Just playing with the E-Trac and camera while on a hunt Thursday. Was out at a 1910 house permission that I have had. One thing about this yard is that it appears they had a structure fire long ago as the back yard is infested with rusty nails and charred wood in the ground. You definitely have to go low and slow while hunting. I was doing just that when I got a nice and quick high squeak among the iron while running an open screen. In between the high ferrous numbers I would get a quick 12-44 every few sweeps. I dug down and first pulled a big rusty nail out of the hole. The pin pointer said I still had a target in the hole so I removed the soil bit by bit until I could see I had a Mercury dime lying flat in the hole at 5 inches. After giving it a little Foo Foo juice, turns out I had found a very nice 1918 S Merc hidden in all that rusty iron. Thought I would take a few pictures and share them on here.
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Mercury Rising
- Thread starter cz70pro
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Mark in S.E. IA
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Congrat's on finding a nice older Merc in really shape. It does help to go low an slow in those iron areas.
E-Trac-Ohio
Well-known member
It's always a thrill when you see a Merc come out of the ground !