🥇 BANNER It finally happened, a bucket lister completed !!

[Cal_Cobra]

Did some detecting this morning with my Racer2. Any time I'm able to get out anymore is great, and this hunt was (so I thought) shaping up to be an average hunt. I found six wheaties (1913S, 1923S, 1939S, 1941S, 1942S, and a no date), two Indian heads (1881 & 1905), a buffalo (1937), a toasted ?nickel?, a nice San Francisco dog tag, albeit some 54 years newer then the one I found a couple of weeks ago, a couple of pieces of .925 silver jewelry, two 1800's San Francisco Cable Car buttons (one from the Sutter Street Railroad with a train on it, the other from the Omnibus Cable Company, also with a train on it. Both would later merge into the San Francisco Cable Car system).

I also found three silver coins, two mercs and one Washington quarter. I generally don't look at the dates on my coins until I get home, so this morning after I got back from detecting I was checking out my finds, and the one merc was in beautiful condition, but it's a common date 1942S, the silver Washington is a 1936 with a big rust blotch on the back.

Then I looked at the last coin, a worn mercury dime, and I wasn't expecting much. I checked the date, 1916, OK, OK, I've found several 1916 mercs over the years and they've all been San Francisco or no mint marks. I muttered "come on, be a Denver mint mark" as I turned it over to check, and much to my amazement, IT'S A 1916D Mercury Dime!!



I still cannot believe I finally bagged a 16D merc I wish it was in as good of condition as the 1942S merc, but we take what we can get

Thanks for taking a look,
Brian

 

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[dirtdigginfool]

Woot woot !!!!! Congrats on an excellent find!....im sure you are still flying high....nice job, thx for sharing...ddf

 

[Scrappy]

Very nice. And it has some meat left on the bone. Congrats

 

[46Wheat]

Congrats on that key date we all hope for

 

[weregolf]

Nice

 

[RobRieman]

Still has a great looking date and easy to read mint mark. It's worth some bucks! Congrats!

 

[A2coins]

I love hearing when people find their bucket list coins looks like you have a lot more to put in the bucket also pretty cool. Thanks for sharing your finds!!!!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Brian, you dirty dog !! That's an $800 or-more coin. You paid off the Racer, eh ?

Anytime coins go into the high-key range, and/or push $1K value, that should qualify as banner, eh ? I vote banner !

It was fun to get out and hunt with you guys this morning ! My totals were 66 coins. Of which I had 10 wheats (no key dates), 3 buffalos (all worthless orange cr#p), 1 toasted V nickel (18??), a 1934 silver new zealand coin, a war nickel .

Also got 2 gold rings. Although I'd rather take your dime any day ! Wanna trade ?

 

[birdman]

Now that's a winner!

 

[Stef45]

WOW! Im not sure about what people think qualifies for a Banner but this is the rare one when it comes to Dimes so I'm voting banner! Congrats!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the rare merc

 

[Echoplex]

Congrats on the juicy find. I would definitely send it in for grading regardless if you are keeping or selling. It's a nice clear D and I'm guessing it would be right around the $1k mark for value.

 

[BigWaveDave]

You see, that will never happen to me, so that's why I bought one. The least I could have done, was buy one as nice as yours....congrats on a huge score!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

Brian, just did a search on recent completed/sold auctions @ Ebay. There's a few in similar shape to yours. Seems the going rate would be $700-ish. That's worth more than a lot of gold coins ! Big congratz again to you.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Sweet find, congrats on that key date. That's a find of a lifetime. I'd still be stoked.

I second the banner nomination and my vote is going in now.

 

[deershed]

Key date merc, the same date and mint mark everyone looks for when they pull a merc. Awesome!!
You get my Banner vote!!

 

[Twin Picks]

WTG Brian!!
surprised not to see this on the CA forum as well.. Glad to see it here though! love the local items, since I have moved out of CA I really cherish the local tokens and such that I found before I moved, they have become nostalgic even Always enjoy your posts, especially the adobe stuff. BIG congrats on the key date merc and the rest of the great finds!

 

[Carolina Tom]

Congrats on finding the one that we are all looking for!

Well played sir.

 

[Gridwalker306]

Holy WOW! That's gotta be a banner find and I'm voting now. Congrats on finding the quintessential Mercury dime that everybody hopes for. Yes it's a bit worn, but it has great eye appeal and is a really pretty coin.

 

[StillDiggin555]

Congrats! Great job! Thanks for sharing.