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10-15-2007, 9:09 AM Herschel Joined on 01-30-2006 Monterey, Louisiana Posts 3,149 Some metal I detected Walking along a dusty dirt road, I just happened to see this 1943 Mercury Dime. Detected this one with my eyes. My gold stinger was in the closet at the house. This could have just as easily been a 20 dollar gold piece folks, so keep your eyes peeled. I could have personally lost this one when I was a kid while in the woods hunting or maybe riding a horse. No telling how many bulldozers, tractors, combines, trucks etc have run over this one and it's still in pretty good shape for the shape it's in. http://forum.goldgrubbin.com/forum/photos/members_other_pictures/images/30978/original.aspx http://forum.goldgrubbin.com/forum/photos/members_other_pictures/images/30979/original.aspx Herschel "Chief Instigator" Stop "Poly-Ticks" in Washington!! (definitian) Poly: many Ticks: blood suckin' insects    Report

10-15-2007, 10:40 AM twig/al Joined on 01-24-2006 Gadsden, Alabama Posts 4,627 Re: Some metal I detected Herschel, Good looking find!!! twig/al Alabama Prospecting Supply www.alabamaprospectingsupply.com Email: tom@alabamaprospectingsupply.com Southeast Treasure Hunters Forum www.southeasttreasurehunters.com    Report

10-15-2007, 5:58 PM kellybrookme Joined on 01-30-2006 Boothbay Harbor, Maine Posts 144 Re: Some metal I detected Great Dime and pictures Herschel!!!! How did you get such good ones? What did you use for a camera? There was an 1877 dime in that clay pot we found. We are the gold in Gods pan!    Report

10-15-2007, 6:12 PM Gold seeker Joined on 06-03-2006 Bluffton South Carolina Posts 475 Re: Some metal I detected Kellybrookeme, Can we see a picture of the 1877 dime? Skip Email: den7cubs"at"hargray.com Seek and Ye Shall Find, and when you find It thank GOD!!! Treat the Earth well It was not given to you by your Parents, It was loaned to you by your Children.    Report

10-15-2007, 6:31 PM kellybrookme Joined on 01-30-2006 Boothbay Harbor, Maine Posts 144 Re: Some metal I detected Sure Skip! I was just reading a post on that Maine md site on how to get a good picture of a coin. I will try it and post it as soon as I can. We are the gold in Gods pan!    Report

10-16-2007, 6:18 AM Herschel Joined on 01-30-2006 Monterey, Louisiana Posts 3,149 Re: Some metal I detected kellybrookme, I used a Kodak EasyShare CX 7530 digital camera set on the "closeup" (for pictures closer than 28 inches") setting. Turned the flash off and lighted the dime with a halogen desk lamp. I zoomed in on the coin from about 12 inches out until it filled the window, focused and shot. I put the coin on black construction paper for contrast. Anything shiney will reflect light back into the camera and cause a glare.  One other great photographery trick is to take lots of photos and use the best ones. You'll sure have a heap of not so good ones. Costs nothing to do that with a digital camera, and all you have to do is press delete to get rid of a bad one. The biggest cause of bad pictures is taking them from too far away. Unless you are shooting scenery of course. For good pictures of objects and people, shoot from as close as possible, and take a bunch of pictures then pick out the best and trash the rest. Herschel "Chief Instigator" Stop "Poly-Ticks" in Washington!! (definitian) Poly: many Ticks: blood suckin' insects    Report

10-16-2007, 5:14 PM kellybrookme Joined on 01-30-2006 Boothbay Harbor, Maine Posts 144 Re: Some metal I detected Here are a couple pictures of the dime. http://forum.goldgrubbin.com/forum/photos/members_other_pictures/picture31080.aspx http://forum.goldgrubbin.com/forum/photos/members_other_pictures/picture31081.aspx We are the gold in Gods pan!    Report

10-16-2007, 5:25 PM kellybrookme Joined on 01-30-2006 Boothbay Harbor, Maine Posts 144 Re: Some metal I detected Herschel, This is great info! I was using a FUJI Finepix S700. I was using a white background. I had it on closeup but could not zoom without distortion. I'm reading the book to see if I can figure out why it won't zoom in closeup. I was out in another forum and found this on getting better pics of coins. Thats how I got the pictures of the dime. I am going to try it on a few of my nuggets to see how it works with them. This is the link. http://www.metaldetectingmaine.com/index.php?topic=1105.0 We are the gold in Gods pan!    Report

10-16-2007, 6:34 PM Herschel Joined on 01-30-2006 Monterey, Louisiana Posts 3,149 Re: Some metal I detected Look at his photo's here. http://www.metaldetectingmaine.com/index.php?topic=1105.0 Then look at them after I got through with them. Here.  http://forum.goldgrubbin.com/forum/photos/members_other_pictures/images/31099/original.aspx Which are better? Herschel "Chief Instigator" Stop "Poly-Ticks" in Washington!! (definitian) Poly: many Ticks: blood suckin' insects    Report

10-16-2007, 6:45 PM Herschel Joined on 01-30-2006 Monterey, Louisiana Posts 3,149 Re: Some metal I detected Well, I guess they look about the same. My enhancement didn't do much.  He sure went through a lot of steps. I didn't have to do all that. My biggest problem is not doing the picture, I have to post to an online gallery in order to copy my own picture and put it in my pictures, and then I can upload to the forum. It's a Koday software thing. If you have their software/camera, they don't want it simple to move it out of Kodak software. I cannot right click and copy one of my own pictures in Kodac Easyshare.  It's "easy" to "share" on line with their software. But doing anything else is a pain and a BUMMER! That clay pot should be priceless. Tell us about all the other coins. This sounds really neat. Herschel "Chief Instigator" Stop "Poly-Ticks" in Washington!! (definitian) Poly: many Ticks: blood suckin' insects    Report

10-16-2007, 7:09 PM kellybrookme Joined on 01-30-2006 Boothbay Harbor, Maine Posts 144 Re: Some metal I detected Man have I got a lot to learn! What you did with his pictures is just what I wanted to do with the dime. I just need more practice. ya,  more practice  I'll go through the other coins and let you what I find. If I can figure this picture thing out I'll post a few more. Take care, Tom We are the gold in Gods pan!    Report

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