My First 100 Mercury Dimes

[leslie(nova scotia)]

great

Imagine a lot of quality time spent digging those....time to stat on the next century!

 

[Metal Hunting]

Wow 100, congratulations that is incredible in only your first few years.

 

[kingman mikey]

Beats my half dozen.

 

[Gimmie The Loot]

Utah has been good to you! Congrats.

 

[Foragist]

Very cool post Stiff. Congrats on your 100 Merc rank!

May you enjoy the continued hunt for the next 100.

 

[philber]

That's a cool way of showing them off; never even thought of it. Hopefully #101 is a 1916-D

 

[Stiffwrists]

That's a cool way of showing them off; never even thought of it. Hopefully #101 is a 1916-D

Still looking for that one. Hopefully some day!

 

[CeeDee]

Holy smokes! That's a lot of lovely little silvers! How long have you been at this? I hope to get even half that many before I go to the silver lined clouds for good.

 

[Dug13]

Nice display, that’s a lot of diggin’. Have you checked them for varieties? Check to see if any are 1919 — inspect the word GOD and TRUST to see if it is doubled. $1,000.00 coin if it is.

 

[Stiffwrists]

Holy smokes! That's a lot of lovely little silvers! How long have you been at this? I hope to get even half that many before I go to the silver lined clouds for good.

Thanks! I started detecting in June of 2017. I just got to 300 silver coins since then. 106 of them being mercs. About 41 months of hunting. That's including the months when the ground is frozen and I can't dig.

https://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=286858

 

[CeeDee]

Thanks! I started detecting in June of 2017. I just got to 300 silver coins since then. 106 of them being mercs. About 41 months of hunting. That's including the months when the ground is frozen and I can't dig.



https://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=286858

This thread is so inspiring! I'm not sure how many silver coins I've found, so I'm gonna go count....

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[Iggyks]

At my current rate of finding Mercs, I will equal you in 2320.

 

[amc rulz]

Quite a quantity of mercs! Do you know your number of rosies?
I ask because it seems mercury dimes are found much more often and I’m wondering why, considering an almost equal amount minted of around 2.5 billion coins of each.

 

[Stiffwrists]

Quite a quantity of mercs! Do you know your number of rosies?
I ask because it seems mercury dimes are found much more often and I’m wondering why, considering an almost equal amount minted of around 2.5 billion coins of each.

I've dug almost an equal amount of Rosies.

https://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=286858

 

[MTtrashdigger]

Quite a quantity of mercs! Do you know your number of rosies?
I ask because it seems mercury dimes are found much more often and I’m wondering why, considering an almost equal amount minted of around 2.5 billion coins of each.

My own merc to silver rosie ratio is about 3-1 since I found my first silver dime.
I think this is because Mercs were in circulation for 29 years before they were discontinued and even after that, they were common in pocket change. A dug Merc could have been dropped anytime during a 40 year or so year span of time.
Compare that to 19 years of production for silver Rosies and after 1964, people started hoarding silver coins, basically taking them out of common circulation in a year or two. Plus, I think that as detectorists that hunt silver, we tend to hunt the oldest places. In my town, there are dozens of blocks of homes that date from the 1930s to the 1950s. I would be willing to bet that if I were to concentrate on these yards and the nearby parks, my Rosie to Merc ratio would even out pretty quickly. Just my thoughts....

 

[amc rulz]

My own merc to silver rosie ratio is about 3-1 since I found my first silver dime.
I think this is because Mercs were in circulation for 29 years before they were discontinued and even after that, they were common in pocket change. A dug Merc could have been dropped anytime during a 40 year or so year span of time.
Compare that to 19 years of production for silver Rosies and after 1964, people started hoarding silver coins, basically taking them out of common circulation in a year or two. Plus, I think that as detectorists that hunt silver, we tend to hunt the oldest places. In my town, there are dozens of blocks of homes that date from the 1930s to the 1950s. I would be willing to bet that if I were to concentrate on these yards and the nearby parks, my Rosie to Merc ratio would even out pretty quickly. Just my thoughts....

Makes sense.

 

[Stiffwrists]

Quite a quantity of mercs! Do you know your number of rosies?
I ask because it seems mercury dimes are found much more often and I’m wondering why, considering an almost equal amount minted of around 2.5 billion coins of each.

My own merc to silver rosie ratio is about 3-1 since I found my first silver dime.
I think this is because Mercs were in circulation for 29 years before they were discontinued and even after that, they were common in pocket change. A dug Merc could have been dropped anytime during a 40 year or so year span of time.
Compare that to 19 years of production for silver Rosies and after 1964, people started hoarding silver coins, basically taking them out of common circulation in a year or two. Plus, I think that as detectorists that hunt silver, we tend to hunt the oldest places. In my town, there are dozens of blocks of homes that date from the 1930s to the 1950s. I would be willing to bet that if I were to concentrate on these yards and the nearby parks, my Rosie to Merc ratio would even out pretty quickly. Just my thoughts....

This is spot on. I spent a lot of time in post WWII neighborhoods. Brought my Rosie count up substantially.

 

[rx8driver]

Only have 3 in a year 2 from ground 1 from coin star!

 

[jruckman38]

Congrats on the 100. A lot digging and hours finding them.

 

[campnagle]

That sure would make a nice backsplash in my little camper.
I dont know Iv'e ever seen that many all at once, simply outstanding.