM
:perfect10: Way to go Cody! :clapping:
Man I love the WLH. :smitten:

I thought, well now, thats interesting. I would have been :happy: <: lol They are an exciting coin to dig up.

It is a great find.

del
08-05-2012, 07:47 PM
:smitten: congrats on the pretty strolling lady Cody |:cheering: |:cheering:

POKIE73
08-05-2012, 07:57 PM
congrats on your big silver find i wonder did they mint a lot of them thats a coin that is always being found just seems odd so many of them compared to all the others well its a great find for you again congrats dennis

CODY
08-05-2012, 08:02 PM
Well, I don't know about always being found Maybe for some folks. Here are a couple of scanned pic's.

POKIE73
08-05-2012, 08:24 PM
what i meant was you see walkers being found more than the others not meant that they are easy to find dennis

CODY
08-05-2012, 08:28 PM
Yeah, I'd really love to find a Franklin. But they seem almost immposible to find.

Snapolson
08-05-2012, 08:34 PM
:perfect10: Sweet Walker!!!! Yay!

milco
08-05-2012, 09:24 PM
Nice finds and you were rewarded very nicely for a quick stop off at that scraped yard! Congrats on the WLH!

freemindstuck
08-05-2012, 09:43 PM
Beautiful coin, I'd be a cloud at least for a few days after finding that! I can't help but wonder why the VDI was jumping so much on it. Did you find anything else in the hole? WTG :congrats:

aloldstuff
08-06-2012, 06:21 AM
What a great weekend you had. A very nice motorcycle ride and topped off with some silvers. Congrats on the WLH, that one fills the jar better than 5 dimes.

starman2
08-06-2012, 03:34 PM
:perfect10:! :wow:! She's a beaute!! Congrats on the Walker! And the Rosie! [size=24pt]Big Silver!!

Cheap Thrills
08-07-2012, 01:44 PM
You are living right , way to go Cody :perfect10: |:cheering:

Fire Fighter 43
08-08-2012, 05:59 PM
:wow: She is a beauty Cody, WTG |:cheering:

brianb3006
08-12-2012, 05:21 PM
What a nice haul, Congrats!

BKM
08-15-2012, 10:29 PM
Congrats on the Walker, I'm dying to get one of those....