She Walked into my life on Fathers Day

Ohio Jerry

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She Walked into my life on Father's Day

My FIRST Walking Liberty half and i handed her over to the property owner ;D George's house was built during the civil war and he has given me unlimited detecting privileges so I'm hoping this Walker will give me some good karma for future hunts there. (learned that from Silverfreak on his key date Barber dime).I had marked a strong shallow signal with a stick and wanted to dig it while George was there so he could see how the DFX worked. I threw down some clad coins in the grass to show him how it responded to those and then moved over to where i had put the stick in the ground. It was showing a 92vdi and just an inch and a half deep so i figured it was probably a quarter. man was i wrong,i turned over a small plug and at the bottom of the hole was a big silver!! I pulled out my camera for a pic then pulled out this beauty!! I said "here,you should have this" I did take it home,clean it up some and put it in a coin holder for him and took it back to him later this afternoon.I have a lot of ground to cover here so I'm hoping this is a sign of some more good finds to come..Happy Fathers day!
Jerry
 

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Re: She Walked into my life on Father's Day

Congrats on the Walker!! Happy Father's day. :D
 

Re: She Walked into my life on Father's Day

Great pics and post Jerry :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
That walker is sweet-----A rare find.
That looks like a super spot to hunt and great PR giving the half to the owner.
I always share my finds with the landowners and it sure helps when it comes to getting permission.
 

Re: She Walked into my life on Father's Day

Hard to give up your first. Great gestures like that will be rewarded.
 

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Congrats on the walker and great pics :thumbsup:
 

Re: She Walked into my life on Father's Day

WTG Jerry..just the thrill of pulling that out of the ground was worth the hunt..hopefully you get to go back..that area looks prime for old coins and relics.

Nat
 

Re: She Walked into my life on Father's Day

You are a credit to this hobby! Big thanks for doing a good thing for the hobby. I am sure it will be replaced with a better one next time :-)
 

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Steeler Fan said:
You are a credit to this hobby! Big thanks for doing a good thing for the hobby. I am sure it will be replaced with a better one next time :-)
Go Steelers!!!!!!
 

Re: She Walked into my life on Father's Day

Jerry,
That is sweet. Congratulations on your first Walker. :icon_sunny: It would be hard to give that one up but I know you will not regret your decision.

Bob
 

Re: She Walked into my life on Father's Day

IMO: I think those halves are slow to settle because of their size (width). If there are no railroad tracks, foot traffic or flooding nearby they sink pretty slow. Very nice find right in front of the home owner too. :) Very good idea giving it to him, lots of good karma to come. I am looking forward to seeing the results of your next trips there, best of luck!

HH, Mark
 

Re: She Walked into my life on Father's Day

Nice of you, Jerry for doing that. That will definetely give you a season pass to future hunts. I got permission to hunt a new place yesterday and the lady said her daughter lost a class ring and that if I find it, please return it. You bet I would anyway just for the favor. :thumbsup: That walker is a beauty :thumbsup:
 

Re: She Walked into my life on Father's Day

great find! thats the way i felt when i found my first peace dollar! wtg!
 

Re: She Walked into my life on Father's Day

I hope your "karma" comes back 10 fold.

WTG, Keep @ it and HH!!
 

Re: She Walked into my life on Father's Day

Congratulations on the walker! She is beautiful! You must be very happy to have found her! :thumbsup:
 

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What a great lookin Walker and all I can say is I am proud of ya dude! I gave up a 1868 2 center last week to the land owner and at the moment it kinda stung, but ever since I did, coins have been flowin like water so better get that camera warmed up as I am sure we have not heard the last from you!
 

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Thanks so much for all the kind words. The old timer that owns this place is just a really neat guy and was so generous about letting me detect his property anytime i wanted that I figured that Walker was just a small token of my appreciation. Just having the pictures and a vivid memory that will stay with me forever is good enough. Next one's mine ;D Happy hunting!!!
Jerry
 

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