My First Silver: 1916 S (?) Mercury Dime

[mh9162013]

Found this about 2-4 inches deep in my front yard. It was in an area recently churned up from a storm water pipe install. Found a circa 1890-1904 aluminum token in this area too.

Bet there's more silver and 100+ year old stuff buried in my yard, but they'll be deep...

[Rick N. MI]

Definitely an S mint. Nice find.

[Tom_in_CA]

Congratz on your first silver.   Many more to come !

[mh9162013]

54 minutes ago, Rick N. MI said:

Definitely an S mint. Nice find.

I figured and thanks!

Can't imagine what would have happened if it was a D...

[mh9162013]

29 minutes ago, Tom_in_CA said:

Congratz on your first silver.   Many more to come !

I hope so! 

I think my neighborhood has a ton of silver, but I have a feeling most of it is at least 10+ inches deep. Without churned soil, my Fisher F2 doesn't stand a chance.

Any recommendations on what machine I should get to find that deep silver?

[Chase Goldman]

Nice save.  If you are looking for a deep silver machine, well I'll recommend the Equinox, especially with the new added 4 khz single frequency feature, but please don't make me go through that whole "What makes Multi IQ so good" discussion again. 

[Againstmywill]

Finding that first silver coin is special. Finding that first gold ring is even more special! Keep having fun looking! Congrats!

[mh9162013]

2 minutes ago, Againstmywill said:

Finding that first silver coin is special. Finding that first gold ring is even more special! Keep having fun looking! Congrats!

Thanks!

[F350Platinum]

Nice coin! First American silver I found was a 1917 Mercury dime. 😀 It's still the only American silver coin I've found. My backyard produced some colonial buttons, and the front gave me some clad from when my house was built. It was a great place to practice.

Edit: Oops, forgot the Trime I dug. 😀

[mh9162013]

7 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Nice coin! First American silver I found was a 1917 Mercury dime. 😀 It's still the only American silver coin I've found. My backyard produced some colonial buttons, and the front gave me some clad from when my house was built. It was a great place to practice.

I know my yard and neighborhood have so much more silver, but I'm afraid it's too deep to realistically obtain unless someone has some piping installed in their yard.