Coin lost 60 years ago found today

[WV Hillbilly]

I've been reading treasurenet but this is my first post . I bought my first metal detecter about a week ago . My father-in-law is 72 and he told me he lost a dime in the hayfield when he was 12 . After all this time he still remembered the general area he lost it in . It was thrown to him by his uncle and he didn't catch it and couldn't find it . Well today he and I went to the old field and in less than 30 minutes I dug it up at about 4" . Needless to say it brought smiles to both our faces . HH

 

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[Boobydoo]

Cool story and welcome to TNet.
Hope to see some photos too, that would be very cool.
Best of luck to you in all your searches.

Happy New Year!

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[MD]

Great story! Did you give the dime back to him?

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

P #'s,

welcome to the board.

Neat story.

Hope we will be hearing of more finds.

have a good un..............
SHERMANVILLE

 

[bergie]

Great!!! Is that a silver Rosie dime or a Merc?

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

very cool. 8)

 

[WV Hillbilly]

He offered it to me and I said no way . I wasn't about to keep that coin . It was a 41 merc . Thanks all . Don't have pics .

 

[Mystro7]

That is a great story, i know that would have made my day!

 

[Kent in AL]

That's a great story! I have a similar story but no ending yet. I used to run open the gate for a local farmer when I was a kid. He rented some of our land. Once he through me a quarter but I missed it and couldn't find it. I know right where it should be but keep forgetting to look for it. Your post reminded me. However it will only be clad. That was early 70's.

Kent

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

great story!

 

[LJ]

Great little story Paul. I just know your FIL was some tickled. Keep them stories coming.

Good luck on future MD hunts.

LeJeuene

 

[Blind.In.Texas]

Welcome paul. That is indeed a great story. Since most of us have seen a Merc we'll just imagine it. It can't be too much different than my '43. I'll bet it is in better shape than mine though. Hope tpo see soem nice posts in the future.

Laater...

 

[TreasureTales]

Wonderful story. Your father-in-law has a phenomenal memory. Perhaps he can steer you to some great locations for finding other stuff...stuff you will get to keep. LOL Welcome to the forum, glad to have you.

 

[PHANTOM35]

WAY TO GO MAN, TO BAD YOU DIDN'T TAKE PIC,S OF THAT SMILE OF HIS...............
HAVE A GOOD YEAR HUNTING

 

[romeo-1]

Welcome aboard! Looking forward to seeing your finds!

 

[Southcacalaky]

Great Job, Welcome to the forum HH Art...

 

[Monty]

You know, once in a while I get a brain fart and remember something like that that may have happened to me when I was a kid. It seems like it was yesterday and I can hardly fathom how darn old I really am and how long ago that occurred. I get to thinking about some event in the past and imagine it was 5 or 10 years ago and when I add it up I am shocked to find it happened 40 years ago! Do any of you "golden oldies" about my age (62) have those epiphanies or is it just me? Monty

 

[goldencoin]

Cool story!

HH
-GC

 

[Ramapirate]

That is an awesome story! There was one that somebody posted about finding this guys high school ring that he knew generally where he'd lost it and had looked for it for like 25 or 30 years and the guy found it.
With the dime, it's not as much intrinsic value as it's sentimental value. He'd probably been out helping his uncle work in the yard or something and he was excited his uncle flipped him a dime, and then he missed it. If it was my dime, I'd be tickled about you finding it, too.

Way cool story,
HH,
Ramapirate

 

[outdoorgirl]

That brought a smile to my face!! What a wonderful story!!