My first silver!

Alabaster

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Jan 9, 2007
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Atlanta, GA
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Ace 250, Ace 350
Well it all started with the idea that my Ace 250 could help to find a key my sister was missing. She suggested that it could have been dropped around the enterence to her crawl space on the side of the house. It was over a year since she last remembered having the key and with nothing to lose I figured it would be fun to stop by with the metal detector and search the area she may have dropped it. Well after only 10 minutes I had dug up a key at around 2 inches deep, which looked quite weathered coming out of the ground. My sister and I were very pleased to discover that after a little cleaning and wd40 the key fit her lock! :) I had another 30 minutes before sunset and decided to look around and see if I couldnt dig up anything else...

I then pulled this beauty out of the ground! ;D

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1924 Mercury Dime

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I was quite thrilled as this is the first silver coin I have found since starting the hobby! The house was built around 1950, so the find was certainly an unexpected treat.
 

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good deal~

HH
 

Welcome to the forum! That was an awesome post! Helping anyone find a lost item and finding it gives a great feeling, congrats on that find and congrats on the silver! HH, Mike
 

Kudos!!! Very nice coins. I enjoyed the story that goes with it. How deep were the coins?
 

lejeuene said:
Kudos!!! Very nice coins. I enjoyed the story that goes with it. How deep were the coins?

The dime was ~2 inches down. I was using the smaller "sniper" coil with the ace 250, along with a vibra-probe pinpointer.
 

Alabaster said:
lejeuene said:
Kudos!!! Very nice coins. I enjoyed the story that goes with it. How deep were the coins?

The dime was ~2 inches down. I was using the smaller "sniper" coil with the ace 250, along with a vibra-probe pinpointer.

Thanks for that info.....I keep thinking these old coins would be way deeper....congrats again. Keep them coming.
 

congrats on the find, it's always cool to find the frist of anything. wtg ;D
 

Congrats on your first silver bro, and what a nice date to start out with a mercury!
 

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