V nickel

[rcasi44]

:spin: I found this 1902 nickel in the sidewalk strip in front of the old high school. It started to rain so I had to leave. Rob

 

[Blackbeard]

Very nice! When was the school you were searching built?

 

[rcasi44]

The school was built in 1909. Here is a picture. Interestingly the school must be hunted a lot but they must use a high discrimination setting. I've got 45 nickels out of half of the front lawn so far. I've never found a silver coin, and only one other v nickel (1907). Rob

 

[Blackbeard]

Here is a picture. Interestingly the school must be hunted a lot but they must use a high discrimination setting. I've got 45 nickels out of half of the front lawn so far.

That's why I use as little discrimination as possible (especially on so called "hunted out" areas) and always dig everything that repeats. You'll get all the goodies other people miss. It annoys me to think I might be missing something good just because I'm too lazy to dig the trash.

45 nickels? Wow. How many were clad?

Interesting picture. Did you have to get special permission to hunt the school? My town considers most areas like that historical and strictly off limits.

 

[rcasi44]

Schools are public property in Illinois. As I said in the first post I've never found a silver coin which is why I believe it has been hit hard. All the coins are clad except the two v nickels. i've hunted this school for almost 2 years. My old park in town, 1800's, is off limits. Rob

 

[SteveMN]

Nice V nickel Rob! I hope you are able to pull some nice stuff there even though it seems cleaned out.

 

[Ed in KC]

Very nice find!

 

[billiard rich]

Very nice find. Nice picture of the school too. That tower on the front of the school kind of makes it look a bit like the old Joliet prison.

HH

Rich

 

[Don]

Very nice nickel!!! WTG!!!

 

[FXDiz]

The school was built in 1909. Here is a picture. Interestingly the school must be hunted a lot but they must use a high discrimination setting. I've got 45 nickels out of half of the front lawn so far. I've never found a silver coin, and only one other v nickel (1907). Rob

rcasi44, is that the school that had the old slide type fire escape on the other side? If so, my dad went there as a kid. I can't remember the location exactly, but he took my brother and I there to show us when we were kids. Had a story about waiting at the bottom to watch the girls slide down. Their skirts didn't make the slide very well.

 

[afpilot64]

Gotta love those sidewalk finds!

 

[Robin D]

That nickel is in good shape. Nice find.

RD

 

[rcasi44]

I don't remember a slide. Rob

 

[TH_froehlich]

Nice nickel!!!

 

[ModernDayWarrior]

That nickel came out of the ground in nice shape. Mine always come out red.

 

[rcasi44]

My nickel was red also when it came out of the ground. Must coins except silver are that dark red here in my area of Illinois. Rob

 

[t=md2]

I found a 1902 V to day and it started raining within 20min. mine came out
greenish. I didn't know of the V nickel till I looked it up.
your's look in better condition.

good hunting
steve