Wanted, dead or alive: Mercury or Barber dimes

twistidd

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I had some time the other day so I went out swinging for a couple hours. I was determined to find some older silver. What are the odds that I would continue my silver Rosey streak? The day looked promising. I started off with a few wheaties, all from the 30's. Nice...next: Mercs.

Popped out some clad, a few OLD relics, and the most ginormous sterling ring I've ever dug. It freely falls off my thumb and weighs a ton. I was excited, but longed to see Liberty again, just once.

Who am I kidding. Three Rosies, all from the 50's ('54, '59, '51). A very good silver day in my book, but still...only three mercs and no Barbers at all this year. I ended the day with 3 Rosies, 13 wheaties, and a corroded 1895 IH.

Who's taking all the early stuff? lol. I threw in the Rosey ('46-D) from last weekend in the scan since I never created a post for it alone. See you guys in the trenches...

Joe
 

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I vividly remember that Rosie streak you had last year.
I ALSO seem to recall that Rosie streak was broken with that 1905-S Barber (AU condition ::))
AND, that Seated Dime (again, in AU condition :notworthy:) so. . . you're about due :wink:

BTW, nice silver :thumbsup: (baby steps first :))
 

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watercolor said:
I vividly remember that Rosie streak you had last year.
I ALSO seem to recall that Rosie streak was broken with that 1905-S Barber (AU condition ::))
AND, that Seated Dime (again, in AU condition :notworthy:) so. . . you're about due :wink:

BTW, nice silver :thumbsup: (baby steps first :))

Great memory, Mark!! Yeah, that's what I'm looking for...I love finding Rosies, but the excitement of finding a Barber is awesome. I figure, keep looking in the spots that I know produce them, and eventually they are bound to pop out of the ground.

Joe
 

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Hey Joe was that ginormous sterling ring big enough to slip a Rosie threw? Old silver must be close
by and you'll haul it in on your next couple of hours of hunting.
 

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I seem to remember a couple years ago that you were dying to find one...cause you were only finding mercs and barbers....hummmm now the tables are turned......
 

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Well we've had a good run of seated dimes from the current streetwork out here. SLQ's and even a gorgeous bbq for Mark's part have made their way up. I'll get you a street report later today if you're interested on how's and where.

In fact, I'm missing rosies myself although that was the last silver I popped out a couple weeks ago.
 

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Dirt fishing Wolf said:
Hey Joe was that ginormous sterling ring big enough to slip a Rosie threw? Old silver must be close
by and you'll haul it in on your next couple of hours of hunting.

Since I don't have a camera yet, I scanned the ring with a Rosey in between. If you show up to BWW I'll bring the ring and show you just how big it is in person.

Joe
 

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Not too shabby bud :laughing9:, yea I think your about due for some oldie silvers!!! :hello2: :hello2: :hello2:
 

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Your doing great! I have yet to find any silver coin, now ive found gold jewelry and silver jewelry but never a silver coin..go figure. Maybe that will change with the new Ace 250 instead of the old duct taped Bounty hunter
 

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