First silver and wheatie. Finally.

[Vern2]

Finally. My 682nd a mercury
dime. Two coins later my first wheat. The dime came out of the hole still beautiful. Just had to brush a little dirt off.
It's hard to explain how happy and surprised I was, and still am.

With no success early on, I turned the threshold down to just touching the red, and sensitivity backed down to 4. Bingo. My luck changed immediately.
The mercury was only 2" down, but in a washed out piece of ground.
The wheat at 4", same area.

The booger of this being "my day", was that I had less than 2 hr to hunt, and could only use one hand, one arm. Had surgery on my right hand on May 25th, and still in a sling and protective frame. Turned out to be not as hard as one would think.



1929 Dime and 1956D wheat penny.
The wheat is really dark, hard to get a clear photo. But look how pretty the precious merc is.
I knew the DeLeon would find these jewels, just waiting for me to do my part.

 

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[dfallis1]

Congrat! You have a mercury dime in the picture. Not a rosie.

 

[darktower007]

Outstanding finds!! Nothing like the first ones.


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[Vern2]

Congrat! You have a mercury dime in the picture. Not a rosie.

Oops! My experience is exposed. Wonder why it's called a mercury, the lady looks like a rosie.

 

[caratunk]

woo hoo congrates you did it;];];];]

 

[dfallis1]

Oops! My experience is exposed. Wonder why it's called a mercury, the lady looks like a rosie.

Here is a little info on the mercury dime. Should answer your question. The Mercury dime is a ten-cent coin struck by the United States Mint from 1916 to 1945. Designed by Adolph Weinman and more correctly referred to as the Winged Liberty Head dime, it gained its common name as the obverse depiction of a young Liberty, identifiable by her winged Phrygian cap, was confused with the Roman god Mercury. Weinman is believed to have used Elsie Stevens, the wife of lawyer and poet Wallace Stevens, as a model. The coin's reverse depicts a fasces, symbolizing unity and strength, and an olive branch, signifying peace.

 

[Electricfrontporch]

Congratulations Vern!

 

[Electricfrontporch]

Rosie as in Roosevelt

 

[pinenut]

nice..!

Oops! My experience is exposed. Wonder why it's called a mercury, the lady looks like a rosie.

She does look more like "Rosie"...and we should be calling the "Rosies" Franks..
Congratulations, BTW; I love digging up dimes with lady heads on 'em!

 

[dfallis1]

She does look more like "Rosie"...and we should be calling the "Rosies" Franks..
Congratulations, BTW; I love digging up dimes with lady heads on 'em!

If you say so. They didn't mint rosies in 1929. Call it what you want. I was just informing him that its a better find then what he thought.

 

[pinenut]

If you say so. They didn't mint rosies in 1929. Call it what you want. I was just informing him that its a better find then what he thought.

Roger that.

 

[Tony (Michigan)]

She does look more like "Rosie"...and we should be calling the "Rosies" Franks..
Congratulations, BTW; I love digging up dimes with lady heads on 'em!

I don't think she looks like Rosie O'donnell at all.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! I remember my first coin evern found with my detector years ago; a Mercury dime. I was just so excited. So I know how you feel!

 

[Tony (Michigan)]

Roger that.

pinenut, shouldn't your little line at the bottom of your post say "just one more silver dollar, then I'll go home"?

 

[Vern2]

Here is a little info on the mercury dime. Should answer your question. The Mercury dime is a ten-cent coin struck by the United States Mint from 1916 to 1945. Designed by Adolph Weinman and more correctly referred to as the Winged Liberty Head dime, it gained its common name as the obverse depiction of a young Liberty, identifiable by her winged Phrygian cap, was confused with the Roman god Mercury. Weinman is believed to have used Elsie Stevens, the wife of lawyer and poet Wallace Stevens, as a model. The coin's reverse depicts a fasces, symbolizing unity and strength, and an olive branch, signifying peace.

Thank you for the info. Like you say, the older Mercury's are a greater fine than the rosie's.
Now, I gotta go back to that spot and find a rosie.
A silver quarter too, while I'm at it.

 

[Vern2]

Thanks to all for congratulations on my surprising finds this morning. This is a relief to finally come through, kinda like a win
. Some of you have reminded me and others, many times, that this isn't some kind of special magic. You just gotta get out there at a place where people lived and played , many years ago. Well, you were right. I am now super psyched to get back there, but only when my right hand heals. I broke doc's orders and now on pain meds again.
But truth Lord, it was sure worth it.

 

[Billinoregon]

Vern, congratulations on the finds, and on managing to get out with your machine so soon after surgery. Hope you are mending quickly and without issue.
Of course we would all love to be finding walking liberty halves all day long, but there is something really special about a Mercury dime.

 

[pinenut]

pinenut, shouldn't your little line at the bottom of your post say "just one more silver dollar, then I'll go home"?

I wish..
I'm pretty happy with a wheat-back though. My wife says I'm easy to please.

 

[bibelot]

Very nice finds Vern. The first of many silvers.

 

[Vern2]

Very nice finds Vern. The first of many silvers.

Thanks, Ivan. I hope you are right.
You and I can agree that the DeLeon is pretty darn special.

 

[Vern2]

Vern, congratulations on the finds, and on managing to get out with your machine so soon after surgery. Hope you are mending quickly and without issue.
Of course we would all love to be finding walking liberty halves all day long, but there is something really special about a Mercury dime.

Hello Bill. Yep, a walking liberty would be nice. But so would even another wheat, at this point.
Hey, you spent any more time with your DeLeon?