Old school coughs up another silver...

[Ray in CA]

Got out for about an hour and half today at the school I hit yesterday, and started gridding the grassy playground area since I now know old coinage is definitely there. I didn't get my longed for seated dime, but this 1943 Merc will do! It was only three inches deep this time and I heard the "flutey silver tone" again. Capt'n SE is going to be proud of me for learning to train my ears for it.

This coin has got to be one of the ugliest Mercs I've ever dug. I have no idea what the reddish-brown crud could be that is stuck to it. I didn't see any iron in the plug, either. The obverse cleaned up well but not the reverse. I will probably have to put this one through electrolysis.

HH,

Ray

 

[Detectingfreak]

Awesome job on the silver Ray! Keep on hunting!

 

[RPG]

Yuck, throw that one back.

Seriously, any merc is a nice find.

Congrats
Randy

 

[prolab69]

Awesome

 

[BuckleBoy]

The brown crud is what the school coughed up.

 

[Jack_MIghtyheart]

I think it looks kinda nifty.

 

[BuckleBoy]

It is a most Beautiful sight to see a site Puke up a silver.

 

[Indyfan73]

try a proxide bath that is what i do to clean off crud.

NICE FIND

 

[dirthunter]

Very nice silver, congrats.

 

[Ray in CA]

Thanks folks!

I think I'm gonna make this school my project for the next couple of weeks. The large grassy play area in front of the school is about an acre in size, so it will take me a while to grid the entire thing. Of course, I'm limited to doing it after school hours but I'm curious to see how many more old coins I can pull out of here with the Safari.

Ray

 

[Bob S]

Nice Find WTG

 

[vanoldschool]

silver is silver ugly or not!! good job, I am still looking for any old stuff here in Port Orchard, nothing but zincolns........

 

[oddcoins]

OH YEAH ~ you gotta love digging up those merc dimes! NICE!!!

 

[allen]

id take a merc in that shape any day of the week...

 

[jgas]

A Beautiful Coin! Baking Soda rub will take care of that! Just like The Captn says. Nice one... jgas

 

[mlayers]

nice find silver is silver any way it looks....Matt

 

[Chicago Ron]

Nice merc Ray!

 

[jb7487]

I recently went to hunt my old elementary school. When I used to go there it was an ancient building out in the country with huge grassy play areas that I knew well. I was really looking forward to hunting there as I had a good idea as to where all the goods would be. Imagine my disgust as I pulled in only to find that the old school had been replaced by a new one and the entire grassy area had been paved over for a parking lot. It was sickening. The only huntable areas at the school are from new land that used to be farm fields. Not too many coins are going to be found there. It is so far the biggest disappointment of my short MD'ing career.

Congrats on the find and have fun investigating the rest of the place. There will surely be more to find there.

 

[mcmurphi]

Great find Ray, a merc always makes my day! Isn't it funny how just an old dirty coin can put a smile on your face.