One of my goals for my first season metal detecting was to find a coin from the 1800s. I reached that goal today!
I went back to the 1890s church I have pounded this year. It hasn't produced anything outstanding.... 3 silvers with the oldest being a war nickel as well as 2 buffalo nickels. Recently I've been going elsewhere digging clad, but with a sunny day I stepped out for a lunchtime hunt at the old church. It has rained a lot so I thought that might help find deeper targets. I found very little until I found a coin, my third buff out of this site.
A few minutes later I had another signal and found what I though was yet another buff. I couldn't make out any detail so I put it in my pouch and searched a few minutes more before heading home. I was pretty happy finding 2 buffs... but I was wrong. What a surprise to clean the coin and find that the unknown coin was a 1897 V nickel! Yahoo!!!
I'm still very eager for an IHP and Mercury dime but this one made me VERY HAPPY!
I went back to the 1890s church I have pounded this year. It hasn't produced anything outstanding.... 3 silvers with the oldest being a war nickel as well as 2 buffalo nickels. Recently I've been going elsewhere digging clad, but with a sunny day I stepped out for a lunchtime hunt at the old church. It has rained a lot so I thought that might help find deeper targets. I found very little until I found a coin, my third buff out of this site.
A few minutes later I had another signal and found what I though was yet another buff. I couldn't make out any detail so I put it in my pouch and searched a few minutes more before heading home. I was pretty happy finding 2 buffs... but I was wrong. What a surprise to clean the coin and find that the unknown coin was a 1897 V nickel! Yahoo!!!
I'm still very eager for an IHP and Mercury dime but this one made me VERY HAPPY!