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Old 05-20-2010, 01:53 PM
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Went to a friends mini 18 acre estate that I have permission to detect and not much was happening, the usual junk and old shell casings and on the way back to the truck for a break walking along a path I get a 95 on the Cortes
showing Silver about 4" down so I cut a plug and bang up comes about as early a Merc. (2nd year) as you can get and in super nice shape.
It doesn't take much to make me happy and this one is one of them.
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Old 05-20-2010, 02:36 PM
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Beautiful Merc! Looks to be in really good condition too. Awesome find.

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Nice merc

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Great find! I like hearing when someone finds something really nice on the way back to the vehicle. That's too cool.

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Old 05-20-2010, 03:19 PM
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Very nice dime. Go Tesoro!

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Beautiful merc! I've yet to find my first one

Good job!

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Nice mercury congrats on a great find . Good Job


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love dem mercs. great job!

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Great looking merc congratulations HH

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Very nice find...

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If that is a D mint mark, and it looks like it, it worth about 5 dollars, way to go!
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If that is a D mint mark, and it looks like it, it worth about 5 dollars, way to go!
No on the D it is an S mint mark and it's just cool to have found it.

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The Merc. does look nice. Thanks for posting the pictures and telling us how you came to find it!!!

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