first wheatie of june

rustynail1

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• Jun 6, 2006

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found a really small community park spent around an hour detecting and found my first wheatie of june plus a 1948 nickel can some one tell me what year the war time nickel was first minted?

 

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rustynail1

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• Jun 6, 2006

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also found this gold plated (THING) maybe someone can figure this one out I can't.

 

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jrdavis119

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• Jun 6, 2006

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War time Alloy Variety Nickels were 1942-1945.
Composed of - 56% copper + 35% Silver + 9% Manganese.

Cant't help you on the other thingy.....sorry.

 

jeff@middlesex

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• Jun 7, 2006

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That park looks promising.

 

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• Jun 7, 2006

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Is that a photo??? That is a great shot (and a nice find to by the way )

 

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OkieDigger

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• Jun 7, 2006

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Nice wheat. I've found 6 wheats this last month. That's it for old coins

 

rustynail1

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• Jun 9, 2006

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it's a photo taken with my nikon 2200

 

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• Jun 9, 2006

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Congrats on the wheatie, and a very well done on the photo you took. Nice and clear, with good depth of field.