1936-S Merc dime ~ 1945-S War Nickel ~ clad

[oddcoins]

Hello everyone!

I took a drive up to the Corvallis area today with my detecting bro-in-law Kip ~ he's from Eastern Idaho, but he's working in Oregon now! The entire family will be moving over here in the next month or so ~ very exciting for our family! They've lived about 750 miles away from us ~ its gonna be great to have them living so close now!

We met up with Richard & Ron ~ Richard had already dug a 1914-S Barber Dime by the time we showed up! They said Mike W was close by detecting too, but we never saw him ~ he must have found a good spot somewhere else!

Here's what I dug today:

1936-S Mercury dime
1945-S War Nickel
3 wheats ~ '46-S, '56-D, & '57-D
7 clad quarters
11 clad dimes
1 modern nickel
42 memorial cents

I took pic's of the merc dime & war nickel before and after I cleaned them up. The Merc dime is my silver coin find #28 for 2009! I took pic's of the obverse & reverse of the merc dime because it is in such good condition! It's probably the highest great merc dimes I've ever dug. The pic's really don't do it justice ~ it looks much better in person.

Thanks for looking!
Neil

 

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[bigrig40]

sweet lookin coins,congrats,bigrig

 

[silverfreak]

O.C....the merc is SHARP

 

[gold nuggets]

Man Neil..... that merc is in GREAT shape!!
You said it was pretty, but that one is supurb. WTG and
Congratulations..... Gold Nuggets

 

[Dirty WhiteBoy]

Great coins...Enjoyed viewing them! Thanks for the post! Good luck on many many more!

 

[mountainplayer]

Nice coins, Neil. What did you do to the war nickel to get that amazing transformation? The merc is sweet!

MP

 

[RONC(OR)]

Nice finds Buddddy the Merc looks great HH

 

[Captn SE]

Neil, you're "Mr. Consistent" with your finds.

You always seem to dig 1 or 2 silver on your hunts.

Way to go!!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[hikermike]

Nice digs!! ......especially the merc.

 

[Bob S]

Nice Finds WTG

 

[kimsdad]

Yet another gorgeous Merc and shiny war nickel make their way to the surface!

Very nice!!

Congrats on your soon to be closeby family!

 

[mcmurphi]

42 memorials, I'd dig a 100 for a merc. Nice job.

 

[Detectingfreak]

Very nice job on that silver!!! The mercury dime looks like it has very sharp detail!

 

[STH69]

Nice finds

 

[allen]

congrats on those sweet coins !!!!

 

[crazyjarhead]

It's good to treat yourself to a little silver now and then, Neil Nice looking war nickle too

 

[daytondigger]

Wow! Those are some nice looking coins, congrats.

 

[oddcoins]

Nice coins, Neil. What did you do to the war nickel to get that amazing transformation? The merc is sweet!

MP

The war nickel had a layer of dirt on it ~ just as I found it. I gave it a little baking soda & water paste scrub! I don't recommend doing that type of cleaning to a high grade coin or key date coin! But it's OK to do to a common date coin.