A big silver surprise for me!

[zrickkid]

I was digging at a place that has produced dozens of silvers for me in the past and I get a bouncy 88-92 signal on my V3 and its shallow only about 3 inches deep. I know how this signal usually works out to be an aluminum can or random piece of metal. So i decide to dig anyway...:crossfingers:
Im so glad I did :shocked04: because when I looked in the fresh pile of dirt I see the edge of a big silver coin. Im thinking Walker or Franklin!!! So Imagine my heart skipping a beat as I carefully wipe away the dirt to see my very first Barber Half. :shocked04: It is a 1897 P. This picture is after I cleaned it up a bit. It had some real dark toning on it and it took a great deal of cleaning to get it to this state. I may have ruined any numismatic value but im never selling it anyway. If it was an S or O mint it would have keen a ket date half and so I would have just left it alone. I still shocked that I actually pulled one of these. Bucket list coin checked off. Thanks for looking.

[POKIE73]

congrats on your finds barbers are one of my favorites

[Ronandari]

That is a beautiful half:shocked03:. I have excitedly dug a few cans in my day thinking that they were exactly what you unearthed. Congrats on a great bucket list coin.

[Ill Digger]

Big silver surprise?
I guess so!! :shocked04:
Congrats Ricky! :grin:
I'm picturing the look on your face something like this... :shocked05:..... Am I right? :lol:

[Dan]

Congrats on that big beautiful silver! Is it me or are there a lot of these being found lately? (Barbers in general)

HH & GL

[aloldstuff]

:congrats:on knocking that one off your bucket list. You got yourself a coin that many detectorists are still looking for.

[MangoAve]

Wow. Not many of these guys get pulled up. And it's not as worn as the quarter. I always have aluminum cans fool me for a penny or dime. Altho I got back into how to tell if it's a can. It should drop off quickly the higher the coil is from the ground, if it's a coin.

[Digger Don]

Now that's a great find. Beats an aluminum can any day. :lolsign:
You did a good job cleaning it. Looks Great!!
Congrats

[RIdirtdigger]

Congrats on that big old piece of silver. Don't see those come out of the ground every single day

[zrickkid]

Big silver surprise?
I guess so!! :shocked04:
Congrats Ricky! :grin:
I'm picturing the look on your face something like this... :shocked05:..... Am I right? :lol:
Tim you are exactly right!

[Tony Two-Cent]

Congrats on your first Barber Half Dollar, Ricky! It's a beauty! :thumbsup02:

That is a find that you will always remember, and it's from the 1800s which makes it even more special! :yes:

:perfect10:

[Restoring Your Finds]

Beautiful !!! I know for a fact (once...) that it is a beautiful feeling to find a Barber Half !

Congrats !

[MIKE54]

What a great find. Still waiting to see one of those in the hole !!

[Fire Fighter 43]

Congrats on the BIG silver, WTG.

[PL8MAN]

Sweet half !

[wisconsin digger]

Found a few in the 70's but haven't seen one in the hole in a longgg time. Great find WD

[driftwood1963]

Killer! :perfect10:

[leslie(nova scotia)]

Nice hunk of silver!

[del]

a very sweet coin zrickkid , congrats on your first barber half :clapping::groovy:

[Mountaindigger]

Congratulations on the Barber Half. Love digging Barbers.

[Dime-O-Mite]

AMAZING :notworthy:

[don in ny]

Makes me smile seeing your post. I know how hard Barber halves are to find. Only found 2 in 35 years, but I bring good luck to others. Last year I was with 4 different guys who found a Barber half while I was out detecting with them. Nice find.