Merc at the old campground

[7up2000]

With only brief sunlight left in the day, I stopped by my favorite hunting spot: an old campground on the outskirts of town. Wasn't expecting to find anything as I only had about 30-40 mins left of daylight to hunt. About 20 minutes in, I dug the crusty wheat penny in an area away from where I'd found a few silver Rosies and a handful of wheaties. Cool. About 10 minutes later and not too far from the wheat penny, I got a dime signal. The clean dime popped out of the hole and when I saw it I was hoping "silver". It was more than that, a merc!!! The last merc I dug was about two years ago!!! It's a 1936 merc in really nice condition. I was surprised to find a coin that old. The silver rosies I found last month were 1962 and 1964. Also, the wheaties previously dug were all in the 1950s.
Judging from the age of the merc and location of the wheatie--away from the rest of the main group---there may be more spoils to be had. I love this hobby.

BTW, anybody know the best solution for cleaning an individual silver dime?

 

[tomhighland]

Congratulations on the mercury. Best advice is don't clean it any more than a little soap and water.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on pulling the Merc 7up. I dug my 1st Merc at a State Park just up the road.

 

[against the wind]

Well done, , Mercs are my favorite.
Congratulations

 

[dirtlooter]

congrats on the merc, I live at a campground but haven't found any mercs...yet

 

[Johncoho]

Nice Merc. I wintered in Apache Junction and found a park in Mesa that used to have an old house on it years ago. I had a nice run of old coins there this winter. If you want to clean it, a safe way is to used the baking soda, aluminum foil, and boiling water method. You can find the info on T Net or Google it and find it. I used it on 5 or 6 silvers that looked like yours and they turned out pretty good. The best thing it doesn't damage the coin. It only has melt value as is, so the choice is yours.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the winged liberty (aka) merc

 

[Truth]

I love when I see that beautiful Merc. Congrats


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[Diggin Dude]

Really nice Merc!!! I never get sick of finding them! Well done, congrats and HH

 

[Rocklander]

Nice merc.! I found some silver the other day and used a method I found here on TNet. Line a glass bowl with foil, shinney side up. Put in 2 or 3 tablespoons of baking soda. Place the coin or coins on the dry baking soda. Then poor boiling water into the bowl. Should start bubbling. Leave the coin in till the bubbling stops, then remove the coil and rinse it off and rub the the coin between your fingers while rinsing. Repeat Pericles as May times as needed. I had a Standing Liberty that was black when I found it and it shined it right up. It took three rounds of the process, but it worked. I do not know if this method is damaging to the value of a rare coin or not, but it does shine them up.

 

[vpnavy]

..: NICE MERC :..
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[RustyGold]

Congratulations! The Merc is one of my all-time favorites.

 

[sprailroad]

Your merc is not a key date coin, So, I read the boiling water method, never tried that, never heard of it, I'll try it some time. What I have done though, is a baking soda/ water mix, into something like a toothpaste, put the dime in it for a while, then rub it between your fingers and rinse. Comes out shiny bright and looking good. DO NOT do that with any KEY date coin though, always look up the coin first. I have, and I'm sure others as well, have learned that the hard way.

 

[Stretch Da Truth]

Congrats on the Merc!
I found my first two last week! Ear to ear smile or me.

 

[7up2000]

Your merc is not a key date coin, So, I read the boiling water method, never tried that, never heard of it, I'll try it some time. What I have done though, is a baking soda/ water mix, into something like a toothpaste, put the dime in it for a while, then rub it between your fingers and rinse. Comes out shiny bright and looking good. DO NOT do that with any KEY date coin though, always look up the coin first. I have, and I'm sure others as well, have learned that the hard way.

Appreciate the advice sprailroad--specific and informative--I will try that. HH.

 

[Nighthunter]

Nice finds, and Congrats on the Merc! Love to see them pop out of the dirt.

 

[dirtdigginfool]

7up...congrats on your nice finds! As far as cleaning your coins, especially non-key date coins, I have a nice, simple method that works great and you can actually control the "level" of clean-ness or juse how shiny you want it to be...get yourself some good chrome/ aluminum polish, I personally use Simichrome...but it may not be available to you so Mothers is great also...as long as it is in a white, pasty form...1st-make sure it's completely clean with NO dirt...2-apply a SMALL dab of polish to a MOIST, used toothbrush with soft bristles. Work slowly and stop every few seconds to check your progress to avoid over-working your coin. You will find that with varying amounts of polish, pressure, time polishing etc that you can start slowly and work up to the point that you desire...from still having a dark tint to it to full blown mirror finish...but I actually prefer a finish that is no longer dark, and looks like a circulated coin in good shape...remember to start slow...you can always take that dark finish off but you can't put it back...and finally 7up, it's your coin, you found it, you resurrected it from the dead...so feel free to do what you want with it! Thx, Ddf