Missing Sidewalk = Happy Metal Detecting :-)

[FooserPaul]

Hello all!

I had not been out since monday night and had a rough day so I headed out to a town park... I spent about 90 minutes digging targets... I nabbed 3 wheats and all modern clad :-( I decided to change locations to another park closer to town and loaded up my E-Trac left the park and turned right... and... orange cones and missing sidewalk... and it waskn't all roped off... hmmm... I pull over... 3 blocks missing on one side and 1 block missing on the other side...

What the heck... lets doeeeet... :-)

Very first target 12/45 at 1"

Next target was a wheat penny on the surface! I got another 4 wheat pennies, some copper line parts...

I crossed the road to the one block part on the other side... 12/47 @ 1"

There were 8 wheat pennies total... This was the first time I hunted a spot where they were replacing sidewalks :-) Fun... easy and a fast 2 silver coins for the 20-30 minutes I was there... :-)

Happy Hunting All!
Paul

 

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[mainer]

Not bad at all!

 

[jb58]

great huntng paul!

 

[Nate in Ohio]

Nice! You found all the clad under there too?

 

[JimmyK]

Nice work! I was wondering what the mint mark is on that Merc. It is a 1917 isn't it? If the mint mark is a "D" - well your in the money.

 

[Gator-Flea]

Nice silver...........

 

[FooserPaul]

Nice! You found all the clad under there too?

Nope... the clad came from the park that I mentiond I was at when I found this 4 blocks of missing sidewalk :-)

Have an awesome day!
Paul

 

[FooserPaul]

Nice work! I was wondering what the mint mark is on that Merc. It is a 1917 isn't it? If the mint mark is a "D" - well your in the money.

No mint mark... but I do believe you are thinking of the 1916 D...

Date
Mintage for
Circulation
Mintage of
Proofs
Notes

1916
22,180,080
0

1916-D
264,000
0
This is the key to the series and it is eagerly sought after in all grades.

1916-S
10,450,000
0

1917
55,230,000
0

1917-D
9,402,000
0

1917-S
27,330,000
0

 

[Ray S ECenFL]

Great find... the missing side walk. lol

Nice haul on the silver.


Just some info on Key Date Dimes...

•1916-D - With a mintage of only 264,000 this is by far the rarest Mercury key



•1942/1 (2 over 1 date) - Overdate type for both 1942 and 1942-D, mintages are unknown but the type is extremely rare


Semi-key (scarce) dates in the Mercury Dime series include:
•1921
•1921-D
•1926-S
•1931-S
•1931-S

HH
Ray S ECenFL

 

[Trezurehunter]

Good day for a little "sidewalk surfin"

 

[Treasure $ Trekkies]

Great opportunity, smart thinking and it payed off.

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

I always wondered how many coins the workers find, when the forms are set Smart Nice finds 8) silver

 

[teleman 2525]

nice sidewalk stop 8)

 

[Evan/tn]

Good eye spotting the tearouts
Nice silver and wheat

 

[Will_detect4food]

good pics

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

Beats a walk in the park I guess ,nice finds

 

[Ray S ECenFL]

Some nice finds there.



Ray S ECenFL

 

[digginer]

rather hunt sidewalks than just about anywhere,had some good luck,cuz where there are sidewalks,people walk and people drop stuff

 

[ivan salis]

often these sidewalks were in place before the age of metal detectors * and as such are virgin ground -- well worth working over =--as you have found out -- sadly often window of hitting them is rather small so get it while the getting is good --street tear out & replacement are also prime spots.

 

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