1916 merc! And I scratched it!

[Gimmie The Loot]

Made it out for a little bit today and met up with PocketSpill, CladTheImpaler, and another guy... before they showed up I had an iffy dime signal about 7 inches. I pinpointed the dime or so I thought and first dug two big nails out... then the dime popped out with a big scratch! I put it in my water bottle right away and washed it off. When I removed it and saw the 1916 I think I dumped in my pants... I knew the other side was scratched and was I was going to be really pissed off if it was a D! I would have still loved it anyways but it turned out to be a false alarm

After a few hours of clad and wheats and lots of mud, I found the 42 merc in about 1" of dirt. It always surprises me to find silver so shallow.

Enjoy the weather yall and HH!

[p2c]

Nice finds,
Too bad that was not a 1916-d, but then again we'd have revoke your detecting privileges if you had scratched a 16-d.... I had a nightmare like that which ended with Mr. Senior walking away with my E-trac with d-dub and l4s in tow walking away never to speak to me again (and taking my detector).

[Lowbatts]

Uh, hey, there is a D on the back. Look again. It's right before the IME on the lower right side.

Show me more shiny things!

[Dirt fishing Wolf]

Sweet

[Lookn4Seated]

Nice finds,
Too bad that was not a 1916-d, but then again we'd have revoke your detecting privileges if you had scratched a 16-d.... I had a nightmare like that which ended with Mr. Senior walking away with my E-trac with d-dub and l4s in tow walking away never to speak to me again (and taking my detector).

That was too funny Jon, I spewed my monster drink after reading that.

Congrats on the '16 dime...I know the feeling (the dump in your pants feeling) Wait until you dig a '16 merc, turn it around, and you see a mint mark...it's an "S". I've stared so hard at 'em, that after awhile, it actually looks like a "D". I've even stared out a "D" out of Philadelphia mint ones too.

[rob.s]

Nice finds What is that larger shiny coin?

[Gimmie The Loot]

Nice finds,
Too bad that was not a 1916-d, but then again we'd have revoke your detecting privileges if you had scratched a 16-d.... I had a nightmare like that which ended with Mr. Senior walking away with my E-trac with d-dub and l4s in tow walking away never to speak to me again (and taking my detector).

That was too funny Jon, I spewed my monster drink after reading that.

Congrats on the '16 dime...I know the feeling (the dump in your pants feeling) Wait until you dig a '16 merc, turn it around, and you see a mint mark...it's an "S". I've stared so hard at 'em, that after awhile, it actually looks like a "D". I've even stared out a "D" out of Philadelphia mint ones too.

I know that feeling too Jon! Down with Soupie I dug a 1916S out of the fields and it took about 10 minutes before I could work up the courage to peel off the dirt clump on the back. We both watched in suspense as a mint mark came into view and showed us the S. Pretty exciting few minutes though.

[Gimmie The Loot]

Nice finds What is that larger shiny coin?

Hey Rob, the larger coin thing is a silverback ape token from the Zoo's ape house. It is actually silver-like in color but in the photo it came out dark for some reason.

[MR Senior L4S]

Wow close col Last season I nick mine 16D so bad ( was only G-4 anyway) it is on justdigging50, video-------------------------- See P2C POST ------, got for it only 400$ , D-Dub have his untoched , actualy I was first holding D-dubs 16-D for identification

[soupie]

Nice huntin Jman....

[Pocket Spill]

Those 16 mercs are always a thrill! Nice finds

[watercolor]

Awesome hunt. . .

Hey. . . It's better to scratch a P than a D (1916). . . (experience is the best teacher )

[marinedad]

great job on your booty jason.

[scrounger d detector collector]

scratched a 21-d this year ....sick ugh. u got lucky it wasnt the good one