2001 March 23, GiLL<}}}><, “Two of a kind”, in alt.treasure.hunting[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2023-01-02:
2 1942 mercs from the same hole once. Underwater, in a creek where an old swinging bridge once crossed. I found 7 silver coins that day, and a v nickel. Havent got another coin in the same place since.
2002 October 9, UsterDay72, “Your First Time (on topic :) and long”, in rec.collecting.coins[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2023-01-03:
When I was 4 years old, my mother saved dimes, mostly Mercury Dimes, and periodically rolled them and took them to the bank. At that age, I once swallowed a Merc as I awoke from a nap after having spilled the contents of my piggy bank on to my bed. I woke up with something in my mouth and half asleep, I swallowed it...painful though it was and I can still remember it vividly 53 years later!
2003 August 21, phil small p, “Time Capsule”, in rec.collecting.coins[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2023-01-03:
It contained a type set of the period,which was a cent,a merc,a standing lib,a buffalo nickel,a walking lib half,and a morgan dollar.The coins were all tarnished,but in great shape.
2004 January 11, blan...@tampabay.rr.com, “Black Silver Coins”, in alt.treasure.hunting[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2023-01-03:
The longer the coin was in the soil the worse it is. Barber coins worse than Mercs and Washingtons. Also all the old wheaties and Indians had green corrosion on them also and were almost unreadable.
2004 April 5, Ken Barr, “FS: 90% silver (Mercs/Walkers) -- SAVE US FROM THE SMELTER!”, in rec.collecting.coins[5] (Usenet), retrieved 2023-01-03:
FOR SALE: 90% silver (Mercs/Walkers) ---- SAVE US FROM THE SMELTER! (plus other stuff)
