1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

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1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

I met Ron & Richard downtown today ~ the weather was great! Took off my coat after about 30 minutes of detecting ~ I was too hot! CRAZY!! Ron had a great day ~ he dug FIVE SILVER COINS! Here's what I dug today:

7 clad quarters
31 clad dimes
8 nickels
62 memorial cents
1880 Indian Head cent (holed)
8 Wheat cents (23, 37-S, 40-S, 44-D, 44-S, 44-S, 47-S, 53-S)
1944-S Mercury dime
1942-D Mercury dime
1916-S Mercury dime
Oregon Motor Stages TransitToken
a coulpe of golden buttons

This 1880 Indian Head cent is the oldest one cent coin I've ever found ~ too bad someone holed it right in the center!

I took a close-up picture of the "S" mint mark on the 1916 Mercury dime ~ too bad it wasn't a "D" mint mark! The picture of the silver dime in the dirt plug is the 1916-S Merc ~ I saw the reverse side first and took out my cell phone and snapped the picture before I looked at the date side.

It was a fun day of detecting!

THANKS! Neil
 

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RONC(OR)

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Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

RONC(OR) said:
oddcoins said:
kippero said:
hey cool finds we still have 2 feet of white stuff on the ground i like the indian hole or not hey look i wrote this without a period ha kip

We don't need to stinkin' periods here ~ LOL ~ HA HA HA!!!
Ha. Ha. Ha.

(.)(.)
 

Johnny Ringo Silver

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Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

He might have found more silver but it looks like you gave him some darn good competition!!!!
Congrats on an awesome day!! 8)
 

Captn SE

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Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

Neil, you've been finding a good amount of oldies lately. Hope you can continue your streak.
How many silvers is that for the year so far?

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan
 

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Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

Captn_SE said:
Neil, you've been finding a good amount of oldies lately. Hope you can continue your streak.
How many silvers is that for the year so far?

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

I think I've got 14 or 15 silver coins since the first of the year ~ that's NOT counting the six WAR nickels (3 1943-S and 3 1945-S) I've dug! I'll check and post the exact number later!
 

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Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

very nice finds
 

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Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

Now thats a nice load of goodies O.C.
 

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Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

Captn_SE said:
Neil, you've been finding a good amount of oldies lately. Hope you can continue your streak.
How many silvers is that for the year so far?

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

OK ~ I checked my treasure stash! I've got 13 silver coins ~ 6 war nickels ~ 2 buffalo nickels ~ and 2 Indian Head cents ~ about 80 wheat cents ~ and about $75 in clad.

It kinda pails compaired to your numbers though ~ YOU KICK BUTT!!!
 

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