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My more than a year silver drought is over really big time. I still can't believe what I found..

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Uncle Willy

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just laying in the bark chips.. Went to a park in a ritzy section of town that I haven't been to in a long time and this was certainly the right day to go. Was hunting under the swings in bark chips and got one of those wide signals so whipped out the Pro-Pointer and scanned the area and got nothing so I raked some chiops off the top and this time got three signals. Raked the chips off one of the targets and the sun hit glistening silver and I was overjoyed to be lookig at a really shiny Franflin half. I checked the area again with the PP and two signals were left. I thought, " Jesus, could there be another silver under there." I carefully raked the chips away and there was Ben # 2 smiling at me. I was fit to be tied now and couldn't wait to uncover number three although I had no idea it would be a repeat. I raked back the chips and there was Ben # 3. Just absolutely blew my mind.

Earlier I had been talking to a lady there and she asked me if I ever found anything nice or valuable. I told her that I did once in awhile and told her about all the rings I had found and how many. She was amazed and wondered if I had sold any of them.but I told her I was to much of a miser to part with them. Anyway after I dug the third half I just sat there in the chips dumbfounded. The lady saw me and came over to check on me. I said, " Well I just found something nice."

I showed her the coins and her eyes got as big as ping pong balls and she blurted out, " Good lord are those real. silver" I said, "Yep."
She couldn't believe that something like that would be laying around a playground. I told her that some kid probably got into his parent's coin collection and he wouldn't be returning home with these three beauties. So I broke my silver curse with a real bang. Probably won't happen again in my lifetime. Just a real stroke of dumb luck.

Bill
 
Nice looking halves. Some poor smuck is wondering what happened to his collection.:detecting::thumbup:
 
Congrats Uncle Willy, great, great finds!!!​
 
Nice finds. Franklin Halves are simple yet elegant coins. Easy to assemble a whole set. One of my favorites. It is amazing what kids, or parents, or crack heads, lose in those darn bark chips.

Chris

Not to correct the master but didn't you find a Walking Lib earlier this year?
 
WOW!!!!
Ya just don't think of bark chips as the place to find anything old.
Nice find Unc.
Are ya getting ready for another seven months of rain???? We both know that it will be comming soon.
 
Yeah I've found some interesting stuff in bark chips. That silver and gold religious pendant I have posted was found in some old bark chips. Have found some nice rings, jewelry, silver dollar slugs from Nevada, and a host of other things.And yes I did find that other half but in the glory of the moment I forgot about it. :) Thanks for blowing the cobwebs out of my mind.

Bill
 
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