Three Hour Hunt Gives Up a Really Pretty 1919 Mercury Dime

[against the wind]

Well there was a lot of hustle and bustle in the city today. Traffic was a little tough with people loading up at an uptown Spaghetti Dinner in preparation for The NYC Marathon tomorrow. It's Halloween and a lot of people were travelling downtown to get a good spot along The Greenwich Village Halloween Parade route. There was also loads of traffic heading out to CitiField for "The World Series" pre-game tailgating parties. What normally takes about 20 minutes to get to the park I wanted to hunt, turned into an hour of stop and go traffic.

I started swinging the coil at 3 p.m. and didn't stop until 6. It was a really pleasant and bountiful hunt. My third target was a 1919 Mercury Dime. Boy, is she pretty. The soil was like soft butter when cutting a plug. The rain we got on Wednesday and Thursday really got to soak in. The park was empty, and the weather was nice and cool. When it was time to pack it up,, I had a little over 60 coins in the pouch.

When I got back to my apartment, I had to be quiet while cleaning and taking pictures of my finds. The Trick or Treat'ers were ringing my doorbell .
They were looking for candy but I ate it all,, lol.

My finds for the day were: 12q, 20d, 9n, 19 memorial pennies, 3 Wheat Pennies, ( 45, 46, & 55), a 1919 Mercury Dime, a 1980 Canadian Penny and a few pieces of brass.
My Silver Coin Total for 2015 is now at 142 Coins.

 

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[CoilFisher]

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Nice winged liberty head dime ATW.
(Such a coincidence it looks like the Roman God Mercury - or is it? All these symbols and depictions on all the monies of both old and new; All subject to interpretation).

 

[JeffInMass]

Congrats on the great finds! That Merc is as sweet as I've ever seen posted- looks like someone took it out of a bank roll almost 100 years ago and lost it!

-- Jeff --

 

[park pirate]

Sweet merc, looks like it's fresh from the mint..

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on adding to your astronomical silver total for the season. I am at 45, shooting for a target of 50 silvers for the season.

 

[Inspector]

Congrats on the silver, she is beautiful!!!

 

[pepperj]

Nice keeper the 1919 is, and total is growing.

You can have the traffic congestion I really don't miss that part of the big city.

 

[doninbrewster]

Super 1919 Merc!