My Luck has Changed does 1923 ring a bell.. WOHOOO

bootybay

bootybay

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What a milestone for me, A dear friend and I hit the beaches today, I didnt expect anything more then the usual clad.. BOY WAS I WRONG.. The first ten minutes into the hunt, I dug up a 1942 Mercury dime..at first I thought it was clad, it was that yucky dirty looking, till I flipped it over and saw the Mercury head, I WAS THRILLED TO DEATH, MY FIRST MERCURY DIME.. I ran and showed my buddy, he was as excited as I was.. So we're humming along, having a good ole time, sweating our buns off.. clad here, clad there, no problem as Mumzie would say, I'll take it.. So we break for lunch, hit the sands again, I get this sweet high pitched sound, again this one was different, it had a ring to it.. so I dug and I said OMG ANOTHER ONE.. You bet your metal detecting butt it by God was another Silver Mercury, 1923... I just about had heart failure, infact, I was on such a silver high, that I didnt see the small wave comming a few minutes after finding that 1923 in the dry sand, and now I was in the wet sand, and there goes my new sneakers, But..that water felt so good, My good buddy Rick, laughed n I said, OMG THAT FEELS SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD, then I said well, heck, I might as well try a lil water hunting ( as I am watching for ugly clear and then the ugly brownish jelly fish YUCK) so I water hunted a tad enjoying my wet stroll thru the waves, I didnt care if I found anything in the water or not, I was on a sliver high, I was cooled off now that I was WET and squishy in my sneakers... It just didnt matter.. of course Rick, did mighty fine too today, lots of clad and a watch too that he found, and was still ticking.. So ladies n gents.. thats it for today.. I broke into a new world, found my first Mercury dime ( 2 in fact ) and feel like Just MAYBE I am starting to get along with my xt70.

psst, sorry bout the crappy pic, I tried to get em clear as possible...
One dime, the dark one, was found in wet sand.. the nicer one was found in dry sand

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Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa

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That's wonderful, Boots!! Amazing that you found those at the beach. :icon_sunny:

Have you been having rough weather lately to stir up the sand??
 

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bootybay

bootybay

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Thank you all very much..
Mona, we are supposed to get some bad weather this comming weekend, due to the storms..so am hoping I can hit the beaches again.. and I have no clue how mercury's got onthe beach.. beats the heck outta me..
 

ModernMiner

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Congrats Booty on your first Mercs!!! :thumbsup:
Even today I still love finding those coins. One of the best designs ever I think.
-MM-
:occasion18: :occasion14:
 

SoreKneesDayton

SoreKneesDayton

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Nice going Booty,
Thought maybe you were ready to throw that thing over to me for my M6... Darn!

SKD
 

Mike95inNJ

Mike95inNJ

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A BIG CONGRATS TO YA RAE!!! :thumbsup: Your post really shows how good you felt finding those beauties.
WTG, Mike
 

civilman1

civilman1

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Nice Job on the first Merc. Booty....So far you have found twice as many Merc's than I have ;D ;D ;D Congrat's!!!!!
 

IAsoldier

IAsoldier

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nice mercs now I need to find some :thumbsup:
 

Michiganne

Michiganne

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Wow, excellent day, Booty! WTG :thumbsup: Can't imagine a one-two Merc day!

Keep digging!
 

ivan salis

ivan salis

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psst now you see the effect of salt water on silver --- thats why the spanish coin was so dark that I set you --- long time in the ocean -- if long enought they will get black and kinda crusty looking too :wink: congrats on yer silver --- golds next
 

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