Found My First Silver Today!!!!

[mikey78]

I have went out metal detecting maybe 25 times in the last year since i had it. Today is the first time i have found any silver. I found this 1945 dime in New Symrna in a park about 1/2" inch deep. It looks to be in very good shap. Due to my poor quality camera, i cannot get a closer shot

 

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[tchaire]

mikey,

Actually what you found is a mercury dime... none-the-less a good find. Congratulations.

Good lesson to always dig those shallow hits.

T. Haire

 

[mikey78]

LOL, i see that now, i looked up a pic of it. Thanks

 

[lonewolfe]

nice find!

find more, dig more, post more!

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[bigrig40]

nice lookin merc!congrats an your silver.

bigrig

 

[Emperor Findus Cladius]

Congrats on the find. It is rare to find them that shallow.

 

[Leon]

Congrats on your first silver...
If you would like to try and get a close up, you could try what I do, and put a magnifying glass in front of the lens...
Sometimes it work pretty well for me, and sometimes not,

 

[clump63]

Congrats on your first silver. Mercs are fun to find.

 

[melnatcat]

B-E-A-YOOTIFUL! Great find! Isn't it a good feeling to find silver?

Melnatcat (a.k.a The Silver Queen as of late...hahah Floater)

 

[MDnoob]

First silver is a Mercury dime!! Nice! Trivia time: Actually it is not Mercury on the dime, but Liberty wearing a winged helmet.

I am still waiting on my first Merc!!

Good luck.

 

[mikey78]

I will try that suggestion -using a magnifying glass, Thanks. I am thinking about going out again to the beaches this morning, but it will cost me about 10 - $15 in gas. The problem with central florida is all of the areas are all modern and devolped. There arent any old city parks and you rarely find any open land

 

[Floater]

Mikey, Congratulations. That is a really nice dime. the photo isnt bad but like someone has already said Try a magnifying glass. The detail still looks very good. on the dime though.Great work.HH

 

[joey]

its nice to find silver especally when its an old coin! wtg! h/h

 

[JARMAN]

GRAT,S ON YOUR FIRST SILVER Mikey, nice looking Merc.Hope your next silver comes up quick.HH

 

[dudes2112]

If your camera has zooming capability, try to back up a little and then zoom in with the lense. For whatever reason, I am able to get closer more detailed pictures that way. It has trouble focusing if I just try to get real close. Nice find by the way!

Dudes