1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

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1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

I met Ron & Richard downtown today ~ the weather was great! Took off my coat after about 30 minutes of detecting ~ I was too hot! CRAZY!! Ron had a great day ~ he dug FIVE SILVER COINS! Here's what I dug today:

7 clad quarters
31 clad dimes
8 nickels
62 memorial cents
1880 Indian Head cent (holed)
8 Wheat cents (23, 37-S, 40-S, 44-D, 44-S, 44-S, 47-S, 53-S)
1944-S Mercury dime
1942-D Mercury dime
1916-S Mercury dime
Oregon Motor Stages TransitToken
a coulpe of golden buttons

This 1880 Indian Head cent is the oldest one cent coin I've ever found ~ too bad someone holed it right in the center!

I took a close-up picture of the "S" mint mark on the 1916 Mercury dime ~ too bad it wasn't a "D" mint mark! The picture of the silver dime in the dirt plug is the 1916-S Merc ~ I saw the reverse side first and took out my cell phone and snapped the picture before I looked at the date side.

It was a fun day of detecting!

THANKS! Neil

 

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[grasshopper]

Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

nice finds, too bad no d on the merc... also congrats on the old IH

 

[RONC(OR)]

Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

Great finds OC I only found 2 nics hope tomorrow we have as good a day as we had today <"((((((((((((((<

 

[Dan W Wa.]

Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

That doe's it I'm packin up and heading for Oregon
Man Neil you guys are doing great, Sorry about the S maybe next time a D.
Keep it up

Dan

 

[Bridge End Farm]

Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

nice nice nice finds

 

[TXDIRTFISHER]

Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

Wow nice finds. I'm baptizing my first IH in peroxide right now. It's an 1881....I think. Why would anyone put a hole in a penny?

 

[Moonshadow]

Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

You guys had a great day! I'm with ya on the crazy weather. We've got it here too. Started out with my usual sweat shirt and jacket, took the jacket off in 15 minutes and within an hour, I was headed home for a T-shirt!

Keep up the good work!

Moon

 

[wyattrr]

Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

As usual you are the man...Great pics and silver coins to match. She's still a lovely Injun even if she's been wounded. Congrats and HH

 

[john37115]

Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

Man thats alot of diggin, you guys are dangerous. LOL You'll be the one with all the silva tommorrow just wait and see. To bad that merc didn't have a D, maybe next time. Wouldn't ya just like to choke the person that drilled a hole in that beautiful injun. Congrats on a great day...

 

[SgtSki in MI]

Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

Wow nice finds. I'm baptizing my first IH in peroxide right now. It's an 1881....I think. Why would anyone put a hole in a penny?

To use as a washer? I've seen pics of Large Cents that were used as washers so why not IH's?

-SgtSki

 

[RONC(OR)]

Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

Wow nice finds. I'm baptizing my first IH in peroxide right now. It's an 1881....I think. Why would anyone put a hole in a penny?

To use as a washer? I've seen pics of Large Cents that were used as washers so why not IH's?

-SgtSki

that could be a washer I had an old fly reel that had a washington tax token for the washer HH RonC

 

[oddcoins]

Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

Wow nice finds. I'm baptizing my first IH in peroxide right now. It's an 1881....I think. Why would anyone put a hole in a penny?

To use as a washer? I've seen pics of Large Cents that were used as washers so why not IH's?

-SgtSki

Oh yeah ~ I didn't think of that!

A few years ago a local coin deal had a Bust Half dollar that someone (a LONG time ago) tooled it and made into a gear and used it in a clock! I can't remember the date ~ I just remember that it was a rarer date. Very interesting converastion piece!

 

[stryker-one]

Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

Alright

I am not that far away.

Stryker

 

[flylaps]

Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

You guys really do great there in downtown Eugene! Always getting silver.
I lived in Eugene fo 30 years. Wish I would have done more detecting.
Always enjoy seeing your finds from the hometown.

Matt

 

[halfdime]

Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

That 16S is such a bittersweet find!

 

[The Buzzard King]

Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

Looks like you had a GREAT day!
I found 3 1916 Mercs last year, but none had a D. An S was the closest I got too.
I can't wait to get out again. I've been all frozen in again since last Saturday.
3 Mercs and and Indian is a killer hunt!
Congrats!!

 

[topdog]

Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

Really fantastic finds, thanks for sharing.

 

[Southern_Boy]

Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

Wow! You have found some great things. I love the mercs and keep up the good work.

 

[kippero]

Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

hey cool finds we still have 2 feet of white stuff on the ground i like the indian hole or not hey look i wrote this without a period ha kip

 

[oddcoins]

Re: 1880 Indian Head Cent ~ 1916-S Mercury Dime ~ 1942 & 1944 Mercury dimes

hey cool finds we still have 2 feet of white stuff on the ground i like the indian hole or not hey look i wrote this without a period ha kip

We don't need to stinkin' periods here ~ LOL ~ HA HA HA!!!