Altamaha
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My hunting buddy & I got permission this past Sunday to detect an old colonial house. Upon asking permission the owner said yes, but cautioned us that we wouldn't find anything because other metal detectorists had been there before us. We said that we didn't mind & started off detecting the front yard. Before 5 minutes had pasted my buddy was yelling that he had found a flying eagle cent. A little later we both found Indian head cents. I then hit silver with a Roosevelt dime & a Mercury dime. My buddy found 3 more silvers with a Roosevelt, Mercury & a Washington quarter. A little while later I found an 1858 Canadian Half Cent and then decided to wander across to the side yard. I got several large targets which turned out to be good size pieces of copper. I then got another strong signal adjacent a big tree root which was screaming Dollar at 1 Inch. By this time my buddy had made his way to the side yard and was watching. I unenthusiastically knelt to recover the target fully expecting it to be another piece of copper. In the side of the first plug I saw the reeded edge of a large silver coin & needless to say was elated. Upon retrieving it I found it to be a1915 Barber Half Dollar In excellent Condition. I was very excited because this was the best condition (EF) Barber Half that I had ever found. Great condition/very nice coin we both thought., but just a plain no mint mark common date.
A couple of days later I decided to look the coin up in the red book and to my surprise I noticed that the mintage for the 1915 was only 138,450. The mintage for the 1914 was 124,610, making my 1915 Half Dollar The 2nd lowest mintage in the series. I must say that this made my day.
A couple of days later I decided to look the coin up in the red book and to my surprise I noticed that the mintage for the 1915 was only 138,450. The mintage for the 1914 was 124,610, making my 1915 Half Dollar The 2nd lowest mintage in the series. I must say that this made my day.
