found my first merc!!

[hollowpointred]

i went to a neighborhood park this morning not really expecting to find anything older than clad. when i was very young i grew up in this neighborhood and there was a small park that really was only used on the fourth of July for a neighborhood picnic. i thought i might find some clad and that would be it. here is what i came up with........

1942 MERCURY DIME
1947 WHEAT CENT
1949 WHEAT CENT
1951 WHEAT CENT
2- CLAD QUARTERS
3- CLAD DIMES
1-JEFFERSON NICKLE
1- MEMORIAL CENT
and an old toy car that looks to be from the early 60s. maybe the batmobile (its in bad condition). i left when people started to wake up and venture outside. this is a fairly upscale neighborhood and i didn't want to risk having someone complain about me digging in their park. ill just go back early another morning to avoid any problems. i dont want to lose the opportunity to look some more now that i know there is some older stuff there.it doesn't seem as if it has been hit before. maybe i have finally stumbled across a good spot! anyway,it was a good hunt this morning!!

 

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[Huntin' 59er]

Congrats ! Looks like you found a good hunt site for the future.

Huntin' 59er

 

[Getty]

Good spot!!Nice finds!! HH

 

[hollowpointred]

thanks guys! it sure made my day! the spot where i found it was a pretty obvious place to look. next to the ballfield backstop. thats why i think that maybe no one else has detected there before. i cant wait to get out there again.

 

[buudman]

SOUNDS LIKE YOU FOUND A HOT SPOT.WAY 2 KEEP IT LOW KEYED SO NO ONE STARTS COMPLAINING HEY AN CONGRATS ON THAT MERC.
BUD

 

[USMC]

Congrats on the merc! HH

 

[Bavaria Mike]

Congrats on the silver and good luck next trip! HH, Mike

 

[hollowpointred]

thanks for the heads up tommy, but it looks like this one is the run of the mill variety.

 

[SparklyStuff]

I hope don't get asked to leave. Congrats on the merc!

 

[Mississippi Yankee]

Nice job !

I would say a return trip to this site is in the near future.

 

[hollowpointred]

i dont think i will get the boot sparklystuff. its hard to explain........i didnt have any problems with anyone,in fact i waved to a lady walking her dog and she just waved back. it just "felt like it was time to go". intuition i guess. but yes a return trip is in order for sure!

 

[SparklyStuff]

I've felt that feeling before in a better neighborhood.

More often, I get that feeling when I see the first drug dealer of the day in the park

 

[lonewolfe]

Good deal, and good luck the next time out!

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

WTG, on the merc. and nice hunting site you found!! What is the square footage of the park?


Keep @ it and HH!

 

[hollowpointred]

its a relativly small park mud. i would estimate it at about 250 yards by 150 yards. i went over the outfield of the ballfield and found nothing. the infield is where the coins began coming out.then i checked the area where as a kid i remember there being games and food and stuff on the 4th of july. found two wheats at that spot.this neigborhood was built just after world war 2 so the park must have been much more popular with the first residents than it was when i lived there in the late 60s early 70s. i would never had guessed there would be as many coins from the 40s there as there seems to be........ im in a band and have a gig tonight and will be up real late, but i might just go out there tommorrow morning on two hours sleep to try it again! im pretty stoked about finding a decent spot! today i went over a lot of area really fast. next time im gonna pick a smaller area and slow WAY down.