"SECRET MEMOIRS OF A MERC [AUSTRALIA 1942]

[tinpan]

"SECRET MEMOIRS OF A MERC [AUSTRALIA 1942]

Hi all,been raining here for 3 days, so i had to find other ways to amuse myself  .late this after noon the sun was out and so was i.
The site i went today was a WW 2 American secret camp.The grass is starting to go back and the ground was bit muddy.After about 3 hours i had numerous pull-tabs,beer bottle lids and SILVER MERC [1941] and aussie clad.

below is a pic of the Merc and couple of a Newspaper text printed a few years ago and photo of the site in 1942.The site is about 50 acres and there will another coulpe of trips in the future.thanks for looking.

                              tinpan

 

[tinpan]

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pics

 

[COUNTRY GIRL]

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What a cool site Tin! Can't wait to see what else you find there. If you don't like that american silver you can send it to me . Nice!

 

[karib2517]

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yea really nice finds there.

 

[zlathim]

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That's quite the historical site that you found. Keep us posted on all of your finds. HH

 

[Lc_102]

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Wow, that mercs in pretty darn good shape too. I live in america and am still in search of this years first.

 

[Wasabi]

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Great look at the past and nice Mercury Dime find.
Looks like you have plenty of groung to cover keep us posted on future finds.

 

[buscadero]

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Nice Merc, Tinpan! Here's an article I ran into: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,21462215-3102,00.html?from=public_rss

HH Joe

 

[Nana40]

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Nice history lesson and great find TP!

Congrats! Nana

 

[Dimeman]

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Very nice find!! That Merc traveled quite a distance.