My first silver!

[Alabaster]

Well it all started with the idea that my Ace 250 could help to find a key my sister was missing. She suggested that it could have been dropped around the enterence to her crawl space on the side of the house. It was over a year since she last remembered having the key and with nothing to lose I figured it would be fun to stop by with the metal detector and search the area she may have dropped it. Well after only 10 minutes I had dug up a key at around 2 inches deep, which looked quite weathered coming out of the ground. My sister and I were very pleased to discover that after a little cleaning and wd40 the key fit her lock! I had another 30 minutes before sunset and decided to look around and see if I couldnt dig up anything else...

I then pulled this beauty out of the ground!


1924 Mercury Dime


I was quite thrilled as this is the first silver coin I have found since starting the hobby! The house was built around 1950, so the find was certainly an unexpected treat.

 

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[Gypsy Heart]

Congrats on your first silver! Hope you find many many more.

 

[skalleewag]

nice score!

 

[lonewolfe]

good deal~

HH

 

[whitesid]

congrrads on your first silver

 

[Spiney Norma]

cool!

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Welcome to the forum! That was an awesome post! Helping anyone find a lost item and finding it gives a great feeling, congrats on that find and congrats on the silver! HH, Mike

 

[Redfoot]

That is a sweet find. Congrats on the find.

 

[hollowpointred]

very nice!

 

[LJ]

Kudos!!! Very nice coins. I enjoyed the story that goes with it. How deep were the coins?

 

[ran-man]

nice silver

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Great find!

Nothing like your first!

 

[Moonshadow]

Very nice.....you've got me beat!!

HH,
Moon

 

[Alabaster]

Kudos!!! Very nice coins. I enjoyed the story that goes with it. How deep were the coins?

The dime was ~2 inches down. I was using the smaller "sniper" coil with the ace 250, along with a vibra-probe pinpointer.

 

[LJ]

Kudos!!! Very nice coins. I enjoyed the story that goes with it. How deep were the coins?

The dime was ~2 inches down. I was using the smaller "sniper" coil with the ace 250, along with a vibra-probe pinpointer.

Thanks for that info.....I keep thinking these old coins would be way deeper....congrats again. Keep them coming.

 

[Laird]

well done on your first silver

 

[PHANTOM35]

congrats on the find, it's always cool to find the frist of anything. wtg

 

[tpmrcp]

Nice silver, and detector!

 

[Ricardo_NY1]

Congrats on your first silver bro, and what a nice date to start out with a mercury!

 

[moonshine]

beautiful silver coin, congratulations.