one find, one recovery

[pippinwhitepaws]

ok, whoooohoooo!
my first lady of the year...surface find, out in the middle of (expletive deleted) nowhere.
went out to move the desoto closer to where i am going to mount it...jacking up the old thing and see a penny at my feet...cool...i pic it up, quick rub with the thumb, and it ain't no dude,( oops, forgot my mythology..mecury is a dude)whooooohoooo...1941 s

 

[Montana Jim]

The obverse is actually a depiction a Lady Liberty wearing a cap with wings which symbolizes freedom of thought. That is not Mercury on that dime.

Nice chassis.

Sweet Lady Liberty... Elsie Stevens.

 

[texan connection]

Kinda cool to find a mrec like that what about the car looks like it was drug there

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

the desoto was at the other end of the property...we moved it up by the 'road' ...i am going to mount solar lights in it, head lamp, tail lamps...radio, dash...so it sits there at night and glows...

 

[ringfinder]

Nice Mercury dime find. What year is the Desoto? I had a 1948 coupe, it was a fluid O matic. You
could shift it or just let up on the gas and it shifted itself. My dad sold it for a demolition derby while
I was in Vietnam. When I got home I took dad to a old car show and they had one just like it on a wagon,
that didn't run and they wanted $5,000 for it. My dad sold mine for $50 bucks. Boy that sure was a nice car!

Bet if you tried you could get more than junk money out of that beauty! Looks pretty nice to me.

HH,Ringfinder

 

[crazyjarhead]

That is interesting Maybe the guy who dumped that car lost it

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

That is interesting Maybe the guy who dumped that car lost it

that is my theory...i at first thought it was a carpet coin, ended up n the ground when the interior was ravaged...but, when i was under it today, i notice the steering column, body to frame bolts are all cut with a torch...someone removed that body and removed the chassis...maybe the person cutting the body off lost it?

my first silver of the year...no batteries required.

 

[DigginThePast]

Nice finds. I too was thinking about dragging my car around when gas prices were at their peak.

 

[mlayers]

nice find...

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

1939 desoto custom... http://www.duricy.com/~desoto/desaga/desuccess.shtml
there is a great view of the painted desert from where the car sits...antelope wander through...so i am going to mount the car as a lawn ornament...sit there at sundown and watch the purty colors...

 

[relichunters]

Mercs are my favorite, that is a beauty

 

[detector de metales]

Both Nice finds!
Even tho it's lady liberty we still call em "Merc's".
Love the DeSoto, what a great idea! You are preserving history there, even tho it doesn't have the chassis anymore!...
J2

 

[mlhudson]

LET ME GUESS, THAT DIME WAS UNDER THE CAR AT 7 FEET DEEP - LOL

VERY NICE FIND ON THE DIME....

ML HUDSON

 

[sasnz]

Nice finds. I too was thinking about dragging my car around when gas prices were at their peak.

LOL I like it, nice find on the car too, congrats.

Sasnz

 

[Woodland Detectors]

great photos! thank you

 

[allen]

sweet silver...

 

[Golden1]

Nice finds congrats
How deep was the Desoto

G1

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

the desoto was running board deep in the clay.

the coin was the thickness of it's self in the dirt.

i realize there is a large difference in the depth objects are found...between back east and the deserts.
people back east have to dig detrius and shrubs out of the way to access the treasures...out here, 90% of the time, it is a surface find...unless you are in an urban area, or a cave.