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
BootyBay
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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congrats on your first two Mercs! and to find them on the beach! something must have churned the sand up, they must have been there a long time. way to go Bootybay! 
