More Baltimore silver

[McCDig]

Two consecutive hunts yield more silver among the wheats ears.

Hit the park this morning and also Saturday AM. Each hunt yielded some wheats and silver. Saturday it was 4 wheats and a sterling cross. Today it came in the form of 2 war nickels and a merc, along with 7 wheats. Which of all the coins do you think I nicked with the shovel? That's right....the 1917 Merc!

 

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[deershed]

Two great hunts with silver to show on both, Awseome!!

 

[Gridwalker306]

Nice! I haven't found a war nickel in a loong time.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks deershed! Didn't want to leave today; got into a little hotspot there at the end. That's when the two war nickels showed up.

 

[tomhighland]

Great finds. Thank you for sharing. Sorry about the merc.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the silver and other finds

 

[Loco-Digger]

You may as well take up residency at that park, I'd have to think about gridding that place. Congrats on pulling more keepers form the public space. I think I need to visit Baltimore in the future.

 

[Tommy G]

Funny how those Mercs seem to find their way to the shovel, but congrats!

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Tommy G! Merc was definitely in the sidewall. That's happened a number of times.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks L-D! There are a couple guys in the club who live by Patterson Park; that's the one we were shut out of this year. On my Saturday AM hunt I hit it early and not long after I started another club member came over to say "Hey". I really like have someone there to talk with during the hunt. Everybody comes away with a little something. I'll let you know how my newest "hot Spot" pans out.

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Art! Sure was sweet to score some silver again!

 

[McCDig]

Thanks tomhighland! Yes, I was concerned about the scratch more because I saw that the date started with '191?' and I was hoping that I wasn't holding a 1916D, which I wasn't, much to my relief!

 

[McCDig]

Thanks J. Cache! Same here. It had been a number of months since I'd dug a War Nick and now they're popping out of the ground for me.

 

[A2coins]

Those are some nice finds. I brutally stabbed a silver tiffany ring or it was hit by a lawn mower or something I think it was me. Something to learn from. Great job!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[McCDig]

Thanks Tommy! Think I'll take the advice that was shared at our last club meeting: once you've pinpointed the target, put a golf tee where you locate center; this give you a reference for digging the plug. I retrospect, my plug was too small and probably not centered to the target.