Found my first Half Dollar today . . . it wasn't even Canadian!
Did some on-line research last night of an area across the street from where I hunted on Wednesday. The area in blue is where I hunted today, in red is where I hunted on Wednesday and found the junk bling ring (I had it looked at today by a jeweller
). The Google photo was taken a couple of years ago, the house has since been demolished.
I started by finding a couple of 1950 Canadian pennies in the same hole. I then noticed a City Parks Department vehicle pull up across the road from where I was hunting and the four guys inside were all staring at me! I thought . . . oh no here we go! It was just as they were pulling up that I got a great high signal at about 4" deep, so I just stuck my shovel on the spot and stared right back at them. They eventually drove away after about 2 minutes, which seemed like 10, so I proceeded to dig my target. Man am I ever glad that I marked the spot, because what popped up was a 1917 Walking Liberty Half Dollar!
The second photo where my detector is, shows exactly where I found the Liberty Half.
Can anyone tell me what the stamped marks mean in the last photo . . . lower right hand corner below the eagles tail?
I am kinda disappointed that it's not a Canadian Half, but I think the Walking Liberty is one of the most beautiful American coins ever made!
Thanks for looking,
Dave
Did some on-line research last night of an area across the street from where I hunted on Wednesday. The area in blue is where I hunted today, in red is where I hunted on Wednesday and found the junk bling ring (I had it looked at today by a jeweller
). The Google photo was taken a couple of years ago, the house has since been demolished.I started by finding a couple of 1950 Canadian pennies in the same hole. I then noticed a City Parks Department vehicle pull up across the road from where I was hunting and the four guys inside were all staring at me! I thought . . . oh no here we go! It was just as they were pulling up that I got a great high signal at about 4" deep, so I just stuck my shovel on the spot and stared right back at them. They eventually drove away after about 2 minutes, which seemed like 10, so I proceeded to dig my target. Man am I ever glad that I marked the spot, because what popped up was a 1917 Walking Liberty Half Dollar!
The second photo where my detector is, shows exactly where I found the Liberty Half. Can anyone tell me what the stamped marks mean in the last photo . . . lower right hand corner below the eagles tail?
I am kinda disappointed that it's not a Canadian Half, but I think the Walking Liberty is one of the most beautiful American coins ever made!
Thanks for looking,
Dave
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May many follow! 
I live at least 3 hours from the Upstate NY border, (I'm situated in the middle of Lake Ontario across from Rochester, NY) so I've no idea how it got here either! 
I still can't believe I found it, when I saw the size of it I thought . . . Wow a silver dollar! 
!!! And I agree with you 100% they are among the most beautiful american coins ever made.. Yours is 19 years older than the one I dug and in the same condition...
Canadians never used them in their currency like the Americans did. I remember receiving them as birthday gifts up until about 1970. We used to put them away or took them to the bank to put in our "savings" account.
