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fistfulladirt Pillar of the Community United States 4333 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 8:20 pm Dug 2 more '16 mercs this year. Hard as I look, no cigar. When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors... Roll hunting since '77 Dirt fishing since '72 Report this Post to the Staff

vermontensium Moderator United States 16679 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 8:40 pm From what I can tell, they are Phillies. swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
zeewool Pillar of the Community 3660 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 8:50 pm I blew up the photo, and analyzed it under my new state of the art Acme BS-2000 coin analyzer (with optional heat and massage), that can look right through the wear and dirt to see what is actually there (or used to be). Here are the results of the coin on the left. Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15432 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 8:56 pm ROTFLOL ..... fun reply zeewool ... I agree ..... nothing there but Philly mints. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
fistfulladirt Pillar of the Community United States 4333 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 9:22 pm you had me going there for a second Zee, you joker When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors... Roll hunting since '77 Dirt fishing since '72 Report this Post to the Staff
photogame Valued Member United States 101 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 9:40 pm yeh, you must of had your boots on today, that BS2000 is making it deep around here. I have some big copper 'slicks' from my detecting days, wonder if one is a chain cent....... Report this Post to the Staff
Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 01/14/2011 10:59 pm Z!! You, Sir, are out of control!! Report this Post to the Staff
aladinslamp Pillar of the Community United States 3076 Posts	Posted 01/15/2011 02:03 am WELL what the _ELL was I thinking....You deserve 2 AWARDS this year Zee..\\\\And you thought know one knows.., yea your right we don't know...any way Congrads...You jokester Report this Post to the Staff
aladinslamp Pillar of the Community United States 3076 Posts	Posted 01/15/2011 02:07 am By the way I got an "in" to the Hubble scope...sorry its classified.. your eyes only kind of thing.... Report this Post to the Staff
SilverFossil64 Valued Member United States 183 Posts	Posted 01/15/2011 12:50 pm heard that some type of tech that can read filed serial numbers may work to read lost mint marks having to do with density of the metal where it was compressed more or less for areas with/without raised/lowered sections. but probably costs too much to be worth it for slicks Report this Post to the Staff
zeewool Pillar of the Community 3660 Posts	Posted 01/15/2011 1:10 pm I am not buying into that just yet.... the sensitivity of such an apparatus would have to be incredible... Metals can only be compressed to finite degrees.... while it is logical that the fields could be denser than the devices, the effective measurability of the differences might be inconceivable to me.... who is going to buy into this questionable technology, much less buy a coin with invisible key features? Nope, as of right now, the Acme BS2000 is the best thing we have to work with... Report this Post to the Staff
zeewool Pillar of the Community 3660 Posts	Posted 01/15/2011 1:32 pm Quote: heard that some type of tech that can read filed serial numbers may work to read lost mint marks having to do with density of the metal where it was compressed more or less for areas with/without raised/lowered sections. Yes, I recall reading that somewhere also.... never gave it much though until right now though.... The very notion is absolutely absurd in the case of worn devices on a coin though.... the coin's devices might be the areas of least density, but when they are worn away (down to field level), what differences could possibly remain? This is someone's pipe dream... nothing more. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 01/15/2011 4:09 pm Your all laughing but in reality those are both really D Mint coins. They were experimenting back then on how to hide letters and numbers on metal and the D for Denver was the one they experimented with. Many people think the ones they have are Philly ones but in reality are D Mints. The way you can spot them is Mercury is facing left. On all other such Dimes it is Liberty with a Mercury hat. Report this Post to the Staff
zeewool Pillar of the Community 3660 Posts	Posted 01/15/2011 4:22 pm Actually Carl, that sounds far more logical than the wonder machine that is supposed to replace the BS2000. Report this Post to the Staff
johnson1488 Valued Member 75 Posts	Posted 01/15/2011 8:18 pm I dont think thats very funny zee..... ffd is me friend!! Report this Post to the Staff
zeewool Pillar of the Community 3660 Posts	Posted 01/15/2011 8:58 pm So you were offended? Report this Post to the Staff
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