Got Silver on the 2nd day of 2009!!! Turns out to be my first Mercury Dime!!!!

Detectingfreak

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Apr 26, 2006
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Hey guys! Well, Today was a nice day to start off the new year! I met up with JuJu (Nate) in Tacoma, and we headed off to a spot nearby, which lead us to hitting a nearby strip. Second signal that came out of the ground was a poop ring. Nate calls them poop rings because it not silver or gold. I was amazed when it came out of the ground because I thought that it was silver, but it turned out that it had no markings. The 4th target out of the grass strip was a really cool key, which had an Eagle in the middle of the key and the writing on it was Terryville, Conneticut U.S.A. I had gotten a lock in Ronald before that had the same name, so I was really excited that it had the same company's name on the key.

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After freezing our butts off in tacoma, JuJu (Nate) and I decided to go into Elma and hit the house where I got my 1952 dime and thimble last time. Took us an hour to get there and it paid off!! :) I was really excited to hit the right side of the yard, where most of the goodies had been found last time along with the Silver Dime, that I had found. I scanned the area and my first hit was a 1939 wheat penny.

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After scanning the ground with my coil for 10-15 minutes. I got a really good Dime-Penny-Dime Signal on the side of the yard, almost where the sidewalk was. I dug the plug and was surprised to see a silver dime. I thought it was another rosie, but as it turns out, it was a MERCURY DIME! The Date on the Mercury dime was 1943!!!! :) I was so excited! I left my detector on the ground and I had ran while jumping in the air to JuJu(Nate), Who was shocked to see me and wondered what I had found. I showed him the coin and we pounded it! :) ;D I am really excited right now because I got my first Mercury Silver Dime ever!

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We dug a few more targets, and then decided to go back to Tacoma. After hunting the next door neighboors house in Tacoma and not getting anything but clad. I had decided that it was time for me and JuJu(Nate) to quit.

I told JuJu(Nate) that it was great hunting with him and will see him again on Sunday! :)

All of my finds including my clad, garbage, and poop ring:

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2009 has started off great so far and I hope to get better finds throughout the year. For all those who want to know the settings, I used Captain SE's settings, but this time I turned my Sensitivity down to 17 on my detector and that freed up many targets that were masked in the ground before. :thumbsup:
 

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time4me

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Aug 30, 2005
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Congrats on your first (of many) Mercury Head dimes!!!!!
 

curbdiggercarl57

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Nov 19, 2007
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Largo, Florida
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Great looking Merc, and congrates on the first, you'll soon get more. Scary though, 3653 posts, and only one Merc. Hmmmm.. The way I type, I could have walked to England in that amount of time. Old England. :thumbsup:
 

Ohio Jerry

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Feb 20, 2008
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Congratulations on your first Merc DF!! She's sweet and you will NEVER forget her :thumbsup:
 

The Master Chief

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Jan 10, 2005
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Just think could be a very prosperous start. Great job
 

mpostma

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Jul 21, 2008
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East Jordan, Michigan
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Congrats on the Merc!

Still my favorite coin to find in the bottom of a hole!

WTG!
Many more to come!

Good Luck,
Mark
 

homer007

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Jan 11, 2008
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ITS KIND OF FUNNY. I TOLD MY MOTHER INLAW THAT I HAD NEVER FOUND A MERCERY DIME SO SHE GAVE ME ONE. SEVERAL DAYS LATER I FOUNED FIVE MERCURY DIME ......... AND NO IM NOT GIVING HER MERCURY DIME BACK...... ;D ONLY IF SHE ASK FOR IT... SHE;S THE BEST MOTHER-INLAW YOU CAN HAVE. ;D
 

kimsdad

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Apr 17, 2008
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Moronica, northwest of Chicago.
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E-trac & Bounty Hunter Land Star
Hey, congrats on your first Merc! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: She's gorgeous! :wink:

Mercs have long been my favorite coin. That pic of it in the dirt brought back the fever, for sure!!! :o
 

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