My Luck has Changed does 1923 ring a bell.. WOHOOO

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What a milestone for me, A dear friend and I hit the beaches today, I didnt expect anything more then the usual clad.. BOY WAS I WRONG.. The first ten minutes into the hunt, I dug up a 1942 Mercury dime..at first I thought it was clad, it was that yucky dirty looking, till I flipped it over and saw the Mercury head, I WAS THRILLED TO DEATH, MY FIRST MERCURY DIME.. I ran and showed my buddy, he was as excited as I was.. So we're humming along, having a good ole time, sweating our buns off.. clad here, clad there, no problem as Mumzie would say, I'll take it.. So we break for lunch, hit the sands again, I get this sweet high pitched sound, again this one was different, it had a ring to it.. so I dug and I said OMG ANOTHER ONE.. You bet your metal detecting butt it by God was another Silver Mercury, 1923... I just about had heart failure, infact, I was on such a silver high, that I didnt see the small wave comming a few minutes after finding that 1923 in the dry sand, and now I was in the wet sand, and there goes my new sneakers, But..that water felt so good, My good buddy Rick, laughed n I said, OMG THAT FEELS SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD, then I said well, heck, I might as well try a lil water hunting ( as I am watching for ugly clear and then the ugly brownish jelly fish YUCK) so I water hunted a tad enjoying my wet stroll thru the waves, I didnt care if I found anything in the water or not, I was on a sliver high, I was cooled off now that I was WET and squishy in my sneakers... It just didnt matter.. of course Rick, did mighty fine too today, lots of clad and a watch too that he found, and was still ticking.. So ladies n gents.. thats it for today.. I broke into a new world, found my first Mercury dime ( 2 in fact ) and feel like Just MAYBE I am starting to get along with my xt70.

psst, sorry bout the crappy pic, I tried to get em clear as possible...
One dime, the dark one, was found in wet sand.. the nicer one was found in dry sand

BootyBay
 

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That's wonderful, Boots!! Amazing that you found those at the beach. :icon_sunny:

Have you been having rough weather lately to stir up the sand??
 

Thank you all very much..
Mona, we are supposed to get some bad weather this comming weekend, due to the storms..so am hoping I can hit the beaches again.. and I have no clue how mercury's got onthe beach.. beats the heck outta me..
 

Congrats Booty on your first Mercs!!! :thumbsup:
Even today I still love finding those coins. One of the best designs ever I think.
-MM-
:occasion18: :occasion14:
 

Nice going Booty,
Thought maybe you were ready to throw that thing over to me for my M6... Darn!

SKD
 

A BIG CONGRATS TO YA RAE!!! :thumbsup: Your post really shows how good you felt finding those beauties.
WTG, Mike
 

Nice Job on the first Merc. Booty....So far you have found twice as many Merc's than I have ;D ;D ;D Congrat's!!!!!
 

nice mercs now I need to find some :thumbsup:
 

Wow, excellent day, Booty! WTG :thumbsup: Can't imagine a one-two Merc day!

Keep digging!
 

psst now you see the effect of salt water on silver --- thats why the spanish coin was so dark that I set you --- long time in the ocean -- if long enought they will get black and kinda crusty looking too :wink: congrats on yer silver --- golds next
 

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