First Silver Coin!

[bronco]

Finally, For those monitoring our progress. My son and I found our first silver coin. A 1944 Mercury dime. After two dixie cups full of grungy regular coins and a few wheat pennies, finally hit pay dirt. Registered a 71 on my XLT. Just like regular dimes we have found.

Amazing how shiny the thing is it just jumped out of the hole. Looks like it just came from the bank. It was buried about 3 inches deep-on an island, in the middle of a lake. The lake was created in the late 40's and fisherman have camped there ever since. A lot of trash and a lots of modern coins. Best of all a new place to hunt because our beach location is almost under water (back to normal lake level) Found an arrowhead too. Pics to follow
Appreciate the past tips and advice.
Cheers

 

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[hikermike]

Congrats on the silver!! Great job!! It is amazing how good it looks coming out of the ground after all the years!!
Now you are truly hooked!!Good luck and keep up the good work!!
hh
mike

 

[bronco]

Thanks HikerMike, At the risk of giving away our general location. We caught a nice little blue cat while we were at it. Can't beat that -fishin' and metal detecting at the same time. Sweet day on the water.

Looks like you had a great day too. Hope your back is not sore after digging those two rolls of dimes!

Good luck in the contest

 

[DebbzInNC]

A big congrats to you! That is awesome! What a thrill it must have been.

 

[Felinepeachy]

Good for you guys!!! Keep up the good work.

 

[seger98]

Silver has a way of "Popping" out of the ground, WTG

 

[Nana40]

Congrats on that first silver, you two! 8) Good luck on your return!!

Nana