The way you respect your friend for finding this site and you explaining how you will not go back without him or his permission, I find that so HONORABLE. You’re a great guy!
It is so wonderful that Chris thought of you to share this rare occurrence. It also shows the quality of your values. Some people wouldn’t be such a gentleman to only go out with him or having his permission. I have only been watching for about a month but am very impressed with your honesty and the wonderful things you do for others without payment. God bless you and your friend.
Lido Key Casino was built in 1940 which is not too far away from here. The concrete piers weren’t even there until more recent. Locals have told me back in the 60’s the water line was by the end of the pier. Maybe someone fell or dropped some rolls getting off a boat after winning at the casino. There were steamboats that ran from Sarasota to Tampa back in that time frame too. Either way it was a bucket lister and I’m loving everyone’s guesses on where the merc mystery pile came from. Always a blast hanging with ya and nobody else I could think of who’d I want in on it for all the good you do🤘👊
@@Jetski-Treasures The Lido Casino was not a gambling casino. The word "casino" was developed from the broader italian meaning of the word casino meaning a building use for social amusements. There was no gambling atvthe Lido Cadino but rather there was a ballroom, restaurant, pool, shopping. Major hang out place.
I’m curious to know why you are only getting one at a time. Not complaining but the dimes you are finding are so close together, you’d think a scoop of more than one would happen.
Hey but even though you were wrong about this being a gambling casino, it was a night club, with food and drink for sale, so maybe there were some rolls of dimes lost by the management. I remember the Lido Casino from my childhood, by then it was no longer in business as a night club but just used as a beach pavilion building. It was incredibly gorgeous and such a shame that it got torn down for no good reason.
I ran into Chris this morning at one of the beaches about a half a mile north of that spot. He told me about it but like you, I too won’t go to that spot without him because yeah that’s his spot and the fact that you made it very well known on the video that that’s how things are supposed to be good job promoting the sport and how to be respectful. Keep up the good work
Only time I've seen that many Mercs at once, was in Louisville, Ky. when a friend found a roll of them in the sidewalk median off Bardstown Rd. The paper was gone but the roll was still stacked against each other. 2 were 1916's No D.
I am thrilled that you had such a wonderful day. You also have a wonderful friend. You SO deserve this. You have found many precious things for people who thought they'd never see them again. This is your thankyou.
In the 1950s I grew up in a beach area which we spent much of our lives on. An engineer friend decided to make lots of two seater catermeran style floating pedal operated machines. They were a lot of fun to hire. He ran a fish and chip shop there and hired these out. I live 2000km away now but wish I could go and metal detect there. Even in the sand dunes but it is all gone now and multi million dollar homes across the beach front. Changing world
It sounds like probably back in the 60s when a hurricane came through probably knocked down a house that was near that area and the guys dime coin collection fell out and got buried? That is awesome finds. Keep it coming.
Well done Shawn. What an awesome friend Chris is to invite you to hunt that spot with him. Then to have the integrity to adhere to the detectorists code, Respect!
The more I think about it that was probably in somebody’s jar in their house, and as the water was receding back to the Gulf after the storm probably got sucked in there from there
So at my local beach we used to find a lot of silver coins before they started renourishment. Turns out it was a WW2 gun emplacement. Most of the coins were dated just before or during the war.
The kind of hunt that can become your happy place. When life gets you down, you can go to the happy place in your mind. I’ve got a couple of those I fall back on. Congrats and hit that place hard with Chris before the tides reclaim.
This made me laugh. I remember my hunting buddy say to me once, there’s too many coins here let’s move. 😳. What? We wanted gold rings. It was distracting. The most concentrated bunch I ever found was where there used to be a Coke machine on the boardwalk of a yacht club. Cokes used to be ten cents when we had silver money. People drop them and they rolled and fell through the spaces of the boardwalk into the water.
True. In average circulated condition, the 1916-D, 1921, and 1921-D are the key dates. All the others are worth melt, or just a little more. In higher grade, the early mintmarked dates are worth a premium.
@@DetectFlorida, when did you actually dig those dimes? So cool. I’m happy for you that your friend invited you on this treasure hunt with him. For the years that you have hunting, you have to have a large collection and the ones that you do recoveries on, do you take photos of them for your collection?
That's quite incredible. I guess the density of the mercs makes them sink to a specific depth in the sand, and then the hurricane removed the sand to that specific level. It'd be so interesting to do a deep dig in the sand, over a huge area, like an archeologically study and see what's at all the different levels.
Maybe there was a ship wreck in that area, and that's why there are all those Mercury dimes. Congrats to you and your friend. It's very exciting just to watch this video.
I'm a coin collector and a metal detector and you guys just had the DREAM hunt. The only thing better would be if you were finding gold doubloons from the 1700s or Morgan or Trade dollars in this quantity. Great fun watching this video. Thank you!
It seems that science is at play here. Coins get dropped...each tide basically stratified the heavier coins to the bottom. They hit a dense layer (probably compacted shell). Hurricane comes along and rips the upper sand layers off (including lighter coins) and thus exposes the heaviest coins. Congrats to you both on the outstanding find.
*Congratulations, and the utmost respect for your sense of ethics, honor, and respect for Chris's friendship!* The guys in South Carolina, *John, Mike, Gary, Phillip, and formerly Charlie,* from *Dig that Beep* probably *consistently* find more silver coins on land than anyone else that is posting metal detectorist videos on RUclips. Their success can be attributed to hundreds of hours of online and in-person searching of public records to find new pieces of publicly owned South Carolina land that formerly, or currently, contained/contains buildings from the era when silver War nickels, dimes, quarters, and half-dollars were in the pockets and purses of every man, woman, and child in America. They have had some incredible days detecting the sites of old private homes, churches, schools, and fairgrounds when they have collectively found in excess of 20 silver coins. Those days are rare, and can't even begin to compare to your's and Chris's collective total of just Mercury dimes. *Finding 125 Mercury dimes in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico on a west coast Florida Beach over a 3-day period of time is truly a once in a lifetime event.* *Congratulations, again!*
Amazing hoard you guys got upon there! Speaking for someone with many years experience in the hobby, my best guess, given all of the coins are only Mercs, is someone either tossed or lost several rolls of Mercuries back in the mid to late 40s. Whether, as one viewer suggests, there was once an old pier there, or they got tossed or fell out there from some long forgotten reason, it would seem to make sense. There is an old time detectorist in my neck of the woods that once found intact rolls of Mercuries at an old fairgrounds near where some carnival booths once stood. So these things do happen, but are incredibly rare. Huge congrats!
I totally respect your integrity regarding that this is "Chris's" spot and you won't go back without his knowledge and permission. Also, days like that are what makes metal detecting the most fun and keep you in the hobby. Up in Oregon, we don't have a huge amount of history, so any silver or old coin is a good day. We tend to count wheaties found and reset each time we find a silver. The ratio is really close to 10:1. My best wheatie day was 26, and 13 of them were in one small 5" hole 8" deep. The other 13 were scattered in a 5' x 8' area not even a few feet from the first 13. I did find 3 silvers that day in the same basic area as well, so the ratio supports. To your friend Chris, great job finding that sweet spot and allowing us to watch your excitement with you as you find each one. You each need to make a nice wall mounted frame of your full load out of the area. ❤
A-M-A-ZZZZZ-I-N-G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm completely jealous and in AWE!!!!!! Congratulations and this excellent hunt! Once in a lifetime thing!!!!!Thanks for sharing!!!!
That was a great hunt! It's amazing what is beneath the beach, only to be discovered when conditions are perfect. Kudos to your buddy for sharing his spot with you, and thanks for the lesson on ethics that you gave in your video. I've known guys who would want you to share your sites with them but never reciprocate. Then, they would return to your spot without you.
I found a 1930-45 old swimming beach, Invited a metal detecting partner, 2 times with him I found a 10k 1926 class ring, then a 10k large garnet men's ring, partner was not happy I love watching your water searches Sean, nice silver finds😊
Wow!! Mercury dimes are my favorite coins...well, all the older designs are favorites. Congratulations on your find. I hope to get as lucky. I haven't figured out to prospect for treasures & look for sharks' teeth yet. 😂
This is truly amazing! I used to live in Florida, and I am just amazed at this find! This is way before I was before I was born, the story behind this is really awesome if you could figure out what it was. ❤ Great find you guys! Thanks for sharing!!!
I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge while you are hunting. The details how’s and why’s of what is happening during your hunt is valuable to beginners.
seems like rolls of dimes (like those frm banks)? May have fallen off a boat in transit going up or down the coast? Or possibly a ferry or water taxi operated along the coastline, and it cost a dime to ride, and there would be container for all the dimes as people got on. Maybe one such ferry sunk or capsized. All the dimes in the container would disperse. Hahaha fun thinking up stories to explain the dimes!
Wow! All those Mercs! Congratulations on you guys finding all of them. I have 2 Mercs and I don’t plan on getting rid of them either. I’ll let my kids figure out what to do with them after I’m gone.😅😊
On new england beaches i find mercury dime on occasion however they are all wasted with no visiable date due to sand rubbing on them. Thinking those could not have been lost since the 40s. Especially since some are AU to MS condition.
I don't know, Shawn, When those people asked what you're looking for I wouldn't have gone into such detail. Because who's to say they're not gonna come back with their own metal detectors after you guys leave. I would have just said. "I'm looking for lost treasure. Have a great day!"
LMAO you know how much a detector like his cost? You think those people have detectors like that lying around or are going to go buy ones like that. 🤦♂
I wasn't too worried!! Spots like this don't typically stay exposed for very long. This happened right after the hurricane and was quickly covered up with sand. I wanted to get back out there, but it was already too late :(
Amazing! I love post hurricane detecting. My grandmother used to tell us as kids that "it's an ill wind that doesn't blow somebody some good" I believe this is what she meant. Great hunt, thanks for sharing.
I hunt also, NEVER found silver like this. I did hit a Honey Hole of " Amusement Game Tokens" after a hurricane. I pulled 180 before I had to drive further down the beach just to get away from them. It was fun but not worth any $$. Congrats to both of you!!!!!!!!
What probably happened there is back in the 40's and 50's there were many open air dance pavilions on beaches. They all had dime pinball machines. That beach likely extended out that far before a hurricane destroyed the pavilion scattering the pinball machines and jukebox. When the water receded the torn up machines were recovered, but the dimes were scattered under the sand. Afer years of hurricanes and erosion your buddy found the site ! Lucky ya'll 😊
Thanks for sharing this moment. Only better feeling than finding a pocket is sharing it with a friend. Another great story you’ll tell the grandkids.😊 Kudos Chris.👍🏻
You guys may want to check the dates/mint marks and look for the artists initials-some merc's are pretty valuable: 1925 D: $415 to $1800 / 1919 D: $220 to $1880 / 1926 S: $915 to $3100 / 1921 P: $1200 to $3700 1921 D: $1670 to $3880 / 1942 D 42 over 41: $2800 to $10,200 / 1942 P 42 over 41: $2700 to $16,600 1916 D: $15,000 to $30,000 [IF you think you need to "clean" one to check the date, contact a reputable coin shop first. Disturbing its condition can change its value]
You have a genuine friend to share a hot spot with you. What a great guy! ✌🏼❤️🌻🐝🍁 Nothing but respect ✊🏻 for your friend. ✌🏼 Plane ✈️ or ship 🚢 accidents out to sea in your area?
Wow, what a great location for you and Chris. Congrats on finding it. …. Watch… some detector club just seeded the water for a hunt and you guys went out there and cleaned them out…… ha ha ha. Seriously though. 50 dimes in a roll so you figure there’s at least 3 or 4 rolls that were dumped in the water…. Great day!!! 😊😊😊
Hey Shawn, that is SOOOOOO CRAZY!!! I’ve only ever seen something like that in the UK, when we detected a silver hoard in Cornwall (where I’m from). You and Chris are SO lucky to have been able to detect that! I’m so jealous! 😂
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The way you respect your friend for finding this site and you explaining how you will not go back without him or his permission, I find that so HONORABLE. You’re a great guy!
I totally agree with you🙌🏼🙌🏼
I agree~!
I was just going to comment the same! Thank you for setting a good example and a higher standard for humanity! We need it right now.
Hell he's tell anyone who will listen 😅
It is so wonderful that Chris thought of you to share this rare occurrence. It also shows the quality of your values. Some people wouldn’t be such a gentleman to only go out with him or having his permission. I have only been watching for about a month but am very impressed with your honesty and the wonderful things you do for others without payment. God bless you and your friend.
Someone robbed the local arcade back in the 40’s! 😂😂😂 Awesome video!
Yup.
Now that’s a real possibility!! Good though! Or it could be some parking meters!
I love that you put the pink shades on!
Me too, & he was serious. ;)
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Not only glad you had a great day for silver coins - but THANK YOU for picking up those fish hooks - no one needs to find those with their feet!
Lido Key Casino was built in 1940 which is not too far away from here. The concrete piers weren’t even there until more recent. Locals have told me back in the 60’s the water line was by the end of the pier. Maybe someone fell or dropped some rolls getting off a boat after winning at the casino. There were steamboats that ran from Sarasota to Tampa back in that time frame too. Either way it was a bucket lister and I’m loving everyone’s guesses on where the merc mystery pile came from. Always a blast hanging with ya and nobody else I could think of who’d I want in on it for all the good you do🤘👊
@@Jetski-Treasures The Lido Casino was not a gambling casino. The word "casino" was developed from the broader italian meaning of the word casino meaning a building use for social amusements. There was no gambling atvthe Lido Cadino but rather there was a ballroom, restaurant, pool, shopping. Major hang out place.
@@elizabethbaldwin8488 Wow! Thank you for the info. Guess that throws my idea right out the window haha back to the drawling board 🧐
I’m curious to know why you are only getting one at a time. Not complaining but the dimes you are finding are so close together, you’d think a scoop of more than one would happen.
Hey but even though you were wrong about this being a gambling casino, it was a night club, with food and drink for sale, so maybe there were some rolls of dimes lost by the management. I remember the Lido Casino from my childhood, by then it was no longer in business as a night club but just used as a beach pavilion building. It was incredibly gorgeous and such a shame that it got torn down for no good reason.
Perhaps patrons were throwing dimes in for good luck?
Thanks for sharing this with us. The only thing more amazing than the finds are the friends that you have that think to include you.
My new favorite YT channel! Love the recovery videos
Isnt that a great testament to the kindness he inspires?
that's crazy, every detectorists dream hunt
I ran into Chris this morning at one of the beaches about a half a mile north of that spot. He told me about it but like you, I too won’t go to that spot without him because yeah that’s his spot and the fact that you made it very well known on the video that that’s how things are supposed to be good job promoting the sport and how to be respectful. Keep up the good work
There are plenty of accurate nouns available to use, recreation, hobby, pastime, endeavor etc, but it is not a "sport".
Don’t apologize. This is fascinating! What a mystery the back story must be
I'm 62 years old and have been metal detecting since I was a kid and never even heard of anything like this, congratulations on such an amazing find.
It was such an incredible experience. I doubt I'll ever get to experience anything like that again!
For all the good you do, you deserved this day!
Thank you!!
Very nice guys... Here in NY, I found an old school that produced 250 assorted silver coins.
These spots are far and few...
That’s great!
I'd never get sick of digging mercs
What a great day for friends.
Only time I've seen that many Mercs at once, was in Louisville, Ky. when a friend found a roll of them in the sidewalk median off Bardstown Rd. The paper was gone but the roll was still stacked against each other. 2 were 1916's No D.
That's too cool!
Fantastic!
I think I have found nine mercury dimes in the last twenty five years all together. I am so jealous of you .Thank you. Robert H.
Being a detectorist and a coin collector this would be a dream hunt for me. Congrats to you and your friend.
I am thrilled that you had such a wonderful day. You also have a wonderful friend. You SO deserve this. You have found many precious things for people who thought they'd never see them again. This is your thankyou.
Thank you!!
In the 1950s I grew up in a beach area which we spent much of our lives on. An engineer friend decided to make lots of two seater catermeran style floating pedal operated machines. They were a lot of fun to hire. He ran a fish and chip shop there and hired these out. I live 2000km away now but wish I could go and metal detect there. Even in the sand dunes but it is all gone now and multi million dollar homes across the beach front. Changing world
It sounds like probably back in the 60s when a hurricane came through probably knocked down a house that was near that area and the guys dime coin collection fell out and got buried? That is awesome finds. Keep it coming.
They didn't say one thing about it having a lot of iron/steal targets
@@zwilkinson2 You don't have to if you have nothing but a silver dime collection.
Not a chance, the only hurricane that even came close to this area was Hurricane Donna and it wasn't even close.
More likely a boat tour or ferry back in 1945 charged a dime and somebody lost the day's proceeds
WOW now the detective in you has to do some research to see how they got there!! Unreal and just so great to rescue so many!!!
Watching you and your friend finding the mercury dimes is so exciting. Thanks for sharing your detecting adventures on RUclips.
So happy for you and Chris very happy you found pull tabs to keep you grounded.
Truly for the people that do this it's a once in a lifetime find, hope you continue your good fortune and friendship.
Well done Shawn. What an awesome friend Chris is to invite you to hunt that spot with him. Then to have the integrity to adhere to the detectorists code, Respect!
The more I think about it that was probably in somebody’s jar in their house, and as the water was receding back to the Gulf after the storm probably got sucked in there from there
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How exciting this is. Love your friendship and respect. Good man!!
So at my local beach we used to find a lot of silver coins before they started renourishment. Turns out it was a WW2 gun emplacement. Most of the coins were dated just before or during the war.
That’s so cool!
The kind of hunt that can become your happy place. When life gets you down, you can go to the happy place in your mind. I’ve got a couple of those I fall back on. Congrats and hit that place hard with Chris before the tides reclaim.
This made me laugh. I remember my hunting buddy say to me once, there’s too many coins here let’s move. 😳. What? We wanted gold rings. It was distracting. The most concentrated bunch I ever found was where there used to be a Coke machine on the boardwalk of a yacht club. Cokes used to be ten cents when we had silver money. People drop them and they rolled and fell through the spaces of the boardwalk into the water.
Sounds like a very good possibility
Great spot!
1921 and 21D are two of the rarest dates in the series. worth waay more than silver value !
True. In average circulated condition, the 1916-D, 1921, and 1921-D are the key dates. All the others are worth melt, or just a little more. In higher grade, the early mintmarked dates are worth a premium.
Shout out to Chris for sharing this great adventure with you.
No kidding, he could have said nothing, & took em all for himself, two very good guys here. :) Hope they stay friends for life. :)
He's a great friend!!
@@DetectFlorida, when did you actually dig those dimes? So cool. I’m happy for you that your friend invited you on this treasure hunt with him. For the years that you have hunting, you have to have a large collection and the ones that you do recoveries on, do you take photos of them for your collection?
@@sharonhunter4782I’d like to know also! Such a cool day!
You've got a good friend in Chris. To take you to such a hot spot is a good man. 👍
That's quite incredible. I guess the density of the mercs makes them sink to a specific depth in the sand, and then the hurricane removed the sand to that specific level. It'd be so interesting to do a deep dig in the sand, over a huge area, like an archeologically study and see what's at all the different levels.
What a fantastic play day!
Maybe there was a ship wreck in that area, and that's why there are all those Mercury dimes. Congrats to you and your friend. It's very exciting just to watch this video.
Thank you for respecting Chris. You both did a great job 👏
I'm a coin collector and a metal detector and you guys just had the DREAM hunt. The only thing better would be if you were finding gold doubloons from the 1700s or Morgan or Trade dollars in this quantity. Great fun watching this video. Thank you!
It seems that science is at play here. Coins get dropped...each tide basically stratified the heavier coins to the bottom. They hit a dense layer (probably compacted shell).
Hurricane comes along and rips the upper sand layers off (including lighter coins) and thus exposes the heaviest coins.
Congrats to you both on the outstanding find.
Glad your having a good time with your friend picking up old mercury dimes,it,s amazing how sand protects some of the coins like new.
*Congratulations, and the utmost respect for your sense of ethics, honor, and respect for Chris's friendship!*
The guys in South Carolina, *John, Mike, Gary, Phillip, and formerly Charlie,* from *Dig that Beep* probably *consistently* find more silver coins on land than anyone else that is posting metal detectorist videos on RUclips. Their success can be attributed to hundreds of hours of online and in-person searching of public records to find new pieces of publicly owned South Carolina
land that formerly, or currently, contained/contains buildings from the era when silver War nickels, dimes, quarters, and half-dollars were in the pockets and purses of every man, woman, and child in America. They have had some incredible days detecting the sites of old private homes, churches, schools, and fairgrounds when they have collectively found in excess of 20 silver coins. Those days are rare, and can't even begin to compare to your's and Chris's collective total of just Mercury dimes. *Finding 125 Mercury dimes in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico on a west coast Florida Beach over a 3-day period of time is truly a once in a lifetime event.*
*Congratulations, again!*
Thank you so much! It was such a strange occurrence, but I hope it happens again! Maybe next time with gold coins ;)
Amazing hoard you guys got upon there! Speaking for someone with many years experience in the hobby, my best guess, given all of the coins are only Mercs, is someone either tossed or lost several rolls of Mercuries back in the mid to late 40s. Whether, as one viewer suggests, there was once an old pier there, or they got tossed or fell out there from some long forgotten reason, it would seem to make sense. There is an old time detectorist in my neck of the woods that once found intact rolls of Mercuries at an old fairgrounds near where some carnival booths once stood. So these things do happen, but are incredibly rare. Huge congrats!
Its a big part of why I love detecting so much. Wondering how the items ended up where they did. It really makes you think!
I would love to know the history of that coin spill! Great fun finding treasure! Thanks Shawn!
It’s always good to know the etiquette when it comes to hobbies and try to adhere.
That is just insane. I'd be going back there after every storm.
What a great digging session
That was a great video !! What a weird find ! Just dimes, no other coins ? All silver dimes ? Wow, one in a lifetime !
I totally respect your integrity regarding that this is "Chris's" spot and you won't go back without his knowledge and permission.
Also, days like that are what makes metal detecting the most fun and keep you in the hobby. Up in Oregon, we don't have a huge amount of history, so any silver or old coin is a good day. We tend to count wheaties found and reset each time we find a silver. The ratio is really close to 10:1. My best wheatie day was 26, and 13 of them were in one small 5" hole 8" deep. The other 13 were scattered in a 5' x 8' area not even a few feet from the first 13.
I did find 3 silvers that day in the same basic area as well, so the ratio supports.
To your friend Chris, great job finding that sweet spot and allowing us to watch your excitement with you as you find each one. You each need to make a nice wall mounted frame of your full load out of the area. ❤
Been detecting since the 80s... this video is insane to me... congrats!
Maybe the size and weight of the Mercury dime that's perfect for that depth. Maybe the heavier coins are deeper
A-M-A-ZZZZZ-I-N-G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm completely jealous and in AWE!!!!!! Congratulations and this excellent hunt! Once in a lifetime thing!!!!!Thanks for sharing!!!!
That was a great hunt! It's amazing what is beneath the beach, only to be discovered when conditions are perfect. Kudos to your buddy for sharing his spot with you, and thanks for the lesson on ethics that you gave in your video. I've known guys who would want you to share your sites with them but never reciprocate. Then, they would return to your spot without you.
I found a 1930-45 old swimming beach,
Invited a metal detecting partner,
2 times with him I found a 10k 1926 class ring, then a 10k large garnet men's ring,
partner was not happy
I love watching your water searches Sean, nice silver finds😊
Wow!! Mercury dimes are my favorite coins...well, all the older designs are favorites. Congratulations on your find. I hope to get as lucky. I haven't figured out to prospect for treasures & look for sharks' teeth yet. 😂
Mercury dimes are my favorite too!
Would love to see some high-quality macro shots of the finds at the end of the video like @DetectorComparisons does.
This is truly amazing! I used to live in Florida, and I am just amazed at this find! This is way before I was before I was born, the story behind this is really awesome if you could figure out what it was. ❤ Great find you guys! Thanks for sharing!!!
I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge while you are hunting. The details how’s and why’s of what is happening during your hunt is valuable to beginners.
Wow!!!! Congratulations👏 Chris is amazing!!!
He's a great friend!!
Can’t believe so many old dimes in one area. Surprised they are in such good shape still
seems like rolls of dimes (like those frm banks)? May have fallen off a boat in transit going up or down the coast?
Or possibly a ferry or water taxi operated along the coastline, and it cost a dime to ride, and there would be container for all the dimes as people got on. Maybe one such ferry sunk or capsized. All the dimes in the container would disperse. Hahaha fun thinking up stories to explain the dimes!
What a big day congratulations 🎉
Thanks!
Holy cow!! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!
Wow! All those Mercs! Congratulations on you guys finding all of them. I have 2 Mercs and I don’t plan on getting rid of them either. I’ll let my kids figure out what to do with them after I’m gone.😅😊
On new england beaches i find mercury dime on occasion however they are all wasted with no visiable date due to sand rubbing on them. Thinking those could not have been lost since the 40s. Especially since some are AU to MS condition.
4:25 - "just a can"? you found a Pacifico in the Atlantic - that's pretty impressive 😅
I don't know, Shawn, When those people asked what you're looking for I wouldn't have gone into such detail. Because who's to say they're not gonna come back with their own metal detectors after you guys leave. I would have just said. "I'm looking for lost treasure. Have a great day!"
Uh, I'm surprised that his detector didn't hit on those "cans".
@@rbs0648 beep beep
LMAO you know how much a detector like his cost? You think those people have detectors like that lying around or are going to go buy ones like that. 🤦♂
I wasn't too worried!! Spots like this don't typically stay exposed for very long. This happened right after the hurricane and was quickly covered up with sand. I wanted to get back out there, but it was already too late :(
@@DetectFloridaoh! Too bad!
How long was it open? How many days?
You’ll need to go check again now that another hurricane has come through
It really makes you ponser about what happened to make them all be there! Robbery gone bad? So cool.
That's a good and true friend, and you must be a trusted friend for him to share his good fortune with you
What a crazy experience. Congratulations.
Amazing! I love post hurricane detecting. My grandmother used to tell us as kids that "it's an ill wind that doesn't blow somebody some good" I believe this is what she meant. Great hunt, thanks for sharing.
Silver! Got to love ❤️ those Mercs!
I’m happy you mentioned protocol and not going back without your friend
Someone lost a full roll of the dimes and the tide\wave action dispersed them.. Perhaps a beach vendor when the high tide didn't reach so far inland.
Great find and thanks for taking us w you and your friend. You’re so humble and honoring of others.
Thank you!
Nice friend - so fun to see all the dimes 😊
You and your dad make so many people happy❤
Wow Shawn so nice of Chris to bring you out to this remarkable spot. As you said this is a once in a lifetime experience 👏👏👏
He's a great friend for sure!!!
Throwing a dime in the surf used to be a practice many years ago for good luck.
9:02 what is in the scoop looking like a chain? Seaweed? Grass? Jewelry?
I hunt also, NEVER found silver like this. I did hit a Honey Hole of " Amusement Game Tokens" after a hurricane. I pulled 180 before I had to drive further down the beach just to get away from them. It was fun but not worth any $$. Congrats to both of you!!!!!!!!
Great job guys.Just wondering if a bank got robbed back in the day or a drinks truck.But glade you guys are saving history. Happy hunting.
What probably happened there is back in the 40's and 50's there were many open air dance pavilions on beaches. They all had dime pinball machines. That beach likely extended out that far before a hurricane destroyed the pavilion scattering the pinball machines and jukebox. When the water receded the torn up machines were recovered, but the dimes were scattered under the sand. Afer years of hurricanes and erosion your buddy found the site ! Lucky ya'll 😊
That is insane!! i'm wondering if they had a bag of them and it either fell off or boat wrecked??
Nice work guys!!!
Thanks for sharing this moment. Only better feeling than finding a pocket is sharing it with a friend. Another great story you’ll tell the grandkids.😊 Kudos Chris.👍🏻
I was really happy that he invited me to experience this! It's such an incredible occurrence that I'll probably never experience again
What if after WWII there was a ship carrying money for some reason and a bag of dimes fell overboard? Very coolant and strange. Great video!
I have found 2 Mercs since starting the hobby in March. Very exciting and rewarding experience
Well this certainly an enjoyable video . I got so excited for you.
OMG. Those sunglasses are hilarious!!!
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Real men...wear pink!
That’s awesome find and friend to bring you in on it.
So bizarre and cool at the same time.
You guys may want to check the dates/mint marks and look for the artists initials-some merc's are pretty valuable:
1925 D: $415 to $1800 / 1919 D: $220 to $1880 / 1926 S: $915 to $3100 / 1921 P: $1200 to $3700
1921 D: $1670 to $3880 / 1942 D 42 over 41: $2800 to $10,200 / 1942 P 42 over 41: $2700 to $16,600
1916 D: $15,000 to $30,000 [IF you think you need to "clean" one to check the date, contact a reputable coin shop first. Disturbing its condition can change its value]
You have a genuine friend to share a hot spot with you. What a great guy!
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Nothing but respect ✊🏻 for your friend. ✌🏼
Plane ✈️ or ship 🚢 accidents out to sea in your area?
Unbelievable. Oh the stories you’ll be able to tell. Whatever the situation was that brought these coins to that area is a true mystery!
Wow what a day!! Congrats!!
Hurricane fodder nearing 100 year old mark. Awesome recovery! Bravo Zulu!
Wow, what a great location for you and Chris. Congrats on finding it. ….
Watch… some detector club just seeded the water for a hunt and you guys went out there and cleaned them out…… ha ha ha.
Seriously though. 50 dimes in a roll so you figure there’s at least 3 or 4 rolls that were dumped in the water….
Great day!!! 😊😊😊
That's a HUGE deal. I haven't seen that many mercs since our annual detecting group hunt.
Check for a bank robbery in that area during the depression! Perhaps a pawn shop that got hit during the hurricane. Awesome respectful buddies. 🇨🇦👏
Hey Shawn, that is SOOOOOO CRAZY!!! I’ve only ever seen something like that in the UK, when we detected a silver hoard in Cornwall (where I’m from). You and Chris are SO lucky to have been able to detect that! I’m so jealous! 😂