Found my oldest Merc tonight...

[Joe G]

Had some time to kill so I went to one of my local parks to try a couple of things. I worked one area with the Platypus but didn't find much. I decided to go back to the van and put on the 12.5" sunray. I've been playing around with the big coil and I have to say I really like it. Even in trashy areas, you can still pick out targets if you go slow. I think the larger coil moves signals into the "iffy but you better dig it" area...

I was going along for a while and working an area where I found a Rosie a couple of weeks ago. I hit a very iffy, deep target and thought it sounded too good to pass up. It started sounding better and better as I came close to it with the X-1 and was really surprised to pick up, not only a silver, but the oldest merc I've ever found. Pretty well worn, but she looked great to me

 

[halfdime]

Yep, still a nice find!

 

[JerV3]

Nice merc,

You never know what was left behind in those parks

Hh Jer

 

[ELVISFAN]

ITS A KEEPER 2ND YEAR GOOD-4 PHILY,DENVER OR SAN FRAN MINT MARK.

 

[Tsalagi]

sweet merc ya got there

WTG

 

[Prober]

Nice Merc, I'm still waiting for mine.

 

[SC_hunter]

Welcome to TNet and the merc has got to be my favorite coin..Nice finds and keep doing it..

 

[CarolinaDigs]

nice digs !!

 

[Dman]

Nice dime

 

[jimmatt_43]

Looked great to me too.

 

[1liquigirl]

That's great Joe, who knows what else you may find there. How deep was it?

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Got to love those old Merc's!

 

[Smokey]

I would never think twice about opening the door to the lady that rings it.....Great Find!!!

55TXBANDIT

 

[Merf]

A very nice Merc--They are a beautiful coin--Congrats

 

[LI Tom]

Great find Joe,any silver coin is not easy to find in LI public parks,they have all been hit hard for a long time.

 

[SilverFox167]

Joe,
Nice find, you have me beat by two years.

HOW DEEP WAS THE COIN

Just curious.

 

[history hunter]

Good find!

 

[Joe G]

That's great Joe, who knows what else you may find there. How deep was it?

It's funny, but I've been going to the same parks for 2 years... First year I found about 5 silver, 2nd year I think I found around a dozen. The Merc I posted was my 25th silver for this year I think I'm just used to my machine now. I don't "cherry pick"; I just go slow and listen for deep targets. Oh, that coin was somewhere in the 8 to 10" range.

 

[Capefearsman]

Nice find!

 

[LuisTH]

Sweet find. Congrats.