My first Shield nickel and US flat button

[longbow62]

I went back to my new site again today where I found the Seated half-dime yesterday. The site is about 2.5 miles from the Mississippi river and the ground is very mild and sandy. Like yesterday It was slow for the hours spent, but I made some good finds for all the work. The wind was howling all day. There had to have been some gust close to 40MPH. The first find today was another flat button you can still see gold on. The second good find was a US flat button. I need some help with that cause I don't know much about dating US military buttons. Third and last good target I dug was the a Shield Nickel you can actually get the date off of 1867. Which is weird because that's the same date as my 2 Cent piece I found 7 years ago this month. My buddy found a weird IHP with silvery looking wash on it. He did not find much today. I had all the luck this weekend. Two bucket lister's in 2 days. Now that's crazy lucky. LOL, it will go back to frustration pretty soon I figure. This place is right on a gravel road plus it's a farm field that had worker houses up and down the road. The trash is horrible. All the old stuff comes from a pretty tight area loaded with iron.

 

[hoser]

Well done on the shield. That's a bucket lister for me as well.

 

[metaladdict]

Congrats on battling the Iron to get the coins!

 

[Tom_in_CA]

welcome to the exclusive & elite shield nickel club !

 

[Kansashunter]

Cool finds, thanks for sharing!

 

[MasonDixonMding]

Love that nickel!

 

[longbow62]

Thanks guys, this hobby has a lot of ups and downs. It seems like it's either feast or famine for me. One weekend on a new site got me 2 coins I'd never dug before. Those coins are quite rare for my area because there just wasn't a lot of money or people here in the early to mid 1800's. It was pretty much pure luck I stumbled on the site I found them on. I knew the area held potential for older relics and coins, but I never thought this site would be as early as mid-1800's. I am going to start refocusing my efforts to places along the Mississippi river a lot more often from now on.

 

[Digger RJ]

I went back to my new site again today where I found the Seated half-dime yesterday. The site is about 2.5 miles from the Mississippi river and the ground is very mild and sandy. Like yesterday It was slow for the hours spent, but I made some good finds for all the work. The wind was howling all day. There had to have been some gust close to 40MPH. The first find today was another flat button you can still see gold on. The second good find was a US flat button. I need some help with that cause I don't know much about dating US military buttons. Third and last good target I dug was the a Shield Nickel you can actually get the date off of 1867. Which is weird because that's the same date as my 2 Cent piece I found 7 years ago this month. My buddy found a weird IHP with silvery looking wash on it. He did not find much today. I had all the luck this weekend. Two bucket lister's in 2 days. Now that's crazy lucky. LOL, it will go back to frustration pretty soon I figure. This place is right on a gravel road plus it's a farm field that had worker houses up and down the road. The trash is horrible. All the old stuff comes from a pretty tight area loaded with iron.

Very Cool!!! Congrats!!!