Two first and some silver

EZrider · May 1, 2008

Went to a diffrent park yesterday after work. Knowing the park had been filled i wasnt expecting much more than clad. Turns out the F75 wa able to punh down 8in past the fill and get some nice ones.
My first buffalo "first"

1916 Merc

1934 quarter "first"

I dug some trash too

Thanks for looking and Happy Hunting

BuckleBoy · May 1, 2008

Nice finds!

Did you use Brass-o or Brillo on those silvers?

Hope that merc didn't have a "D" on it.

EZrider · May 1, 2008

Just a soft tooth brush and hand soap. Yes i beleave it has a D after the one.
Just to add i would never use any abrasive on good finds.

bongo1962 · May 1, 2008

I have silver envy. Bongo

BuckleBoy · May 1, 2008

EZrider said:
Just a soft tooth brush and hand soap. Yes i beleave it has a D after the one.
Just to add i would never use any abrasive on good finds.

It has a "D" mintmark on the back at the bottom?!

EZrider · May 1, 2008

BB i beleave so, i will check when i get home from work.

madmacabre · May 1, 2008

Ez if it has a "D" mint mark then its worth hundreds. It looks like you might have cleaned it a bit too much but maybe its just the picture. It might be considered cleaned or polished by collectors and de-values the coin a bit.

allen · May 1, 2008

way to go on your nice couple of firsts'...

Bartman · May 1, 2008

Great finds, but if that things has a "D" mintmark, you're in luck.

EZrider · May 1, 2008

Here is a diffrent pic of it. I think the flash of the camera is what made it shine like that. D or not it was a fun find and go with the rest of Mercs i have :icon_pirat:

poppa19 · May 1, 2008

Give us a nice close up of the back of that merc! g4 condition $900.00 , vg-8 $1400.00 , f12 $2600.00 , vf20 $4200.00 , ef40 $6200.00 , au50 $9200.00 , ms63 $18,000.00 , ms65 $30,000.00 these are the yeoman offical red book values. cant really tell the condition unless we see the back of the coin, and if it is in fact a "d"

Hunter · May 1, 2008

Cool finds whether theres a D or not! WTG!

EZrider · May 1, 2008

Hey thanks Hunter. Im just in it for the fun of the hunt. I almost didnt dig it beacaue i was getting a double tone "dime & quarter" but it wasnt iron falseing and i knew i could be two coins in one hole. Sure enough a wheat was in there too. You get the warm fuzzys when you recover something so old that looks that good out of a in hole surrounded by 100 years of cap and tabs. :thumbsup:

Admiral de Salee · May 1, 2008

It was still a heck of a good day for you, even if there's no D on the dime.

Ricardo_NY1 · May 1, 2008

Bob, dude..........you are keeping us in some serious suspense here...........turn that bad boy around and check if there is a D mint mark on the back...........if it does that is like several thousand dollars! Hurry up man!

EZrider · May 1, 2008

Sorry for the suspence guys, there is no D. :'(

. Still a real nice condition dime though.

TreasurdiggrNY · May 1, 2008

Nice finds EZrider wtg :thumbsup:

Congrats on the firsts. You have to dig them dual tone hits, I know there is a huge difference between the F75 and the F2 but my F2 will give me a double tone too and I can't tell you how many times I've dug 2 coins out of a hole or 1 coin and a pulltab etc. very fast response. Good Luck!
Glenn

BuckleBoy · May 1, 2008

In the future, just a soft camel's hair make-up brush very gently with water running over the coin the whole time. No Toothbrushes! I had Serious nighmares about that coin being a 1916-D--it woulda knocked hundreds off of its value due to the toothbrushing.

Can't ever be too careful until you know exactly what you've recovered.

Regards,

Buckleboy