1943-S Mercury Dime and 1971-D Ike Dollar

[oddcoins]

Hello!

Today is day two of my week vacation ~ I headed downtown again to do some detecting! I dug plenty of clad and only one wheat cent ~ the highlights of the day are a 1971-D Ike dollar and a 1943-S Mercury dime.

The Ike dollar is only the second one I've dug in over 16 years of detecting! The merc is a common date but it's pretty high grade! I took pic's of both sides ~ I don't usually take pic's of the back side, but this one just about has all it's detail!

This Merc dime is my silver coin find #31 for the year.

Thanks for looking!
Neil

 

[wyattrr]

Nice Digs...Enjoy your Vacation. Cool looking Ike...Congrats and HH

 

[Nick A]

Nice finds. I think I too have found two Ikes. One was in the wooded part of a park, very strange. The other was with two halves, one a 40% - I imagine a kid was playing there as who could lose an Ike and two halves at the same time? Guess I'll never know for sure. Congrats on the keepers. :-)

 

[mlayers]

Cool fines. Hope you enjoy your vacation. I start my vacation friday. Hope I can post my finds....Matt

 

[Ray in CA]

Hey, we both got a '43 merc today!! Congrats on the silver!

Ray

 

[gold nuggets]

Congrats on the merc dime and the IKE dollar Neil!!
Don't see many of the Ike dollars anymore.
Gold Nuggets

 

[mountainplayer]

Neil,

Great finds, and would definitely make for a great day. I bet you had to stare at that big coin for a while before your brain could register what it was? Looks like you're on track for another great week of vacation detecting. I hope you keep posting your daily finds, I sure love seeing them.

MP

 

[Bob S]

Nice Finds WTG

 

[John (Ma)]

Nothing wrong with those finds.

 

[BandB1]

Congrats!

Good luck,
HH.

 

[beetle662]

Sure is a pretty merc! Congrats! I personally haven't found an Ike yet, so you are 2 ahead of me!

Enjoy the rest of the vacation! Hope you get out more! Keep us posted!

 

[allen]

congrats on those good looking coins !!!!

 

[kimsdad]

Nice finds!!

Enjoy your vacation and keep us posted!

 

[geologyjohn]

Great way to start a vacation (and finish one too).

How did you get the red oxide off the Ike dollar? Nice job!

Geologyjohn

 

[RONC(OR)]

I have only dug 1 Ike and that was water hunting congrats

 

[oddcoins]

How did you get the red oxide off the Ike dollar? Nice job!

Geologyjohn

I just scrubbed it with a wire brissle brush with soap & hot water ~ it sure looks a lot better now than when I dug it!

 

[STH69]

Very nice Ike!

 

[Moonshadow]

WTG Buddy......There are very hard to find....folks just don't loose those often.....or carry them around in fact. I found one a couple of years ago and couldn't believe what I was seeing! Happy Vacation!

HH,
Moon

 

[DugHoles]

Nice finds!

Good Luck and Happy Hunting,

Dugholes

 

[Roger Mn.]

Congrats. Nice coins.