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I found my first silver coin today, then the second! - WITH PICS

jessewvujessewvu Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I got a nice 1942 merc dime, you can still see the split bands on the reverse and about an hour later, I found a 1927 merc dime. I was hunting with the local metal detecting club in an old housing area next to a military base. They recently demolished all the houses and decided to make it a huge park because they didn't want to have houses so close to the base filing noise complaints as it is directly underneath the approach pattern of the base for aircraft.

I'd put up pictures but I didn't think it would be much use as these are fairly common coins.

I'm happy. I also found a few modern dimes, some nickels, and wheaties.

Today was a good day, for me.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice finds Jesse.... Mercs are a favorite of mine... Cheers, RickO
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    kevinstangkevinstang Posts: 1,517 ✭✭✭
    Dug mercs always look good in pictures! Sounds like a great outing, congrats!
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    intocoinsintocoins Posts: 602 ✭
    Congrats! After about 1 year of detecting I still have not found a Merc. image
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    davbecdavbec Posts: 321 ✭✭
    Nice finds. We do like pics. Thats what helps get me up off the couch and out detecting.
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    jessewvujessewvu Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    davbecdavbec Posts: 321 ✭✭
    I like it.image
    thanks
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    fishercz20fishercz20 Posts: 28
    Those pics were so Big I could see Mercury's Nose Hairs. Nice coin!
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    kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,568 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I still think the Merc is the first bellweather coin most people new to the hobby find to find that gets their heart pumpin' as a detectorist. Congrats!
    "I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.
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    fcfc Posts: 12,789 ✭✭✭
    nice finds!

    my first day out last weekend just resulted in modern crap, a metal
    button, some strange hook/clip thing, and assorted trash because
    i was digging almost everything.
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    pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 5,749 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice finds. To bad there isn't a 1 showing under that 42
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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Congratulations. That's a real rush, finding silver, ain't it?

    I'll never tire of diggin' Mercs. A Merc dime will put a smile on my face every time.

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    jessewvujessewvu Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yep, it was fantastic. For a second, I saw bright shiney silver and it was like seeing a nice buck in the woods, your heart jumps a little cause you don't know what it is yet. I also found a bunch of wheaties, some modern dimes, nickels, and an old matchbox car with a #7 on it.
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    goossengoossen Posts: 492 ✭✭
    nice finds!
    My coins with pictures: http://www.paraguaycoins.com/
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