Finally knocked one off the bucket list!

[JeffInMass]

[size=medium]After a soaking rain yesterday, it only made sense to get out today. I took a long drive to a park in a town just outside of Boston, where I've had very good results in the past. First couple of good signals were an old wheat and an Indian, then I got a very high tone that was giving me a hard time pinpointing. I finally narrowed it down and after flipping the plug, saw a big silver rim in the dirt- I could tell it was half-dollar size. Hoping for a Barber or Seated, it ended up being my FIRST Franklin half, a 51-D. I've been hunting for close to 30 years and have found several Walkers, Barbers and Seated halves, but the Franklin has always eluded me, until today!

Nabbed an 1893 Barber dime a while later, to go along with 1881 and 1890 Indians and 10 wheats, one a 1909. A long drive, but worth the trip to check one off the list!

Hope you all got out and had success! Enjoy the pics and HH!

-- Jeff --[/size]

 

[BigTony]

n/t

 

[Piedmontartifacts]

It’s good shape too. Congrats.

 

[IDXMonster]

Well,it didn’t take me quite THAT long to find one but holy COW those things are elusive! My take on it is this....they are fairly recent,and would’ve made a big huge target for ANY hunter using anything,so they’re all but gone. I’ve also done well on big silver including those you mentioned but only last year did I find a Franklin. Yours is in very nice shape,except for that crack in the bell....

 

[DougF]

Congrats on the bucket list coin - I agree with IDXmonster - they were probably easy to hit when detectors first came out. I found my only Franklin in a wooded area where few would have detected.

 

[Ted S]

Congrats! In all of the years I have hunted I only have three Franklins.

 

[michael NY]

Congradulations, I found one Franklin half when I helpd my landlord repace a stove a few years ago first thought it was a knock out from a pannel box, No idea why they are hard to come by either ive dug the same barber halfs and walkers..



Michael

 

[park pirate]

Congrats Jeff that's a real nice half and another bucket list coin out of the way...

 

[MINELABMIKE]

Congratulations on your bucket list find 'nice coin

 

[Ed (Upstate NY)]

Still looking for my first Franklin after 32 years ! Just ordered an XP Deus so for the first time in 17 years I won't be using an Explorer this season. Tony and will will definitely be over for a hunt this year !

 

[MikeO]

Congrats on scratching that coin off the list. Now on to the next one.