Lunch Break Silver ~ 1926 Merc Dime!

[oddcoins]

Hello!

I was able to spend about an hour today detecting for my lunch break. I dug some clad, a 1956 wheat cent, and a 1926 Merc dime! This is my silver coin find #95 for the year! Only five more to go until I hit my goal of 100!

Most of the silver coins I dig have uneven surface toning so I usually will clean 'em up with a paste made from baking soda and water . . . . . but this 1926 Merc dime isn't too bad looking ~ it's got a very nice gun-metal gray toning that's very even all over the coin ~ so I didn't clean it up like I usually do ~ just ran it under warm water and brushed off the dirt with my fingers.

I took a close-up pic of the date area . . . . . I'm not sure why . . . . just for fun I guess!

Thanks for looking!
Neil

 

[Detectingfreak]

very nice job on the silver merc!

 

[oddcoins]

Another nice lunch break find. What kind of place is it you hunt on your lunch breaks and is it the same place? If so you should call it the lunch pit.

No, I don't always hunt the same places on my lunch break. My favorite area to hunt is downtown in the city owned easements (the grassy area in between the curb & the sidewalk). There's lots of loot to find there!