Beach Merc eyeball find!

GLASSHOPPER1955 · Jan 14, 2021

Supposed to get nastier outside so I decided to get one last bit of exercise so at the last minute hit the dunes for a quick zip up and I spot something shiny right on top of the sand: a 1942 Merc just uncovered from the northern lake winds! Also found a few other coins and a churchkey. It's sure fun finding silver without a MD. :yes:

coin whisperer · Jan 14, 2021

That would never happen at myrtle beach!! There’s always 20 foot of sand on top of the pan

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heavygold4me · Jan 14, 2021

That’s an old beer can, there’s probably some more good targets around there

Jamflicker · Jan 14, 2021

Always fun to eyeball silver.

GroundSweeper · Jan 14, 2021

Dang that’s cool! Nice spot!

georgeinsc · Jan 15, 2021

Amazing that one would eyeball a silver at a beach. In over 8 years of detecting the three local beaches i have found one silver coin. Of course my beaches are constantly changing and have had much sand pumped back onto them over the years. The cans are a very frequent find. No Alcohol allowed on the beach and then they bury their beer cans. Congratulation on the Nice Merc.

Tom_in_CA · Jan 15, 2021

great pix. I've seen the same phenomenon happen at west coast dry-sand dunes sometimes : The wind (which is perpetually moving sand dunes, 1 sand grain at a time) will blow the sand away from various objects, leaving the heavier objects on top of the sand. And so coins take on the appearance of little toad-stools, where they become a miniature wind-foil

Silversmith45 · Jan 15, 2021

With up to 50 mph winds here today, everything not tied down is blowing away. days like this I have found paper money stuck in fences around parks and schools.

Ramble · Jan 15, 2021

Nice find- it was waiting for you to swing by!

GLASSHOPPER1955 · Jan 16, 2021

georgeinsc said:
Amazing that one would eyeball a silver at a beach. In over 8 years of detecting the three local beaches i have found one silver coin. Of course my beaches are constantly changing and have had much sand pumped back onto them over the years. The cans are a very frequent find. No Alcohol allowed on the beach and then they bury their beer cans. Congratulation on the Nice Merc.

These beaches by me have a long history: one had a penny arcade dating back to the 1905 period and another has been a tourist destination going back to the late 1920s so the potential for finding old coins and such is good.

Tom_in_CA said:
great pix. I've seen the same phenomenon happen at west coast dry-sand dunes sometimes : The wind (which is perpetually moving sand dunes, 1 sand grain at a time) will blow the sand away from various objects, leaving the heavier objects on top of the sand. And so coins take on the appearance of little toad-stools, where they become a miniature wind-foil

THIS^^^ is exactly what I was talking about and I use it to my utmost advantage. Those blustery winter days when the northern lake winds blast in finds me bundled up (sometimes getting sand-blasted) scouring the fresh sand-layers looking for goodies, many times without a MD just using my eyes. And yes, the erosion damage to the shoreline gets pretty extensive.

cellrdwellr · Jan 17, 2021

I would be back out there with the detector before mother nature covers it all back up, awesome eyeball find!

Beach Merc eyeball find!

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