Buellride
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Some of you know me on the Forum from hunts together (CruiserKev, RainorShine, LovestheShiny, etc.) and also know about my new house that we finally finished building a few months ago AND moved in.
Why am I telling you this?
Well the usual Washington state town that I have hunted for the past 4+ years is now about 1 hour away from me but a *new* "Town" is just 15 minutes away now....so today, instead of burning a bunch of unleaded to get to my normal stomping grounds I headed to the closer town.
Glad I did.
Pulled up to a 1905 era house and its curbstrip, kitted up my gear, and planted my coil. My FIRST target, literally within 10 seconds of swinging my coil was a 12-42 at 6-7" (a REALLY good depth number for the areas I hunt). Dug down and out pops a Mercury dime (Awesomeness
)...snuck a quick look at the date and saw 191X 
. Now I gotta take a closer look, gently wiping the 4th digit I see the '6'! 
SWEET!!
Flip it over but cannot make out a mintmark (too much dirt) so then I do something I hardly EVER do....I walk it over to my truck (mind you it is all of 10 feet away) and put in on the center console....I am NOT going to screw up a $500+ coin with dirt and gloves....POTENTIALLY.
Went over the my gear and pulled a clad quarter next, took a second to send a buddy a text about the 1916 Merc, then swung on my 3 target....ANOTHER Merc....same 191X situation....what the heck!
3 Targets, 2 Mercs....LOVE those odds. Gently wiped the 4th digit and it was a '7'.....darn...but great on the multi-silvers so far.
Unfortunately the rest of the hunt was very slow
3 Wheaties that were 1919S, 1930, 1939S. Got a couple of permissions but NADA at those yards.
Got home and finally got a chance to properly reveal the first Merc....the mintmark was kind of smashed giving me the "impression" it was a 'D' but, alas, you can clearly see the flourishes of an 'S' on the upper right and lower left of the mintmark.
So...I guess I LOST at the 1916 Merc Game
GL and HH All!
Oh, and those two bring me to 51 Silvers for the year and 201 Wheaties....Geez
Why am I telling you this?
Well the usual Washington state town that I have hunted for the past 4+ years is now about 1 hour away from me but a *new* "Town" is just 15 minutes away now....so today, instead of burning a bunch of unleaded to get to my normal stomping grounds I headed to the closer town.
Glad I did.
Pulled up to a 1905 era house and its curbstrip, kitted up my gear, and planted my coil. My FIRST target, literally within 10 seconds of swinging my coil was a 12-42 at 6-7" (a REALLY good depth number for the areas I hunt). Dug down and out pops a Mercury dime (Awesomeness
)...snuck a quick look at the date and saw 191X . Now I gotta take a closer look, gently wiping the 4th digit I see the '6'! SWEET!!Flip it over but cannot make out a mintmark (too much dirt) so then I do something I hardly EVER do....I walk it over to my truck (mind you it is all of 10 feet away) and put in on the center console....I am NOT going to screw up a $500+ coin with dirt and gloves....POTENTIALLY.
Went over the my gear and pulled a clad quarter next, took a second to send a buddy a text about the 1916 Merc, then swung on my 3 target....ANOTHER Merc....same 191X situation....what the heck!
3 Targets, 2 Mercs....LOVE those odds. Gently wiped the 4th digit and it was a '7'.....darn...but great on the multi-silvers so far.
Unfortunately the rest of the hunt was very slow
3 Wheaties that were 1919S, 1930, 1939S. Got a couple of permissions but NADA at those yards.Got home and finally got a chance to properly reveal the first Merc....the mintmark was kind of smashed giving me the "impression" it was a 'D' but, alas, you can clearly see the flourishes of an 'S' on the upper right and lower left of the mintmark.
So...I guess I LOST at the 1916 Merc Game
GL and HH All!
Oh, and those two bring me to 51 Silvers for the year and 201 Wheaties....Geez
