Always check to see if it has a friend.

[DrLizardo]

Hello E-tracland

I thought I might post this in the thread Ben and Friends. This could be Ben and Friends, take 2. Anyway, I was doing a park back in October, one I've hunted a lot, but I found a spot I hadn't hit before, and a nice quarter signal gives me a 1942 Washington. I filled the hole back in, but waved the etrac back over it, and it said I wasn't done with that hole yet. Actually it was just a couple inches outside of the first hole that 1944 came up. Yeehaw.

About five feet away from these two, I start getting something like a 2-40 with hints of your more usual 12-47 type of quarter signal. This is the sort of signal you read about a lot more than you see. I dug a very wide hole around it. When it was out of the hole but still in the dirt I was getting 2-48, and I was seriously freaking out, thinking maybe I'd finally hit a Morgan, which in retrospect would clearly not be contemporaneous with the two Washingtons, Anyway, Franklin, 1952. emerges from the dirt. I had thought maybe this coin was mythical. Or at least that noone had ever really carried them around for use as money.

So after that I cleared away all the branches lying on the ground in that spot and went over it very thoroughly and carefully, but all I got was this brush head-like thing that might be sterling silver. It has the initials E C on it. So maybe it's Eric Clapton's.

 

[NebTrac]

Nice finds. Its funny, but I've also noticed not many Bennies are found. Maybe most of the 70 and 80's detectors nabbed 'em. Thanks for the pictures.

NebTrac

 

[banditicey]

I tend to Agree with Troy

I and many have found Kennedy, Walkers(not me) and Barber Halfs

But very seldom have any of us found Benjamins

Congrats

 

[Agseeker]

Great finds! That's the kind of finds that you just dream about. In 30+ years of mding I've only found one Franklin.

 

[doc1964]

Nice finds on those quarters and the Benny - I've found a few of the over the past couple of years - but always find more walkers. That brush sure looks like silver to me - especially since it's monogrammed - great score there!

 

[DirtyDeedsDugDirtDeep]

Nice finds.
Franklin half scarcity could also be relative to the fact that Walkers were in production for about 32 years and Ben was only around for 15.
JFK's untimely demise saw to his early retirement.

 

[badjim]

sweet silvers

 

[DrLizardo]

So far I've found one half per year for three years. Walker, clad, Franklin. I would be seriously psyched

to get a Barber.

 

[MikeO]

Nice finds.

 

[Tenspeed]

Nice finds! I have found three Franklins (one this year) to 8 Walkers (4 this year), to 8-10 Kennedy's (all clad, no silver, 4 this year) in my seven or so years of detecting.

A half dollar will always make you smile (especially if it is silver!!).

HH

 

[dmckee17]

I laughed when I read the "Eric Clapton" hair brush comment

 

[Cutaplug]

Very cool finds! Still looking for my Ben

 

[GCuster]

Years ago when I had my 6000D, I had an experience like this. I found silver quarter, filled the hole, rescanned and dug a nice walker just a little deeper. It sure makes the day a whole lot better!!! Nice finds whoever has the chance... Never have found a Franklin though.

 

[Jim D]

Nice finds! I,ve been huntin for 37 years found several silver half,s, still havent found a Franklin half.
Their,s always tomorrow! HH

 

[Sooper Dave]

Way to go on some very nice silver! Big silver makes a big smile I found my first Franklin this summer. It was a nice surprise to see old Ben! Congrats on an awesome hunt!

 

[niterider_58]

Nice find congrats on the big silver