1867 Shield,1936 buffalo

Diggerjonny

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Dropped the wife off at work, stopped by the Giving Hill to see what might turn up. Hunted a part of the hill i usually stay away from, i was told it was all fill dirt. Second hole was the shield Nickel . Game on! I managed to pull up a few modern zincs, can slaw. Then i went to a part of the hill i call the Dead Zone. All the detecters ive tried here act like they are broke or have an EMI issue. I got a real crusty broke nickel tone on my ORX. Up came the Buffalo nickel. pretty good day. Happy Hunting!
 

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Dear Santa,

I've been very good this year. I've dug lots and lots of nickels and recycled a lot of pull tabs. May I please have a shield nickel the next time I go detecting?

Signed,
ToySoldier
 
Congrats on the oldies. I love digging old nickels. I dug my only shield nick this year , less detail than yours. And Buffs always a welcome find. HH Mark
 
Way to stick to it and get the goods, a nice set of early nickels!

Thank you getting alot harder to pull coins from here.


Dear Santa,

I've been very good this year. I've dug lots and lots of nickels and recycled a lot of pull tabs. May I please have a shield nickel the next time I go detecting?

Signed,
ToySoldier

Thank you. Merry Christmas



Congrats on the oldies, Jon! :woot:

Thanks Wolf-Dog!
 
Congrats on the old nickels! They even have dates! That’s a rarity around here...
Thank you,most of them i find are smooth


Congrats on the nickels .Great detail on the photos , everything shows up nicely .

Thank you. I always try to take a pic with a-lot of detail.


Congrats on the oldies. I love digging old nickels. I dug my only shield nick this year , less detail than yours. And Buffs always a welcome find. HH Mark

Thank you. Those shield Nickles are hard to come by
 
That’s a nice Buffalo, great details! Congrats!
Thank you.


Diggerjonny-
Congrats on the nickels. If you want to clean them up a bit, try this.
I'd be interested to see how those clean up.

https://youtu.be/XgUBjaEAFpA

Thank you. I will give this a try.



That site has been a real blessing to you Jonny. Congrats on a a beautiful Buffalo and the Shield Nickel's. Trapper

Thank you Trapper. This hill holds a lot more history than i will every find
 
Good pix. And even though the ground is never kind to old nickels, I never get tired of seeing the sickly brown corroded disks :laughing: Luv that first in-situ pix.
 
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