A Very Odd Merc & A Buffalo Bill Token ...

[JimBeHuntin']

A Very Odd Merc & A Buffalo Bill Token ...

Got out Sunday afternoon to an old home site I've been researching. Torn down in the 1950s and put in farm field. I've tried to locate the home site on a couple of other visits but just couldn't pin it down. Today, I finally located the site and found the following: 2 Merc dimes (one in very bad condition), 7 wheats (all in rough shape), a Buffalo Bill token, an old key, several washers, flat button, and a rivet. Also eye ball found a nice marble and a couple of pieces of field glass. I don't know what happened to the one Merc dime ... maybe burned? exposed to some chemical? What do you think?

 

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[Ken in Georgia]

Re: A Very Odd Merc & A Buffalo Bill Token ...

That odd Merc looks like a slug, nice finds

 

[oxbowbarefoot]

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I found a Merc that was toasted like that in my yard, right next to a shiny Roosevelt. mine was concave on the face and convex on the back, and just as toasted. I have no idea what happened to it. Nice finds though

 

[SeatedorBust]

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I've seen a few dimes come out of the ground like that. Must be very acidic soil? Still nice finds and good Research!!

 

[mcmurphi]

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I love the Buffalo Bill token, that's a keeper! The merc looks like it spent some years in salt water but could have gone threw a some heat along the way, who knows. Regardless, nice finds.

 

[ModernMiner]

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Congrats on the token and the Mercs Jim.
Ugly Merc or not, it's all good.
Congrats,
Doug

 

[kkfos1975]

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The Merc, Ive pulled one very similar from a fresh water lake swimming area. I just assumed it was minerals in the water myself.

 

[jewelerguy]

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I'd say it's been burned, possibly from burning trash. I've found a couple like that in a yard where other surrounding targets showed evidence of being burned and blackened.

 

[Wldbil]

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Very Cool Token... Congrats

 

[Common Cents]

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Great hunt! Silver is silver!

 

[looking4largecent]

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Neat finds, the merc is roached but its neat I've never seen one in that bad of shape.

 

[highnam]

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I would be thrilled to find a buffalo bill token...cool find. National hero...you better believe it.

 

[birdman]

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That buffalo bill token may be a cracker jack toy. Really nice hunt.

 

[Gunrunner61]

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Nice finds, That Mercury has been in a fire

 

[Just some Guy]

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Sweet Finds!

the Token is awesome


Happy Hunting

Dan

 

[dirtdigger1581]

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Nice finds! I pulled a couple mercs that looked just like that from a river last spring. Could be fire, could be ground minerals. Either way, it's a silver coin and something you don't see every day. Congrats!