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Old 06-04-2012, 12:42 AM
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FIRST SILVER EVER TODAY!!! I drove past an ol ball park today and noticed that just outside the fence they had been grading and digging the soil and grass. It was all tore up. I dug one signal and found a pull tab and glanced some silver out of the corner of my eye. It was this Merc dime! Woooooohoooooooo!!! Wish I had a machine that could read deeper!
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Old 06-04-2012, 01:10 AM
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Great looking Merc! well done! beautiful coin.

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Old 06-04-2012, 01:12 AM
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Nice silver! Good work!

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Old 06-04-2012, 01:12 AM
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That's a sweet coin, awesome shape, congrats!

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Old 06-04-2012, 01:18 AM
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Thats one clean merc!! Gratz

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Old 06-04-2012, 01:22 AM
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great looking coin, congratulations, most peoples first silver coins seem to be roosevelt dimes, you got lucky with the merc

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Old 06-04-2012, 05:55 AM
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Awesome! What a great first silver coin! What machine are you using?

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Old 06-04-2012, 06:49 AM
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Congratz!
Your Compadre should get deep enough to find 90% of what is down there since 90% of it is probably 5-6 inches or less in depth.
Between the clad that you find and jewelry you can find it should not take long to gather enough money to buy a second, deeper unit.
Don't even think about selling the Compadre, though...others have and then bought another one as time went on.

Mine cost me $130 used and within 6 months, (NOT using it every hunt, either!), I found over $500 in clad and gold and silver jewelry at melt prices.

Just be patient and keep learning, everything will work out.

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Old 06-04-2012, 07:17 AM
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Awesome!! Still waiting on my first silver. I have been out about 10-15 times since picking up my ace 250 a couple of weeks ago and still have not found a silver coin.
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Old 06-04-2012, 07:54 AM
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Nothing beats the feeling of finding that first silver coin! Congrats

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Old 06-04-2012, 08:22 AM
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congrats on your first Silver,The coin is in beautiful shape.
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Old 06-04-2012, 08:28 AM
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Awesome! What a great first silver coin! What machine are you using?
I'm using a Tesoro Compadre. So far, I'm really happy with it! The dealer assured me its a great starter machine and that it is SOLID. I have to agree.
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Old 06-04-2012, 09:00 AM
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Nice lookin merc, congrats.

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Congrats on your first silver and the nice looking merc!

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very nice! And in really good condition! Congrats!

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congrats on first silver! still lookin for mine.
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Very sweet S mark Merc.

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Great find and in nice condition too....

Guess I should try hunt'n sites that are more than 30 years old

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sweet first!!! my favorite.

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Congrats on your first silver!...and a Merc to boot!

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