One More Silver Coin From that Park Slope

Cool Hand Fluke

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The weather today was spectacular here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Temperature was in the low 70's! The Super Bowl will have some perfect weather
for the big game.8-) Today I went back to that park slope I've been working the last 2 weekends and dug out one more mercury dime, it was dated 1930-P. It's
my first dated 1930 merc dime with a Philadelphia mint mark. I still need 12 more dates and mint mark combinations to complete a dug set. I've dug 552 mercury dimes
over the last 30 years of hunting. I may never dig a complete set of mercs, but it's fun trying!:icon_thumleft: Total wheat pennies today was 14. That slope I've been hunting is pretty
much completed now. I'm confident that I've removed 95% of the good targets. I'll leave the 5% left for the next guy!
 

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vpnavy

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Nice finds - like the water meter token - bet that puppy will clean up nice! Thanks for sharing...
 

Johncoho

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Nice finds. I really like your attention to pictures, locations, and details.
 

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Good score on the silver....have you tried that strip along the side of the road?

I've got a similar site to yours which I'll be hitting this spring only the angle is sharper probably 45% or more...I'll have to play billy goat....lol.

Regards + HH

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Nice old coin recoveries! :occasion14: Grid that baby north-south, east-west and then at diagonals. I bet there are more goodies waiting for you and your coil to find!
 

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If the Philadelphia coins made it to San Francisco then why cant I dig a silver with a S near Philadelphia
 

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nice finds
 

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Cool Hand Fluke

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Nice old coin recoveries! :occasion14: Grid that baby north-south, east-west and then at diagonals. I bet there are more goodies waiting for you and your coil to find!

I walked a tight grind pattern exactly as you described. I spent 12 hours on that slope concentrating on those deep high tones. There might be another couple of good targets in there, I might go back with a larger coil next time......
 

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Cool Hand Fluke

Cool Hand Fluke

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Fisher CZ6, CZ5, Coinstrike, Fisher CZ20, Fisher 1235X, Tesoro Conquistador, Whites Surfmaster P.I. ,
, Garrett Pro Pointer
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If the Philadelphia coins made it to San Francisco then why cant I dig a silver with a S near Philadelphia

You brought up a interesting idea for a comparison. S versus P & D in mercury dime mint marks. This is how it breaks down with all the mercury dimes I've ever dug:

San Francisco mint marks: 383
Philadelphia mint marks: 176
Denver mint marks: 93

So it roughly looks like about 30% of my dug mercs have the P mint mark...How does it break down for all you east coast guys?
 

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