neighbor let us detect his front yard and WOW (UPDATE)

[weasel606]

said we wouldnt find anything but nails, it seemed that we wouldnt find nothing but clad , which is all we have found in our yard, found a total of 61 cents but one of those was a 1924 merc ! and the wife found it . i thought she was trying to pull a good one on me, like when we go fishing she trys to make me think she got a big bite then i do the same to her , but this time she got herself , she said it was a dime 4 inches down , dug and seen something shiny made a fist to hind it and gave me that deer in the headlight look, so i said a pulltab wasnt it , she said nope this is really good so i gave her one of these she looked back in her hand then she got all serious ! sure enough she had a 1924 merc !! i think we will go back some tommorow night , her first merc looks like i'm still waiting on mine

 

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[teverly]

if the coin was flipped up on edge it could have caused false readings or even disapeared.
ALWAYS check the dirt from the hole and make sure that all loose dirt is out of the hole!!!
Super find!!!!!

 

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[halfdime]

A Barber trumps a Merc any day, unless the Merc is a 16D or 21 anything. Just my opinion.

 

[weasel606]

thanks halfdime ! just told the wife what you posted and boy did i get a look but i sure did a dance when she found the merc to

 

[weasel606]

ok after we went back out didnt get anything great but did find 29 cents and a band of some kind , wife dug it and said she thought it was a ring of somekind at first but i think it might have been some kind of band for like water pipe but not sure, anyway here is the pics

 

[weasel606]

i believe you are right about the coin being on edge teverly , i didnt think about that but i think thats why i didnt see it till i picked it up and why both detectors didnt make a beep after the coin had been moved in the dirt, glad we didnt give up on it and kept looking

 

[weasel606]

After a few years of not detecting i grabbed the xterra today an headed out for a few hours Wifes been wanting to go again to , An while i was out i remembered the backyard find from years ago but couldnt remember exactly what we did find, So when i got home i thought Treasurenet !!! So i came here an found it Looks like we will be heading out for some detecting tomorrow to !!! I'm back

 

[sandchip]

Wow, those are some great silvers, Weez!

 

[weasel606]

Thanks Sandchip we mostly pull out clad but i still remember that feeling of finding silver though