half dollar

  1. For the first time in nearly 3 years.

    I cant believe it! i just received a call from my pops that I can finally search half’s! Backstory: In 2019-2020, I was a major time coin hunter, every day, if not every moment. I had unimaginable luck, and I especially liked half dollars. due to covid, my streak was heavily lost due to the...
  2. 1854 Seated Liberty half dollar

    My last post was removed because I said it was an old find, so this one was DEFINITELY found today! An absolutely beautiful 1854 Seated Liberty half dollar with arrows!
  3. Big time error 1974 kennedy half dollar. What do i have here

    I don’t know too much about errors but this looks like it’s pretty screwed up hopefully in a good way let me know if you know what this is worth or what it isn’t
  4. Liberty half

    Found a good looking liberty half dollar with my Garrett 250. Haven’t figured out my equinox 800 out yet.
  5. BIG SILVER FOUND IN MY BACKYARD!!!

    So I moved into a new house back in October and have hunted my backyard a few times found a handful of wheats and a 1945 silver quarter ps. The house was built in 1921. Went out today and found some clad and then boom hit a iffy signal there was trash in the hole but pulled this out my 2nd ever...
  6. My first Barber Half Dollar

    I got to slip out for a bit yesterday evening and was hunting the back yard of one of my neighbors up the street. There were prior homesteads in the same location and and it's produced a few goodies before. Among a bunch of scattered brass lamp parts and old mason jar lids if found my first...
  7. WEEKEND REPORT: SILVER HALF DOLLAR TRIFECTA! A Seated, Barber, Franklin + MINT RING!!

    Hello Everyone! During this weeks hunts our local group the Relic Rangers went on several hunts at some of the oldest locations in Washington State. :4leafclover: Andrew (Dirty Bird) recovers (3) silver half dollars in (3) days! The oldest is a 1869-s Seated silver dollar, giving him the half...
  8. Strange Silver Bicentennial half dollar.. with no s mint mark??!

    Hey everyone, this is my first post. I just finished looking through 10 half dollar bank rolls and found this... It appears to be silver, the edge of the coin is one reason why it does, also the metal just looks different overall compared to other non silver half dollars. This wouldn't normally...
  9. Smore Goodies

    S'more Goodies Who doesn't like to find gold, silver, and cool relics all in the same day? I have a unique fast paced style and don't spend too much time on any one place. Today 3 places yielded a gold graduation tassel from '72, my first silver half dollar, and this heart bridle rosette. I...
  10. Question about 1965 golden-toned Kennedy half dollar.

    I posted this in Todays Finds, but moving it here..... Today, I paid 25-cents for a shamrock-shaped wooden trivet that has embedded 91-cents in coins: Kennedy Half-dollar, quarter, dime, nickel, penny. All dated 1930 except for 1965 half dollar. The commemorative plate: "Margie; Happy 50th, Dec...
  11. My best find ever so far

    My best find ever so far "waking liberty half dollar" a 1935 waking liberty half dollar
  12. 1952 washington carver silver half dollar

    came across this cleaning out my old jewelry box. no idea who gave it to me. it's in great shape. I am not a collector. Is anyone interested in it? First time ever posting to a forum. If I don't get back to you, be patient with me. Any thoughts to value of it? Thank you.
  13. Persistents CRH Log Fellas!

    Persistent's CRH Log Fellas! Pics **** - denotes posts that I have coins searched. Without those asterisks will just be any other comments or replies. I will try to keep things concise and with a healthy amount of pictures. Any input and advice, comments or concerns are greatly welcomed...
  14. HUGE SILVER SCORE, A PILE OF SILVER HALF DOLLARS IN THE SUPERMARKET CASHIER TRAY!

    I went metal detecting, and stepped on a yellow jacket's nest, and end up getting a sting to the leg. I then go to the Supermarket, and a woman was putting coins in the self checkout station. I noticed a silver edge in the quarter section. I told her I collect coins, and I'm wondering if I can...
  15. Picked up 2 CWR of Halves...

    My first pickup ever... I ordered two boxes of halves and the teller tells me she also has two CWRs from today and do I want them too? Imagine my excitement when I see what she hands me! Opened them up and they were skunks. Ended up being disappointing, but I've still got the two boxes to...
  16. The Straight Facts for Half Dollar Silver Seekers

    Half Dollar Silver Seekers - Don't be disappointed in all of those skunk boxes and here's why: Between 1964 and 1970, 1,278,000,000 (that is 1.278 billion) silver Kennedy half dollars were minted. Between 1971 and 2001, 2,786,000,000,000 (that is 2.786 trillion) clad Kennedy half dollars were...
  17. Etrac Detecting - Brooch, Buffalo, & BIG Silver

    Hello All, I can't believe it but I was lucky enough to be able to go out detecting again today at my local park here in CT. There is one baseball field that i keep detecting that has soft enough ground to dig...everywhere else i try to dig is frozen, it's kind of weird but i won't complain as...
  18. Brooch, Buffalo, & BIG Silver

    Hello All, I can't believe it but I was lucky enough to be able to go out detecting again today at my local park here in CT. There is one baseball field that i keep detecting that has soft enough ground to dig...everywhere else i try to dig is frozen, it's kind of weird but i won't complain as...
  19. Two EPIC dream boxes in one day. Jackpot, baby!

    Had a great day of half dollar box finds. Two boxes in particular stood out. The first was early in the day, and I had a lot of energy and was able to snap a ton of pics. The second one was later in the day when I was already beat up from the day's pick up and dump around the burbs, so I...
  20. Call it beginners luck...

    Firstly, I'm new to the forum but have been seriously metal detecting for about a year. I have made some great finds over the last year including an 1841 Dutch half cent and lots of silver from rings to coins. I hunt Saint Louis and Saint Charles Missouri mostly. So, today I'm on a hunt in a...
  21. Good Week So Far and My Second Silver Bicentennial!!!

    Well, I have found 16 40%ers in $4,000 in halves already this week! I'm super pumped. It was a good week last week and another good one this week too. All my finds came from MWR in delivered boxes. The best part was that I found MY SECOND SILVER BICENTENNIAL!!! It's absolutely bananas! I went...
  22. Whats your perspective? A Realistic Look at MDing, with Silver and Wheats

    What's your perspective? A Realistic Look at MD'ing, with Silver and Wheat's No we don't always bring home the silver but LOOK as what we do get most of the time. Then we have those days of MD teasing, you know the thought, "the next dig and we got silver", yet it never shows :mad: Oh well...
  23. Capped Bust Half Dollar Question.

    I paid $45.00 for a 1818 Capped bust on ebay. It appears to have the pincher eight variety. How much do you think it is worth in this condition and with the rare variety. oh yeah you can not see the pinchers that well in the picture
  24. The [Silver] Proof Is In The Pudding!

    Finally got my first silver half proof yesterday! A 1976S found in a box from a bank off the beaten path. Has certainly been one interesting week for CRH for me. I wonder what tomorrow will bring!
  25. 2010 P Half: Is it worth keeping?

    I've heard that any half minted after 2002 was worth keeping. Is this true and why? Jamin_03
  26. Enders, Wheats, Halves, Reject Bin Finds & I Need Help!

    Hey everyone, Today I picked up 5 boxes of halves and yesterday I grabbed a box of pennies. Here are the results. My first Panamanian half. 1983. Thought it was a commemorative at first. Wheat enders Went looking for halves from a local credit union and found these gems in the reject...
  27. Desperate with $120

    I have been skunked on my last $4,000 in halves. Picked up $120 today because that's what I had in my wallet. Hoping to get lucky. Will post results, good or bad.
  28. Halves and Cents

    Halves and Cents hunt gets Silver and Copper Just ran to a few banks and grabbed $25 in pennies and $240 in halves. I will post results when I am finished. HH! Wow, pretty impressed with these results. 5 %40ers from the $240 in halves. A 1966 and 4x 1967. A nice little haul of copper to...
  29. Lightning does strike twice, hit the jackpot part II (with story and pics)

    I hit the motherload recently if you haven't already seen my post from the other day. Well brethren, I started my morning with a $1000 search of half boxes (my girlfriend searched $400 of that with her cash, and I searched $600 with mine, and I searched 370 in dimes. Also, I went back to the...
  30. Forum noobs first box!

    So I recently stumbled onto the concept of this coin roll hunting and was immediately interested, so I went ahead and ordered me a box from my lifelong banking institution. It came in and I got to checking it out and lo and behold - four '64s and forty three 40%ers. I'm hooked.... So much so...
  31. Old Picnic Grove Gives Up The Goods!

    Hooray for spring! I recently took some time during a rainy spell to do some more research before the sunny weather returned, and managed to locate the site of an old picnic grove heavily used from the 1880s onward. Without giving away too much, let me say that not much about it has changed...
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