Our first silver coin and a memory that will last a lifetime!

[lliebsch]

Well my daughter (12 years old) and I decided we would go MDing this morning at o dark thirty. As soon as I woke her up this morning I knew it was going to be a very good day! Our day started out just like any other day with a stop at QuikTrip for some donuts, coffee and a coke then off to a early 1900's Elementary School in Liberty Missouri. As we got there we started recovering clad and a few match box cars. We left there and went to the high school in Liberty and hit some more clad. We then left there and went to an old house outside of Liberty and this is where the memory of my lifetime began.

As we started searching we hit a memorial penny and then it happened! We got a really deep signal and she started to dig the hole. She dug down about 9 to 10 inches and there it was! She grabbed it and jumped up and started screaming and as she done this I grabbed her in a bear hug and spun her around and around and I tried to spit out it was a mercury dime but I couldn't. Through all the excitement I forgot what it was. I knew what it was but couldn't spit it out. Once I put her down we both looked at it and seen it was a 1941 Mercury dime which was in really good condition. We both sat down and rested at this point and she started talking about all the other stuff we were going to find together. We went on to find a 1919 Wheat penny about 20 minutes later and called it a day. We will be heading back to this place in the near future for sure!

THis weekend is her birthday and she will be getting a new metal detector. She is going be one happy little girl!

Oh and I almost forgot. She won her football game on Saturday 26 to 6. She plays cornerback for Liberty Blujays Pop Warner. I am one happy Father!

 

[Gunrunner61]

What an amazing memory you and your daughter have made. Would have like to have been a fly on a twig and watched that Happy Dance.
And Congrats on her football win...AWESOME!...............You have the dream team of the future...............HH

 

[lliebsch]

On our way to footbal practice last night Brooke told me that she doesn't need to go to school or need to get a job. We can just metal detect for a living, just you and me.

I think I have created a monster!

 

[Terry Soloman]

Woooo-Hooooo! Happy dancing for both of you in New York! Great post, great pic, priceless memory!

 

[mamabear]

Glad you are TH'ing with your daughter! I makes for fun times, with or without treasure. that merc is in such good shape!

 

[JeffInMass]

What a great story! Congrats and continued success in the future!

Jeff

 

[inspectorgadget]

Those kind of memories are worth a million dollars! So today you actually got very rich!

 

[Wldbil]

That is what it is all about... Congrats

 

[silversurfer1111]

Nice silver you got there !

 

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[lliebsch]

She also told me she is going to start saving up for a detector that I like. I told her that I want a AT gold or a Etrac and she said come on dad it will take me forever to find that many coins for the price that they are.

She is going to freak on Saturday when she gets her new one.

 

[lliebsch]

Thank you for all the feedback!

 

[SilverForBrains]

Nice merc! I absolutely love how clean silver comes out of the ground, you know it as soon as you see it

 

[DirtAngler]

As they say...PRICELESS. Cherish the memories. What detector is she getting? Wish her Happy Birthday from me.

 

[Sooper Dave]

This is Sooper Daves Daughter (I'm 9) and I think it's cool that she is going to get a metal detector! I go metal detecting with my dad and I take pictures of all the cool places we go and cool things we find. That's an awesome dime! I can't wait to find my first coin by myself! Way to go!

 

[Erik in NJ]

Great story! I can't wait to take my daughter metal detecting some day. She loves to see the "treasure" that Daddy brings home when I go out.

 

[Imnengr]

That's a terrific looking Merc! What a great feeling for both of you. Nice job!

 

[Gunrunner61]

She also told me she is going to start saving up for a detector that I like. I told her that I want a AT gold or a Etrac and she said come on dad it will take me forever to find that many coins for the price that they are.

She is going to freak on Saturday when she gets her new one.

Ya gotta let us know , So take plenty of pictures..................

 

[lliebsch]

She is getting the Fisher F2. Oh I will Greg... I will post pictures and possibly a video of her opening it at her birthday party on Saturday.

 

[lliebsch]

@Sooper Daves daughter, make sure you get him out as much as possible so you can find that first coin!