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

[bootybay]

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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[Staci (Fargo ND)]

NICE!! I would love to find one good job

 

[Mona Lisa]

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

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

 

[kimsdad]

Bootybay! Congrats on your two gorgeous Mercs!!!

You will remember that hunt forever!

I'm very happy for you and your "first"!!

 

[bootybay]

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..

 

[ModernMiner]

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

 

[SoreKneesDayton]

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

SKD

 

[savant365]

Awesome times 2

 

[Mike95inNJ]

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

 

[civilman1]

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

 

[crazyjarhead]

Congrats on your first merc. Thats one of my favorite coins. Nothing like silver comming out of the ground

 

[IAsoldier]

nice mercs now I need to find some

 

[Michiganne]

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

Keep digging!

 

[texan connection]

2 amazing duplicate finds on the beach. great job

 

[daytondigger]

Congratulations, mercs always put a smile on my face.

 

[BandB1]

Nice mercs. That 23' looks beautiful.

Good luck,
HH.

 

[ivan salis]

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 congrats on yer silver --- golds next

 

[sparkymaster]

AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME!

Congrats, kudos, very well done!

sparkymaster

 

[Roger Mn.]

Congratulations Booty.

 

[Ia.FurTrade]

WTG Booty!!