my very short reign as digger of the day--oldest Merc. at 1917

[port ewen ace]

back to Woodstock, NY with FMERG. half hour into the hunt Frank whistles, gives a motion of scissors above his head-- he snagged a Barber dime. his wife calls so he needs to cut it short (pun intended) and leave at 4PM. a few minutes later the ATP screams 83 at huge root of an old tree. 2 down is my oldest and nicest Merc. ever. I leave after that and go to a local park for 2 pristine '50 era wheats and $6.97 in clad, thinking I won the day. Frank calls when I get home--- his Barber dime is 1897-O at VF range. no need to say more, just look it up.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Your Merc is really nice. Must have been dropped very soon after it was minted. Congrats!

Glad to see that the ATP is doing well for you.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Seems like you two had a little competition going. I would still be proud of a 1917 merc. It's 2 years older than my oldest merc.

 

[46Wheat]

Very nice merc

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Your Merc has nice detail congrats!

Sometimes you just have to let it go, you were done in by a dig 'n run! Next time it 's your turn!

 

[JeffInMass]

That is one sweet Merc!! You don't see the early dates looking that nice very often- Congrats!! As for Frank's 1897-O dime, I found one years ago, so I know he scored- congrats to him as well!

-- Jeff --

 

[basque-man]

Great looking merc!!!

 

[texjim]

Awesome looking Merc.

 

[Hamhead]

sweet merc

 

[thrifty76now]

Your merc is in super condition. Those early dimes are hard to come by.

 

[BigWaveDave]

great score! lots of detail on her...

 

[Scrappy]

Great find. Older Mercs make you feel real nice!

Steve

 

[cjon455]

for 98 years old and in the ground, that merc has a ton of detail on it, id say it was dropped and cradled for all those years

nice one!

 

[I-DIG-IT]

Nice digs.