Massive Mercury Spill

[RedAmos]

Wow wow wow! I hit the jackpot today!

I tried a new park that I've driven by a hundred times but never thought it was worth hunting. It's small, seldom used and surrounded by newer houses. I figured there couldn't be much there.

Not sure what inspired me to hunt it today but I'm sure glad I did.

I found the dimes in 2 separate stashes about 10 feet apart. The first spill had 12 dimes and the other 48 were just a few paces away. The strange thing is all of the dimes were in the top inch of dirt. I found newer coins that were buried deeper. I think it must have been a modern spill but I don't know who would be walking around with a bag full of mercury dimes.

Anyway I'll be headed back to that park very soon.









Thanks for looking.

 

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[wkrp43]

Hmmm.....

 

[VERDE]

CONGRATS RedAmos!! GREAT FIND!! Bet they knocked your phones off!! GOOD HUNTING!! VERDE!!

 

[BryanM362]

Could it have been left from a metal detecting club outing/contest?

However they got there, great find!

 

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

Wow,

Great find !!

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[jewelerguy]

60 mercs in one hunt. man that has to be some sort of record. outstanding!

 

[ironman]

Nice finds but some kids about to meet his parents belt

 

[RedAmos]

Nice finds but some kids about to meet his parents belt

Ha! That's pretty much what I was thinking.

 

[DocBeav]

That is incredible! Congrats....keep hitting that place hard!

 

[Nickleanddime]

Nice find. I'd say though it was stolen from a local and they either stashed it or threw it when a cop showed up. If it was early winter problem had snow on the ground then sank in during the freeze thaw of a mild winter. But either way nice find.

 

[CoinandRelicMan]

Sounds like a dream hunt to me, won't happen out here ever I would bet !

 

[Joe1944]

I love the way Mercs look, you sir are a lucky guy!

 

[Argentium]

An absolutely incredible story ! Whatever the circumstances , you took home a lot of treasure - what kind of date range do you have
there ?

 

[Gridwalker306]

Wow!! That's amazing, regardless of how the got there. And to think I haven't found a single Merc this season....

 

[JunkShopFiddler]

MY MOTHER'S FREAKING GOODNESS!!!

 

[RedAmos]

An absolutely incredible story ! Whatever the circumstances , you took home a lot of treasure - what kind of date range do you have
there ?

1925-1945. Most of them were from the 40s.

 

[Digger2]

Nice find. I'd say though it was stolen from a local and they either stashed it or threw it when a cop showed up. If it was early winter problem had snow on the ground then sank in during the freeze thaw of a mild winter. But either way nice find.

I agree. It sounds like they were tossed, not lost.
It's a once in a lifetime find!

 

[Hookedondetecting]

Great Find! must have been in rolls at one time?

 

[cjon455]

and to think most mercs are found after hours and hours of digging and yours are right below the surface, wow. nice find!

 

[rhedden]

Here's a less sinister thought: they got tossed after someone put them in a Coinstar machine and every last one came out the bottom rejected. "Dang foreign junk coins!"