Church hunt yields Big silver and a first.

[Fire Fighter 43]

After looking over some old areal photos. I determined the location of the school at a church site that I recently received permission to hunt. About 3/4 of the school area is now asphalt, the other 1/4 is grass covered. The school was built in 1881 and in use for more than 80 years. It was eventually torn down in the early seventies. My coil barley touched the ground when I got my first solid hit it was a 12-39 at 5" and turned out to be a wheat. After covering the hole I took one more swing and got a solid 12-46 at 4 inches. When I opened the hole and I was getting a hit with the Propointer a few inches deeper than the 4 inches indicated. I dug a little more dirt from the hole and I spotted the edge of big silver. It turned out to be a well worn Walking Liberty Half. It was a great way to start the day, knowing I was in the right spot. My first, was a coin from South Africa it is a 1/4 penny from 1952. I also found an 1897 Barber dime, 1942 Merc., 8 wheats, a religious medal and a silver ring.
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[Thiltzy]

Nice silvers. Great job on the research, glad to see it paid off

[OxShoeDrew]

My gosh, quite a haul! Someday I'll find a walking liberty :daydream: :notworthy:

[Ronandari]

Nice work on the research Fire Fighter. Looks like it really paid off. :beerbuddy:

[CTTodd]

Nothing wrong with that start to finish.

[coinnut]

That research was dead on :congrats: What a way to start a hunt. Congrats on all the goods!

[del]

your starting to tear it up Jeff , well done .:thumbsup02:



My gosh, quite a haul! Someday I'll find a walking liberty :daydream: :notworthy:

Drew you will but it will be at an early 1700's era home site and I can almost hear you cursing that its not a seated or capped bust:hairpulling:.:lol: trust me George and i have done it.:rofl:

[Timewarpdigger]

You had one heck of a day, congrats.

[Digger Don]

Awesome finds. Great looking Silver

[BTV Digger]

Great finds. Gratifying to do the research/work, then see it pay off.

BTV Digger

[MangoAve]

Drew you will but it will be at an early 1700's era home site and I can almost hear you cursing that its not a seated or capped bust:hairpulling:.:lol: trust me George and i have done it.:rofl:


Really? That means the 1700's era home was still around in the 30's and fell within the last 70 years. The Franklin halfs were the next series started in 1948, and I am quite sure it was not dropped by an MD'er because they weren't really widely used until the 60's which would have been the start of the Kennedy Halfs. (and you already know MD was invented sometime aroung 1881, refined throughout the 20's 40's and 50's but was industrialized in the 60's with transistors).

[RobW]

BIG SILVER RUSH.......nothing like it.....:perfect10:

[Tony Two-Cent]

Great research with incredible results, Jeff! :wow:

All of those items are nice, but I especially like the Walker and the 1897 Barber Dime. That silver ring is very unusual too, interesting design.

:congrats:

[JdsCoins]

Great variety of finds! That SA coin is really cool and love the slick walker! :grin:

[freemindstuck]

Wow, great finds! :perfect10: I really like the ring.

[coinnut]

Really? That means the 1700's era home was still around in the 30's and fell within the last 70 years. The Franklin halfs were the next series started in 1948, and I am quite sure it was not dropped by an MD'er because they weren't really widely used until the 60's which would have been the start of the Kennedy Halfs. (and you already know MD was invented sometime aroung 1881, refined throughout the 20's 40's and 50's but was industrialized in the 60's with transistors).

1700's houses are still standing today. They are many that were still around in the 30's. But most likely, the out of place coins we find, come from a hunter that lost them. I found a half and a quarter in one hole. I was praying for early American silver :daydream: I got a Walking Liberty, and a Washington :hystericallaugh:

[MangoAve]

1700's houses are still standing today. They are many that were still around in the 30's. But most likely, the out of place coins we find, come from a hunter that lost them. I found a half and a quarter in one hole. I was praying for early American silver :daydream: I got a Walking Liberty, and a Washington :hystericallaugh:

Haha. I didn't mean to sound like "de de dee" with not realizing there were still houses from the 1700's still standing. The house I found the Ford Model T key was from 1760. I just didn't realize that they had fallen recently. I figured by how much of the forest had reclaimed the fields that used to be and even up to the cellar holes suggested the houses fell in the 1800's. Granted The great depression (which afffected everyone but farmers probably had a lower impact) might have had some bearing on when house was abandoned. However I did not think about hunters, figuring these places were on private property... and two weeks ago when I was near the old school and a guy talked to me about the properties there (you posted on this thread I'm referring to about iron) and the guy who's property was near was shocked I found so many empty shells as he didn't think hunters were in the area either. Well.. still silver if new is still a good find even if not early American. That is all.

[aloldstuff]

Nice hunting Jeff. Everybody had to love the BIG silver. Very nice pile of keepers.