diggers metal detecting find 1916 d merc

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  1. bryantallard

    bryantallard show me the money....so i can look through it

    i was watching diggers on national geographic S3 E11 and they were in dodge city looking for artifacts relating to wyatt earp and bat masterson and one of them found 1916 d merc. could you imagine finding one?
     
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  3. Peter T Davis

    Peter T Davis Hammer at the Ready Moderator

    Would be very cool, but my guess is that the show is staged.
     
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  4. coingeek12

    coingeek12 Well-Known Member

    as with all "reality" shows were they try to find valubls.
     
  5. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

  6. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    FWIW, I couldn't see the "D" at all. The coin was Fair-02 and completely smooth in the area of the mint mark.
     
  7. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    edited: duplicate.
     
  8. CamaroDMD

    CamaroDMD [Insert Clever Title] Supporter

    I don't believe that...I refuse to believe anything I see on Pawn Stars, American Pickers, or any other TV show I see on the "History" channel is anything but fully authentic and truthful. :joyful:o_O:D

    But then again, I have been wrong before...lol.
     
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  9. bryantallard

    bryantallard show me the money....so i can look through it

     
  10. bryantallard

    bryantallard show me the money....so i can look through it

    I find it hard to believe that they would be allowed to go around digging holes on protected lands to drop things in the ground, and dig them back up. not to mention the fact that some of the stuff they pull up, there is no way ANYBODY would be doing that stuff. digging at graceland, and the kennedy home, and the site where the caught up with john wilkes booth. I get that sometimes SOME shows may be staged, but I don't see how they could get away with this if that were so. if you haven't seen the show, you should watch it. you would be surpised
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  11. bryantallard

    bryantallard show me the money....so i can look through it

    yeah you never know. could have been maybe a corner piece or something. they said the Denver mint wasn't that far away either. but ringy going off that the coin in that condition could be worth THOUSANDS? he should stick to his rings lol
     
  12. ken454

    ken454 Well-Known Member

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  13. Clutchy

    Clutchy Well-Known Member

    OT: There is always the possibility, but if it comes from a source that requires ratings to improve their pay checks, then I'm not buying it.
     
  14. Peter T Davis

    Peter T Davis Hammer at the Ready Moderator

    I don't find it hard to believe at all, but I guess that just means I'm more cynical than you are. Must come from having run a popular forum for a dozen years, ;). Yea, I've seen the show and it is one of the more interesting ones they do, but I still wouldn't put it past tv producers to fake it.
     
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  15. wcoins

    wcoins GEM-ber

    Where's the D?
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  16. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    Ya think?

    And they are slightly retarded.

    No one in the hobby uses their nicknamed like a 'nick' for a nickel, etc.

    And their other idiotic terms.
     
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  17. Clutchy

    Clutchy Well-Known Member

    I think the person who inspected this coin had a letter D written on his/her glasses.
     
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  18. CamaroDMD

    CamaroDMD [Insert Clever Title] Supporter

    I thought the 1916-D Mercury Dime had special known die markers that could prove it was a D even without the mint mark...much like the 1916 SLQ. Is that not the case?
     
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  19. 19Lyds

    19Lyds Member of the United States of Confusion

    Personally, I'm with Peter on this one.

    Most folks fail to realize and understand that these shows are for entertainment purposes and the producers and directors can do anything they want in order to boost viewership. This includes "staging finds". Check the credits and look for disclaimers.
     
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  20. CamaroDMD

    CamaroDMD [Insert Clever Title] Supporter

    I'm in complete agreement with you guys. These shows are totally faked, maybe not a full 100% of the time, but regularly. My original post in this thread was an attempt at a joke.
     
  21. silv

    silv Active Member

    Those guys give the hobby a bad impression. Idiots to the extreme, encouraged by the producers to be the dorkiest diggers in the world. Staged big time, these are not live digs.
     
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