On a drop of a dime!

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We had some snow and freezing rain lately.I was cleaning a boiler in a 1850 house and noticed the basement was huge with dirt floors. Hmmmm I thought as I walked around it and into a 25 by 20 room. Got permission to hunt and first hit was a 1917 mercury dime that nearly blew my eardrums out at one inch deep. Well this got the blood flowing and bam another hit one foot away out pops another dime only looks different thinner. Took awhile to get crud off and saw one dime on back....now I'm really happy 1914 barber dime. Looked around some more and found a toasted half cent and clad quarter.

 

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• Dec 24, 2016

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Nice job! Congrats on the silver!

 

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I was cleaning a boiler in a 1850 house when I noticed how big it was with dirt floors. I walked into one room 25by 20 and thought ...hmmmm..got permission to hunt and two minutes into hunt bam 1917 mercury at two inches that blew my ear drums out. Now my bloods pumping and one foot away bam got another hit dug it and out comes a dime but thinner and cruddy now I am really pumped took a while to clean it and I see one dime on back ... yea! 1914 barber dime.also got first silver double stuck together a Rosie and mercury

 

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• Dec 24, 2016

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Very nice!!

 

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Pics I hope

Still learning this stuff

 

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Ok, what just happened here? It appears the OP took his OP and went home. But congrats anyway, i think!

 

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Big Treble said:

Ok, what just happened here? It appears the OP took his OP and went home. But congrats anyway, i think!

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I'm getting the same, no original post? Congrats and merry Christmas anywho!

 

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cellrdwellr said:

I'm getting the same, no original post? Congrats and merry Christmas anywho!

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This thread might be the "Christmas Fruitcake" of the forums, and someone apparently picked the Maraschino cherries

 

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Merged threads

2 threads, same subject have become one........Gil

 

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Dang!!! Great hunting!!!

 

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Now I see it, cony some great silver there!

 

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Congrats on the Barber dime and the other silvers!