First Walker

[fbullion]

Went to a local school Saturday that several people including myself have hunted for years, this ground is horrible due to the fact that it was a dumping ground for coal cinders years ago. Anyway I decided to hunt next to the parking lot and had found a few pennies then I got this 12-43 and would bounce up to a 12-46 from time to time and was about 5 inches down, so after making my way through a layer of gravel this silver disc popped out and at first I thought it was a quarter until I got some water and started to clean it up then realized what I had was my first Walking Liberty half a 1942. My hunting buddy Garry and I couldn't be leave what just came out of the ground and after re-checking the hole I found a 1952 nickel which was most likely bringing the signal down. Also there was a lot of rust on the coin as well but a little baking soda and some time and it cleaned up nice.

 

[Newfields]

Sweet coin! Nice job on it.

 

[CT Todd]

Beautiful coin and a well written post. Good for you. Great find

 

[Agseeker]

nice find; those are hard to come by.

 

[garry adams]

GREAT FIND FRED THAT IS A VERY NICE COIN . I AM GLAD I WAS THERE WHEN YOU PULLED IT OUT OF THE GROUND.

 

[MINELABMIKE]

congrats on the nice walker

 

[ChicagoJohn]

GREAT find! I found my first walker last year...same 1942 but your is better shape!

 

[McClod]

Nice find!!! That's a beautiful coin, my favorite and 1 I hope to find someday! Yours is in fantastic shape!!

 

[sube]

That's where I like to spend my time detecting at places that were hard to detect that's where the ctx shines that's a great find . sube