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Went out to some new sidewalk strips yesterday. Was pretty slow, and HOT! I found a wheat or two, and then the Merc. Sweet!! About fifteen feet later I hit an 8-47 and thought, "that's a weird quarter." It sounded good so I dug it. after about 3 prys with my Lesche, I popped up a silver half!! Awesome, I figured it was a Franklin, or maybe a Walker, (Most of my finds have been in the '40s.) nope it was a BARBER!!!! My oldest and biggest silver to date!!!! I couldn't believe it! If you would've told me there was ANY half there, I wouldn't of believed you, but a Barber c'mon! I found the little silver ring a couple of blocks over, it rang 12-40, I thought it was a screw cap!

That's very cool. Thanks for posting

There seem to be a lot of members metal detecting...maybe need a new category..?

Nice!!!!

Those are some really cool coins! Thanks for sharing the story & the photos.

Morsecode wrote:
There seem to be a lot of members metal detecting...maybe need a new category..?

Personally, I would love to see a thread (or whatever they are called) on metal detecting. It sounds really interesting to me as a side hobby, but I know absolutely nothing about how to start, where to metal detect, equipment needed, etc., etc., etc. Would love to see something somewhere on this forum devoted to that.

have you guys been reading the metal detecting thread in the tracking section?

http://realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=10829

That's a NICE half dollar! So sidewalks are a good place to detect? What is the reasoning for that? Just because people have been walking along the same path for decades? What are other good places to detect?

haha yup thats why you dig everything.
got a nice 10k opal ring off a chicago beach this week and have a big hunt planned this weekend

By sidewalk strip are you talking about the grass section between the sidewalk and the road? I never thought about detecting there.

That is a nice looking half for coming out of the ground. Great find!

yeah side walk strips in old towns are always fun to hunt. try and find where the bus stops or phone booths used to be those are good hunting too

Oh boy, nice! Got a few good ideas now. Lots of old towns in New England baby!

Very nice! As already mentioned there is a metal detecting thread in the tracking section. I try to hunt 2-4 times a week.

Very cool half and dime!

Awesome finds! Congrats. I love mercs too; I just found a 1942 Merc today in some CWR dimes.

I have considered buying a metal detector myself, but wouldn't know where to start, what to buy and so on. Perhaps I should get on it and do some research.

NICE SILVER!!!!!!

Awesome finds. We call those "sidewalk strips" in NJ "tree lawns" I assume that are one in the same.

What type of machine are you using?

Sweet!!

OtusLotus wrote:Awesome finds. We call those "sidewalk strips" in NJ "tree lawns" I assume that are one in the same.

What type of machine are you using?

I'm using a Minelab E-Trac.

Awesome find! Congrats.

That's some awesome old silver there!!! Congrats!!!!

It must be a nice adrenaline rush when your eyes first lay sight on the Barber half.

Thats really good condition on the barber thats been outdoors for what 50 years at least I figure... better than any barber half I've come across outside a coin shop...

pennypicker wrote:It must be a nice adrenaline rush when your eyes first lay sight on the Barber half.

It is insane. I put it in my pocket, and tried to keep hunting, but I had to go in my car to look at it!

Awesome find. I've just got into detecting myself. Looking forward to finding my first coins. I've found a lot of nails and a key so far. But like anything else im sure it takes some practice and a little bit of luck. Thanks for the post.