1927-S Mercury Dime ~ four wheats ~ clad

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Hello!

After sleeping in until about 10:am today, my wife & I decided to go on a county drive today. The weather was mostly OK ~ just a few rain showers.

We ended up in Junction City Oregon for lunch ~ and I wanted to find a place to detect. There's a little city park there called Washburn Park. I've detected it years ago when I first got into metal detecting ~ I never found much there, just pocket change. But today one of the first targets I dug there was a 1927-S Mercury dime! After an hour or so the targets got scarce so we decided to head back to the Eugene area. I headed to the University district. Here's a list of everything I dug today:

1927-S Mercury Dime
4 wheats ~ 1942, 1944, 1949, & 1955
9 clad quarters
19 clad dimes
5 nickels
35 memorial cents

I took pictures of the Merc dime before 7 after I gently cleaned it up. This is my silver coin find #18 for 2009. Also, I took a close-up picture of the date area (just for the fun of it).

Thanks for looking!
Neil
 

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Nice finds and drive :o Neil. Great looking merc. Love how you really zoomed in a the close up. That shows some amazing detail when you are looking for a die error, etc.
 

crazyjarhead said:
Nice finds and drive :o Neil. Great looking merc. Love how you really zoomed in a the close up. That shows some amazing detail when you are looking for a die error, etc.

Yeah, it's real nice to be able to zoom in that close to see repunched mintmarks, repunched dates, doubled dies, etc.
 

Congrats on a nice Merc dime Neil!! WTG :thumbsup:
Hope to hook up one of these days for a good hunt!
Gold Nuggets :icon_jokercolor:
 

gold nuggets said:
Congrats on a nice Merc dime Neil!! WTG :thumbsup:
Hope to hook up one of these days for a good hunt!
Gold Nuggets :icon_jokercolor:

Thanks man!

Yeah, we totally got to get out there and detect together SOON! If only the rain would go away for good!
 

Sleepin in untill 10am. Heck I haven't done that in at least 5 years. Lord I need a break. Nice finds. :thumbsup:
 

Nice going, Neil!

Man, that park must have been worked pretty hard! Only one merc? I've never been to a park and found just 1 silver coin. If there's one, there's got to be a few more hiding. Maybe work it again on your next trip there.

Congrats,
CAPTN SE
Dan
 

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