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

[bootybay]

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

BootyBay

 

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[Narthoniel]

wow, talk about luck!! congrats on two stellar beach finds, you dont get them often, if ever, on salt beaches! way to go!!

 

[TN-Joe]

WTG Rae,
That's a double good day. Hope gold id next.
Joe

 

[Bavaria Mike]

A big congrats on your first Mercs! How does that XT70 handle the salt water? I really like mine and usually hunt in all metal, no discrimination and sensitivity up around 26. HH, Mike

 

[Dman]

Way to go. Nice Merc

 

[Ron B]

Hello BootyBay!!!
Waaaaay to Gooooo Gaaalllll!
Silver does perk a person up; Congrats!

GRB

 

[Wallhangers]

Nice going bootybay, you deserve it for your persistence.

 

[Sandman]

Fantastic Rae, you are doing it.

 

[allen]

way to go on the sweet silver...

 

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

Mercs! Cool!

 

[Cr4zyH0rs3]

Congratulations, mercs always put a smile on my face.

I'll co-sign

 

[DrJoePrime]

Congrats Booty!!!

One of my favorite coins.

I suspect those coins have been "hiding" by being too deep to detect. Sand movement will get them to a detectable range. How and why particularly NOW...not sure of that answer.

Hoping for many more for you in the future (and a couple SLQ's too).

HH Joe

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Karma/God the worldmind However you want to look at it. Felt bad for giving you such a dark silver find so had to make up for it with a nice shinny one. Welcome to the Merc Club, nice finds !

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[bootybay]

Well,
You all know how much I love this hobby.. But, remember a few weeks ago, I found that beautiful heavy sterling ring in Ocean city..and 30 min. later the owner came up and asked if I found it... and it was exactly as she described it.. so of course I gave it back to her.. and ya all said good karma will come to ya... well, I think its a comming along with the fact, I am understanding my xt70 better, although I still have a few more things to learn about it...it is finally clicking... so thank you all and that too is one of my favorite coins.. I love the wings...

booty whose still on a silver high here.

 

[Don in SJ]

What a nice thrill for you to get that Mercury dime, they always are nice to find. If Hannah does any beach erosion on Saturday, and I were you, I would make it a point to get out there as soon as you can after the storm. Best day for silver I ever had was on Ventnor beach after a big storm with severe beach erosion, I found 22 pieces of silver and couple Buffalo nickels. Regular beach hunters who I know from SJMDC club, hit ACY beach did way better than I did, just cannot beat hunting the beach after a substanial beach eroding storm, exposes older layers of the beach containing the older coins.

Don

 

[bootybay]

Don,
I have my plan of attack, planned already... I got the fever bad..

 

[Mirage]

Very sweet. Congratulations on a first. Mercs are great to find.

Bob

 

[sniffer]

excellent finds. which MD were using?

Sniffer

 

[CRUSADER]

and so it begins........

 

[cybercop106]

A pair of twin Mercs !?! Excellent!
That doesn't happen often....