The work presents results obtained during spectroscopic observations of nitrogen DC flowing post-discharges at the total gas pressure of 1000 Pa and at the discharge current of 100 mA. Mercury traces were introduced into the system using auxiliary pure nitrogen flow enriched by mercury vapor. A very low mercury concentration of 3.7 ppb was introduced into the system before the active discharge. The strong quenching of nitrogen pink afterglow was observed but no mercury lines were recorded. Moreover, the vibrational distributions of nitrogen excited states were nearly unchanged. Based on these results, the new experimental set up was created. The introduction point of mercury vapor with higher concentration of 600 ppm was movable during the...