mercury

  1. Same yard more silver

    Same yard, more silver and Wheat cents. Went back today got another Mercury dime, this one from 1924. Silver Washington:1959-D (beautiful condition) Another, but larger aluminum play coin from "Grimsland" and 5 Wheat cents the oldest being 1910 and 1919. As is often the case when metal...
  2. Another first Big Silver and a great 6 silver day with Jewlery

    This is from a hunt I did several weeks back not today hope you enjoy. Had a great day out today, was out about 4 hours maybe a little less. I've only been out 2 times this year the first I found a real ugly rosie. Today I found another first for me BIG SILVER, A Walker, very nice. I found 15...
  3. Video-Silver and Billiards at the Drake Saloon...

    With the recent rain, cold, wind, snow, and just about everything else on the list for Oklahoma weather, the stars aligned and I was able to get out and hunt. I gained permission at two homes that haven't been accessible in a long time. I grabbed the CTX, put on the Pivotheads(review coming) and...
  4. A Mercury Dime in the Teens and MY FIRST GOLD From CRH...

    I bought a bag of dimes to go through today. The manager was nice enough to pull it off of the machine early for me today before it was full ($857). In going through it I found three silver dimes. Two were Roosies (1960 + 1964), and the other was a Merc with the date so worn that it is difficult...
  5. Pretty Good (and Pretty Weird) Day Hunting Dimes and Nickels Yesterday...

    I have been getting barely anything from halves boxes since the beginning of the year (one or two here and there) so I decided to just go on an all out dime hunt yesterday. I stopped at five different banks and picked up a total of six dime boxes. I also picked up a box of nickels for fun. (I...
  6. 1916 D MERCURY DIME LARGE NOVELTY PAPER WEIGHT? DISPLAY SALESMAN MODEL?

    HI, I AM NEW HERE TO THE FORUM, I LOVE TREASURE HUNTING WHEATHER IT BE WITH A METAL DETECTOR, THRIFT SHOPPING, SWAP MEET, OR PANNING FOR GOLD! I AM CHRIS, AND I THANK YOU GUYS AND GALS FOR HAVING ME. SO, TO THE MERCURY DIME. I BUY BULK LOTS OF ANYTHING REALLY, AND THIS HAPPEN TO BE IN SOME...
  7. Just a little over a month in the game, and I hit the jackpot! (with story and pics)

    First of all, how would you react when you see something like this?: I went to one of the many banks in my home area the other day requesting a box of dimes. This was the first time I had requested so much coin from them, and they told me they would call me the following week to let me know...
  8. civil war bullets, silver, tokens, old hat/lapel pin etc.

    Here is a small assortment of finds I've picked out of some very trashy & hunted out sites over the past week or so. There are a couple of Civil War bullets, (some 69 cal. round balls, some 54 cal. round balls, and 1 44 Cal. Sage pistol bullet. The balls came from a "hunted out area". The 44...
  9. Finally...

    I spent a little time detecting with a buddy and family last weekend. We hit a yard we'd been to before. The last time there I found a 1934 World's Fair ring and he found a 1911 wheat. Since then I purchased and practiced with a new detector. When we showed up I had to spend some time...
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