Muskrat
Senior Member
Awesome! Congrats on the first merc!
I work from home, got tired of looking at the walls. I went outside in my front yard right up against the walk way to the porch, Garrett AT
signaled 81-82. My house was built in 1925. I found my very first
MERCURY DIME!!! 1926
Might not seem like a big deal to me it was amazing!
My very first silver!
Congratulations on your first silver coin. It is a BIG deal. I hunted for several months before I found my first 2 silvers , a 1951 and a 1964 Roosevelt dime. I found them both the same day in the same yard within minutes of one another. Then the obsession for more really kicked in. For me, the sight of a silver coin in the dirt is like an addictive drug. I do it for the rush. Unless I find something that can propel me to immediate retirement, the actual monetary value is of really no concern.
Congratz on your first merc. And since you're from an east coast state, barbers won't be far behind. Then within a few months, it'll be seateds. Then busts. Within a year, LC's and colonial coppers. Then cobs, etc.... Pretty soon, any cob or gold coin newer than 1750 will bore you to tears !
guess I took the weird route...first good coin was a merc and indian(before I ever found clad dime) in the same hole, then was on to an 1802 one duit. Then a 1680 1/2 maravedis.(thanks long island buddy) Then a seated dime (cc mint even tom), then a seated half in a spill with 5 largies,....
Yes, you cheated. You didn't "pay your dues". So please kindly go out and dig 5000 clad coins, assorted tabs, foil, etc..... And THEN you can graduate up to the old coins, in-the-right-order. After all, it's not fair that you skipped md'ing grade school classes, after all