Teaching New Machine Leads To Bucket List Find!!

[fella]

Bit of a back story…

I got my mother (pushing70) back into detecting a couple of of years ago. She started with a second hand Ace 250 purchased from another family member and recently I got her a Teknetics EuroTek Pro. She has a GREAT time detecting and has done pretty decent.

Yesterday, she procured permission to hunt a piece a property close by her house that we have been eyeballing for years. Well this morning she calls me up and invites me to come hunt with her.

I packed up my CZ-3d, the T2se and my AT Pro and head out. When I get there, I slather on the Deep Woods Off , opt for the CZ and get started.

Right away I'm hitting Wheats and older copper memorials. A short time in, I score a pretty nice 1904 IH and a few more Wheats, clad and several relic items (nothing worth mentioning). No silver and the bug are out in FULL force!

I'm starting to get a bit perturbed with the insects and watching my mother detect! There is NO nice way to say it…She detects ugly! She (still) has a hard time pinpointing and her plugs usually look pretty bad. Ever see a close up of the moon….same thing!
I won't be MD'ing much in the next few months so I offer to "teach" her how to use the AT Pro so she can use it while I'm on hiatus. Plus...it would be better if I dig the plugs on this new site.

After packing my stuff back up, I bring out the AT Pro and set it to Standard Coins mode and disc out EVERYTHING that isn't a coin. I have to make it as simple as possible because new things confuse her quite easily. I show her how to turn it off/on and how to make the disc adjustments. No I didn't (and won't) show her GBing!

Once she starts swinging she starts finding stuff right away (Im digging all of em) . Memorials, Wheats, Nickels then she gets a signal and she says "I think it's a dime". "Maybe it's silver!" Well I pop the plug and out rolls a Merc dime!

A 1916D Merc Dime!

We both about shi…messed ourselves!

In its condition, I have no doubt it's a $2000 coin. She plans (at my insistence) on having it graded!

W/O further ado…

 

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[huntsman53]

Congrats to your mom as well as yourself on an awesome find! I am voting Banner and believe it should receive a Banner because although she was swinging the metal detector, you were doing the digging, so it is a mutual find.


Frank

 

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[jeff of pa]

Congrats to your Mother on her (Beginners Luck )& first Cool Find fella !!!

& no I cannot in good conscience give you a Banner for your Mothers find,
Which I'm sure you understand.. to do so would be a disservice to all those in the past who posted their Friends & Relatives finds. he/she who detects it gets the spoils.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Wow! Will you look at that Merc! Congrats to you both!

Technically you dug it! BANNER,

 

[Pointman]

I would not clean that coin a single bit. Most of the 1916D Mercury dimes are not in that good of shape. I would definitely get it graded and slabbed. My guess is that it would be VG because there are some wear marks through the bands. I will vote banner.

BTW, great story and good pictures.

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Absolutely amazing !!

Lots of treasure hunters here dream of, and talk about finding this Merc. Its high on my list, I'm voting banner. Just for the shear amount of people who talk about finding this.... You and ma did it, congratulations !!

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[mattysee]

banner

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Man, I just love the fact that you get out tecting with your Mom. Tell her ZDD says congrats, she deserves it for raising such a great person who still gets out and spends quality time with her.
Best of luck to you both, oh yea nice coin too,
ZDD

 

[MichiganMan]

Very nice find. Having fun is what it's all about. Slab it, don't slab it; either way you had fun and the story is worth more than the value of the coin.

 

[mtsheron]

Thats awesome!

 

[RelicMedic]

Two treasures in one day...quality time together with your mother and a crazy awesome coin! I'd vote banner, but it will kick my banner find off the screen! Lol just kidding! BANNER!!!!!!!!!

 

[fella]

The coin made its way to couple of local coin shops today. One was kind enough to offer the generous amount of $500! Yeah Right!

The other (also a Whites dealer whom I've purchased detectors from in the past) said to have it slabbed to see what she really has. Then if she wants to sell, come see him. He was thinking, based on his experience, it should come in at EF-20. Making this a $4500+ coin!

One can only hope!

Again, thanks for noms, all the likes and good remarks!

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

I got a Detecting Guideline and Rules book somewhere that says she's supposed to give it to you.
Or I'm writing one.
And not detect anywhere even remotely close to Denver, not with that kind of luck.
Killer find, the stuff that dreams are made of!
Carl

 

[fella]

I got a Detecting Guideline and Rules book somewhere that says she's supposed to give it to you.
Or I'm writing one.
And not detect anywhere even remotely close to Denver, not with that kind of luck.
Killer find, the stuff that dreams are made of!
Carl

I don't need it! Would have I liked to be the one who swung the coil? Sure! I have an open offer to her on the coin should she decide to accept.

Also no worries on the Denver encroachment! Detecting away from home hasn't really ever panned out well for me!

 

[testing123]

Very nice find, I wouldn't get it graded tho, because it will most likely get labeled as environmental damages, they count microscopic scratches even, still a great find but would hate having it labeled that way, think it would lower the value considerably for a sale. I would sell it to a private collector most likely, its good money for the bank !

With all the fakes out there, this is probably not a coin you want to keep raw if you sell it.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Congrats to your Mother on her (Beginners Luck )& first Cool Find fella !!!

& no I cannot in good conscience give you a Banner for your Mothers find,
Which I'm sure you understand.. to do so would be a disservice to all those in the past who posted their Friends & Relatives finds. he/she who detects it gets the spoils.

Congrats on the fantastic find, it is also nice your mom is still here and enjoys the hobby with you....Mine is no longer here....

Sorry, but unfortunately like Jeff says it doesn't qualify for the banner.....

 

[fella]

Congrats to your Mother on her (Beginners Luck )& first Cool Find fella !!!

& no I cannot in good conscience give you a Banner for your Mothers find,
Which I'm sure you understand.. to do so would be a disservice to all those in the past who posted their Friends & Relatives finds. he/she who detects it gets the spoils.

At first this didn't bother me as wasn't really in for the banner in the first place. Until I noticed the edit a half hour AFTER the fact and in small print none the less!

Just seemed kinda odd to me.

Wow! Will you look at that Merc! Congrats to you both!

Technically you dug it! BANNER,

No dude! Co-finds apparently don't count!


Banner or not, it's still a wicked cool find that I was happy to "be part of"!

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

What counts is who detected it. This has come up many times over the years, current TN member must be the one who detects the find. ... Finds by family members, friends, hunting partners ect doesn't count unless they are members of TN before the find...

 

[fella]

What counts is who detected it. This has come up many times over the years, current TN member must be the one who detects the find. ... Finds by family members, friends, hunting partners ect doesn't count unless they are members of TN before the find...

No need to explain! I'm not gunna lose sleep over it!

Just thought it odd it was added as an "afterthought"!

 

[Diggin Dude]

Really love the story thanks for sharing.

CONGRATS

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

No need to explain! I'm not gunna lose sleep over it!

Just thought it odd it was added as an "afterthought"!

I add comments as after thoughts alot and since I'm using smartphone sometimes it posts early before I finished...