500th Rosie! And a Merc!

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Major milestone at that same big park in S.F. Dug my 500Th Roosevelt silver dime! It is a 1954-D. Believe me, it took along time to get to 500. First one dug was in 1986. Also got a 1937-D merc. wheat pennies were also dug, a total of 6. Total silver coins out of this area is 13, total wheat pennies are now up to 56! Silver coins #21 & #22 for 2011.!

This part of the park is known by all the locals. Can't believe the amount of coins still in the ground. Total clad out of here is about $42.00 in six Saturdays of hunting!

 

[sctoddc]

congrats.

Todd

 

[Goes4ever]

Congrats....do you still have all 500 of them rosies?

 

[dirt-n-spector]

WOW!!!!!!!!!! 500 rosies. Thats awesome I only hope that I can do that. Keep it up.

dirt-n-spector

 

[crazyjarhead]

That's a lot of silver, Mike. Congrats on the milestone

 

[leslie(nova scotia)]

yo SCM

From the land of the Bluenose.....youz the bouy me son! So what is the next milestone fur youz?

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Congrats....do you still have all 500 of them rosies?

Still have all of them! I have them all in 2" x 2" coin holders with the date and place found recorded. Wow! at $2.35 each that's about $1,200.00!

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Re: yo SCM

From the land of the Bluenose.....youz the bouy me son! So what is the next milestone fur youz?

Should dig my 400Th Mercury dime sometime toward the end of 2011!

Also just need 4 dates with Philadelphia mint marks to complete a dug complete set of Rosie dimes!

 

[traverdog]

Love those mercs!!!

 

[oddcoins]

WOW man ~ that is a great milestone! CONGRAT'S!!! But . . . . How long until you've got 500 Merc dimes?!

I'm at about 220 Rosie's and 190 Merc's, and only 20 Barber dimes! Been detecting since 1993 . . . . but really only got serious about 6 or 7 years ago.

 

[dfx willy]

when siver was 30 dollars a ounce i was getting 3 bucks a dime. so 1500 dollars isnt bad. willy

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Congrats on the milestone!

 

[Deepdiger60]

That is a long time getting silver last week i cashed in just enough dimes at 2.49 each to get a beach digger to use with my Sov.GT stainless steel 159.00 any key dates or in really good shape dimes i keep in coin flips . Keep finding Jim

 

[allen]

big congrats on an awesome milestone !!

 

[gold nuggets]

500 Rosies....that's quite an accomplishment Mike. Guess I
better keep swinging...got a ways to go...Congrats HH
Gold Nuggets

 

[Happy Harry]

Terrific milestone!! In three years I have 0 Mercs 0 rosies. I do have 1 seated Qtr., 1 WLHalf, 2 1957 or prior Qtr's.,and 1 Sheild nickle. HHHH

 

[Daedalus]

Keep going at this rate and you will have to hire a kid to help carry it all to the bank .
This must be a great park with a whole lot of people going there to find so many coins .

 

[Bank Runner]

 

[Brian in MA]

Congrats on the milestone.

Good luck on reaching your Merc milestone. I have found more mercs than rosies over the course of my 30+ years. Not sure why that is, must have to do with the age of the locations we hunt? Regardless, 500 of any type of silver dime is something to be proud of.

Keep 'em coming !!!

Brian in MA

 

[Captn SE]

A very respectable milestone indeed!

Down here in So. Cal., I've got a running total of 689 Rosies and 662 Mercs. since Feb. 2007 (I didn't detect from July '09 - July '10 due to a bad fibromyalgia flareup). 98% of my dimes were found in Los Angeles parks (nearly 100 different parks), with a small handful from local beaches. All were found with a Minelab SE. I've been averaging about 2 hunts per week since being able to swing my coil again in July- '10. Back in '07, I was averaging 3-4 hunts per week.

I did get a chance to detect GGP back in '07. It sure is a great park! I pulled 13 silvers out of that park in a day and a half. Most were from the Big Rec area.

Congrats again, Mike!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan