THANK YOU ACE 350!! (finally)

[cjon455]

ok so these first 3 days with my 350 have been frustrating to say the least.yeah on my first hour of my first day i did find a sterling silver ring, but it was a aggravating after that. Jumpy signals, ghost signals, and the final straw was when my bounty hunter found a quarter at 4 inches and my ace kinda struggled with it. so on the phone with garrett i was and the tech support guy informed me of highly mineralized soil in my area?? never heard of such a thing. I struggled with the thought of turning my sensitivity down to nearly half because of the potential of losing depth (the whole reason i bought the ace) but i did it anyway. I had an hour of daylight left so i headed to my brothers house circa 1920s. right away i was hitting clad pennies (late 60s). my brother informed me of an old exit door near the side of his house that was covered in siding. I imagined the people in the early days who used it and headed from that area towards the street. Within a few feet i hit a wheatie (1948) and i told my son, this has got to be it, if theres a 48 wheat in here we SHOULD be able to hit silver. low and behold 3" away from the wheat pops out OUR FIRST SILVER COIN!! a 1943 mercury dime, yeah i know guys its only a dime but this is literally the reason i popped on a more expensive detector!! I thought i broke my sons hand i slapped it five so hard lol. Feels great to finally hit silver and you better believe i will be hitting that again even if i have to re sod his entire yard. Thanks for reading my first novel and HH I cant believe how good of shape that merc is in

 

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[lilstik86]

That's awesome man! I have an old school Garrett Ace 100 and I found a 1943 quarter and a 1959 dime a couple of days ago...dying to find a merc dime though. That Merc dime is pretty sweet!

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

You will always remember your first Merc! Mount it on a plaque and put it up on the wall! The winged liberty never gets old after finding one or a hundred! Nice! ...Cheers...

 

[cjon455]

thanks guys, never in a million years would i have thought a freakin dime would get me so psyched. I enjoyed detecting before this, now im addicted.

 

[toddsumm1]

You did it! Very nice indeed. A little patience and knowledge goes far...you stuck it out and followed through! Excellent find. Now I need to get out of my silver slump. Been about 5 months since my silver find, although it was two... a 1912 and 1914 barber. That should hold me over a little longer but not long.

 

[CoilFisher]

Nice job!
It's tough out there with any detector.
Nice work!

 

[Tnmountains]

The mercury to me is the most exquisite and detailed coin America made in my opinion. I love finding them.
Congratulations sir on a nice find.

 

[nov2101]

Whats great about Merc's or any other silver or that of gold. It never breaks down in minerals from ground...Nice finds... Can you say test garden?

 

[cjon455]

last night when i left my brother told me hes peeling off about a foot and a half off his yard to make way for a driveway right where i found the merc, i said youve got a helper as long as i can swipe it first lol