They're still out there.

[cudamark]

Been a while since I found a big silver. Even Washington's are starting to get hard to find, let alone something bigger. This turned out to be a good hunt with 5 wheat cents, a silver Roosie, and the Walker. The silver cleaned up very well. Sorry, I didn't take a before photo. They were mainly covered in that gray haze that silver gets in favorable ground. No heavy crust or black tarnish, so, an easy clean up. Lots of ammo brass, but, my hunting partner found 3 time what I did! A Zippo lighter, 1993 dog license from Templeton, Ca, A campground token, Knife, military insignia, some clad, and a junk ring round out the finds.

 

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[xr7ator]

Success! Grats and thanks for sharing.

 

[ncsuwolf]

Where were you at (type of place)? All those rifle brass are blanks…. Kind of odd

 

[billb]

Very nice work
Congratulations on your success Mark…

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

Congrats on the great finds - love those Walking Half's !

 

[Gare]

Cudamark you did great !! Looks like you were at a war zone or target range

 

[GirlWithWolf]

That walker (I know what that is now) cleaned up really good like the one I found. Why is that, has it not been in the ground as long? Also, coins get mucky, is there a point that they won’t get any worse, like all the damage that can be done has been done?

Sorry if dumb questions but I am really trying to learn this, and I’ve filled up a page of a notepad so far with what I’ve been taught here.

 

[Tnmountains]

A very nice hunt for sure.

 

[Gare]

That walker (I know what that is now) cleaned up really good like the one I found. Why is that, has it not been in the ground as long? Also, coins get mucky, is there a point that they won’t get any worse, like all the damage that can be done has been done?

Sorry if dumb questions but I am really trying to learn this, and I’ve filled up a page of a notepad so far with what I’ve been taught here.

Not all coins are lost for years. I have seen some people carry walker halves and use them with out knowing. Example some times people die. There relatives go through there belongings. If they find coins with out knowing about the values they just take them out and spend them normal.

 

[GirlWithWolf]

Not all coins are lost for years. I have seen some people carry walker halves and use them with out knowing. Example some times people die. There relatives go through there belongings. If they find coins with out knowing about the values they just take them out and spend them normal.

Thank you. That batch I found on my first metal detecting hunt I believe was all together, and lost recently.

 

[Hunk-a-lead]

Been a while since I found a big silver. Even Washington's are starting to get hard to find, let alone something bigger. This turned out to be a good hunt with 5 wheat cents, a silver Roosie, and the Walker. The silver cleaned up very well. Sorry, I didn't take a before photo. They were mainly covered in that gray haze that silver gets in favorable ground. No heavy crust or black tarnish, so, an easy clean up. Lots of ammo brass, but, my hunting partner found 3 time what I did! A Zippo lighter, 1993 dog license from Templeton, Ca, A campground token, Knife, military insignia, some clad, and a junk ring round out the finds.
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really cool variety of finds, wtg!! I am partial to the old silver and that Walker is gorgeous. looks like fun and thanks for posting.

 

[cudamark]

Where were you at (type of place)? All those rifle brass are blanks…. Kind of odd

A sandy area where the military once used for training. That sandy ground sure helps preserve coins.

 

[oldmxrat]

Way to go Mark, big beautiful silver, congrats!

 

[Digger RJ]

Been a while since I found a big silver. Even Washington's are starting to get hard to find, let alone something bigger. This turned out to be a good hunt with 5 wheat cents, a silver Roosie, and the Walker. The silver cleaned up very well. Sorry, I didn't take a before photo. They were mainly covered in that gray haze that silver gets in favorable ground. No heavy crust or black tarnish, so, an easy clean up. Lots of ammo brass, but, my hunting partner found 3 time what I did! A Zippo lighter, 1993 dog license from Templeton, Ca, A campground token, Knife, military insignia, some clad, and a junk ring round out the finds.
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Awesome!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Normeleni]

Where were you at (type of place)? All those rifle brass are blanks…. Kind of odd

Looks like a parade field with all the fired blank brass ... Great finds

 

[JCinPC]

military installation

 

[cudamark]

military installation

Not any more. Public area now.

 

[TDiver1715]

Been a while since I found a big silver. Even Washington's are starting to get hard to find, let alone something bigger. This turned out to be a good hunt with 5 wheat cents, a silver Roosie, and the Walker. The silver cleaned up very well. Sorry, I didn't take a before photo. They were mainly covered in that gray haze that silver gets in favorable ground. No heavy crust or black tarnish, so, an easy clean up. Lots of ammo brass, but, my hunting partner found 3 time what I did! A Zippo lighter, 1993 dog license from Templeton, Ca, A campground token, Knife, military insignia, some clad, and a junk ring round out the finds.
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Definitely a military (former?) site! As others have said, old blank rounds and a "Private First Class" rank insignia. Due to the size of the insignia, it appears to be WWII era or possibly earlier. They were made smaller sometime after WWII. Nice finds!

 

[jewelerguy]

interesting that the chevron has both clutch devices on it, which would indicate it didn't accidentally fall from their collar

 

[Bart@Big Boys Hobbies]

What a good hunt! Very nice!