This May Be The Find Of My Lifetime!

Thanks for all the awesome replies! I remember reading other peoples' "big score" threads and wondered when my ship would come in. I must say it feels like finding a pirates' treasure! So nice just to look at that pile on my desk. I plan to go through them all good and slow, savouring the moment for all it's worth. Gotta enjoy the moment in the sun. I agree, I can still have fun CRH'ing even if I never catch "the big one" again. I'll always be able to reminisce on this find. By the way, the merc was a 1945. A cursory glance indicates most of them are from the 1960s and 1950s, but there are quite a few from the 1940s and some 1930's. There are a few George V's (1915, 1918x2, 1919, and 1936).

Prior to this, my grand total finds of silver in the wild was two dimes.

That is an insane find! Congrats!

Nice finds!

CONGRATS!

That is one great pickup..congrats!!

The 1915 is a key date sort of...

So the official census is as follows:

US: 1945 Mercury

Canada:

1910's: 1915, 1918(2), 1919

1930's: 1936, 1938, 1939

1940's: 1940(2), 1941(3), 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945(3), 1947(2), 1947ml(5), 1949(4)

1950's: 1950(8), 1951(3), 1952(2), 1953(3), 1954, 1955(3), 1956(5), 1957(5), 1958(3), 1959(7)

1960's: 1960(13), 1961(13), 1962(10), 1963(12), 1964(6), 1965(6), 1966(7), 1967(9), 1968(8)

All coins look heavily circulated have lost their original lustre, which leads me to believe that these sat in grandpa's coin jar in the basement or garage for the last thirty years. There were quite a few nickel dimes dating from the late sixties and early seventies with a few additions from the early eighties. So I guess it was sitting forgotten somewhere for about 25 years. When grandpa kicked the bucket they were rolled and sent off to the bank without much thought. I suppose he doesn't need them anymore.

One time my son got a roll of dimes at the back which turned out to all be silver Roosevelts except for one non silver.