First and second hole by the lake :)

[Samgo13]

So I grab my new Delta 4000 and after a few days of hunting in Ohio, I zoom up to my sweet little cabin in Central Michigan. It is set nicely on a little 80 acre peaceful lake, only a few other cabins around. I am not sure about the history of this area, and since it is a fairly remote area (mostly state land for recreation) I was not too sure if I would find any old coins. My first dig, I planned on heading to the beach section of the lake, but before that I just swept the coil around the beach front in front of my cabin. My first signal looked surprisingly good, so i quick drew my trowel from my holster and dropped to dig.
Pulled out 3 Mercury Dimes 1917 - 1918 - 1919 All mint marked W

continued hunting. anbout 10 M down the beach, another good signal. I dug and found
2 Mercury Dimes and 2 Barber Dimes
Barbers - 1901 - 1911
Mercs 1917 - 1917

 

[DirtyRob]

Cool merc spill. The "W" is not the mintmark. Go to the reverse of the coin. At the bottom base to the lower left is where a mintmark would go. Either "D", "S", or nothing.

 

[Jay_781]

Looks like you might have yourself a virgin there nice haul congrats..

 

[jerr-man]

Wow, nice finds. Thanks for sharing

 

[Mike breezy]

Great job! Very nice lookin

 

[Pacivilwarluke]

WOW! That's quite the haul! Hit that place hard! HH!

 

[sterrell]

Pretty awesome digs, man!

 

[jwp1964]

Nice hunt! I really enjoyed my 4000. Great little machine for the $s!

Congrats to ya!

 

[Samgo13]

Looks like you might have yourself a virgin there nice haul congrats..

Cool! Can you explain what a virgin is? (in regards to coins hehe)

 

[Capt. Morgan]

Im guessing he is referring to your hunting spot as "virgin"...as in untouched, no one has been there...you are it's first....

 

[Samgo13]

Ah I see I see. Yes it seems to be.

 

[Mike breezy]

Or it could be bc that 1919 looks almost uncirculated

 

[BentRod]

Great finds!

 

[Dsm_mechva]

Nice digs!

The "W" is Really AW if you look closely which are initials of the designer Adolph Weinman.

 

[Swing360]

Nice digs!

The "W" is Really AW if you look closely which are initials of the designer Adolph
Weinman.

Correct! Your mintmarkS are on the back of the coin. Lower left "7 o'clock" position.

 

[Captain Silver]

Nice work on the silvers...there's probably more

 

[gordonquixote]

Holy cow..that is AWESOME!

 

[Samgo13]

Correct! Your mintmarkS are on the back of the coin. Lower left "7 o'clock" position.

Yep I found it! Wow it's small.

But the great looking 1919 is a D
the 1918 is also a D
and the 1917 is an S
the rest are none.

my plan was to sell lots of my finds to pay for my detector but... I develop an emotional love for all my finds
Has anyone had luck selling dimes? is there a market for them besides silver value?

 

[Jay_781]

Yep I found it! Wow it's small.

But the great looking 1919 is a D
the 1918 is also a D
and the 1917 is an S
the rest are none.

my plan was to sell lots of my finds to pay for my detector but... I develop an emotional love for all my finds
Has anyone had luck selling dimes? is there a market for them besides silver value?

Unless you find a key date coin most just go for melt value,here's a link on the current price for silver coin melt value, hope you find more to add to your totals, you've got $10.22 so far www.coinflation.com/silver_coin_values.html

 

[CA.KID]

Nice score ! I haven't found any siver dimes yet !