My 40th silver coin of the year, and it's a... you know what.

Tony Two-Cent

Tony Two-Cent

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Yep, another lone Merc. How'd you guess? lol

I went to a park after work today, one that I have hunted many, many times this year. I am honestly amazed that there are still wheats and silver there. It is my trusty standby place when I don't have anywhere else to hunt.

I found the 1920 Merc within the first half hour, then couldn't find another silver to save my soul. The two religious medals were within a foot of each other, unfortunately they're aluminum, not silver. Only three wheat cents, all from the 1940s and 1950s.

I thought the clay marble was neat. I have found many glass marbles in the ground but I have never found a clay marble before. That was a first for me. Kinda cool!

Thanks for looking and happy hunting!

EDIT: It seems that my math was slightly off. This was actually my 41st silver coin of the year.

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41 silver coins :shocked04: I have got to start huntting more parks :yes: thats more than I have in proble 2 years WTG!!!
 
Way to go Tony- you've been doing great all year and I always enjoy reading your posts! :-> Can't wait to read about your 50th silver of the year...or was it your 51st:huh: :teasing:
 
Nice!! <:
Congrats on hitting 41. With so many detectorists out there, 41 is a great accomplishment Tony. :clapping:

A Merc is a great one to find. Question for you, the clay marble looks a lot like a musket ball from here.

Weird, I've got a 'standby' park that yields almost identical finds/numbers for me. Mine isn't great with numbers either, but with
careful listening I will pull out just about the same.

Great hunt, keep in mind that I'm looking forward to you posting silver #50 this year. :yes: :->
 
you proved one thing Tony,them old parks are never hunted out,congrats on the silver,very good hunt.
 
The good'ol stand by in a pinch spot huh! thumbsup01
It looks like she payed off again! :clapping:
Nice Merc!
Congrats! :grin:
 
Thanks everyone! Fifty silvers gives me a nice goal to shoot for. (Fingers crossed.)

jkress link=topic=7279.msg84224#msg84224 date=1317781901 said:
Question for you, the clay marble looks a lot like a musket ball from here.
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I'm pretty sure it's a common clay marble. It's definitely not made of lead, it's too light in weight. Musket balls aren't too common around here, in fact I don't recall ever finding one.

http://www.marblesgalore.com/clay/
 
Congrats on the silver including the religious pendants. I see them as sort of a bonus when coinshooting, and sweet that you scored two of them happydance02
 
Congrats on the 41st (so what was the 40th?)! Wish I had a 'standby' park like that. I thought I did, but the last two times there I struck out. :crying02:

I love the clay marble too. My first thought was that is was a musket ball too.
 
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