Eric in RI
New member
Good evening all, let me start off by saying that you all have been making some great finds and posts lately. Been really hectic lately in my life.
Thursday I had to have a minor surgery performed, it went smoothly and I was able to take the whole day off of work. After sitting at home recovering all day, I couldn't stand it anymore and decided to hit the ballfield down the road "AGAIN". I decided to start gridding once again. Ended up with 1 wheatie, 1953 and 1957 silver Roosies.
Saturday after sitting home for most of the day wishing it wasn't pouring rain, I couldn't stand it any longer and decided to hunt in the pouring rain. Switched from the regular headphones to the blue ones and hit the ballfied "AGAIN" for about 2 hours. It was so muddy, I was covered all over my clothes. The people that were at the park must've thought I was a crazy walking around in the pouring rain. I had a blast though, no wheaties but did manage to scrape up a 1939 mercury dime for my troubles. I laughed because I was getting ready to leave and thought I was going to get skunked. The ATP never ceases to amaze me.
Sunday I ended up going back to the ballfield "AGAIN" for a nice 3 hour hunt. The sun was shining and I just had a good feeling I was going to have a good day. Right off the bat I nabbed a junk ring. Hey, a ring is a ring so I was happy just the same to have it. Next good signal turned out to be the worn 1944 Mercury dime. Cool! I love finding Mercury dimes, they are one of my favorite coins. Always happy to see one in the hole
Next I found the junk bracelet. That baby was every bit of 6" deep. Came up a solid silver tone, but alas, silver plated over copper. Oh well, no biggie. I then got another signal about 10 feet from where I found the bracelet. Came up as a mid tone in the low 60's so I figured it was just another pulltab. Dug a 5" plug and couldn't find it in the hole. Broke apart the plug and seen the thinnest silver ring I ever found. Unfortunately I tried it on and couldn't get it off and ended up snapping it in the process of trying to remove it, doh!! 
At this point, I was very happy with the finds and decided to walk a straight line to my car to call it a day. About 1/4 of the way towards the car I got a very nice soft silver signal. Depth said 8", but it was more like 7" if I had to guess. Ended up with the 1941 Mercury to end a great day of hunting. I can't believe I found only 1 wheatie out of those 3 trips, but hey I aint complaining! I'll take silver over wheaties any day of the week
HH!
Thursday I had to have a minor surgery performed, it went smoothly and I was able to take the whole day off of work. After sitting at home recovering all day, I couldn't stand it anymore and decided to hit the ballfield down the road "AGAIN". I decided to start gridding once again. Ended up with 1 wheatie, 1953 and 1957 silver Roosies.
Saturday after sitting home for most of the day wishing it wasn't pouring rain, I couldn't stand it any longer and decided to hunt in the pouring rain. Switched from the regular headphones to the blue ones and hit the ballfied "AGAIN" for about 2 hours. It was so muddy, I was covered all over my clothes. The people that were at the park must've thought I was a crazy walking around in the pouring rain. I had a blast though, no wheaties but did manage to scrape up a 1939 mercury dime for my troubles. I laughed because I was getting ready to leave and thought I was going to get skunked. The ATP never ceases to amaze me.
Sunday I ended up going back to the ballfield "AGAIN" for a nice 3 hour hunt. The sun was shining and I just had a good feeling I was going to have a good day. Right off the bat I nabbed a junk ring. Hey, a ring is a ring so I was happy just the same to have it. Next good signal turned out to be the worn 1944 Mercury dime. Cool! I love finding Mercury dimes, they are one of my favorite coins. Always happy to see one in the hole
Next I found the junk bracelet. That baby was every bit of 6" deep. Came up a solid silver tone, but alas, silver plated over copper. Oh well, no biggie. I then got another signal about 10 feet from where I found the bracelet. Came up as a mid tone in the low 60's so I figured it was just another pulltab. Dug a 5" plug and couldn't find it in the hole. Broke apart the plug and seen the thinnest silver ring I ever found. Unfortunately I tried it on and couldn't get it off and ended up snapping it in the process of trying to remove it, doh!! At this point, I was very happy with the finds and decided to walk a straight line to my car to call it a day. About 1/4 of the way towards the car I got a very nice soft silver signal. Depth said 8", but it was more like 7" if I had to guess. Ended up with the 1941 Mercury to end a great day of hunting. I can't believe I found only 1 wheatie out of those 3 trips, but hey I aint complaining! I'll take silver over wheaties any day of the week HH!
) - hunting in the mud! Nice finds, I love the Mercs, too!
I agree, there is something special about mercs.