Peoria Area Treasure Hunters Club (PATH IL)

the snow melted and I thought I would go out for a bit and try to find a few coins. first hit of the hunt was a 1945 wheat. then I found two 1942 nickels . thought it was funny that even though I found them 100 feet apart they were oddly the same year. Its not that cold out today. So did anyone else go out beeping today???


-SWAMPHAWK



d i g i n t h e d a r k

Congrats on today's finds. Still a little cold for me to go out. We have rain in the forecast for tomorrow.

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Peoria Area Treasure Hunters
Robbie, Hamilton,Il
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Oldest Coin YTD 1885 Indian Head Pennie



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/14/2012 04:19PM by geodehunter.

Sounds like a good hunt. Congrats on the 40's coins. I have to ask, were the 42 nickels silver or nickel composition?

Great finds today. Are they war nickels? Do they have a mint mark on the back? If so, they're part silver. I love to see nickels coming out of the ground. HH, Nancy

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Nancy - Central Illinois
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1942 nickels were both nickel and mid-year went to 40% silver. If it has a mint mark above the dome on the back, they are silver nickels. Either kind are nice finds.

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well everyone both of the nickels came out of the ground looking odd. the shade and color . well after I had splashed some water on them they kind of turned blue. weird right. I mean I am color blind but that's what they looked like to me. both are worn so i couldn't tell the mint mark. Still a good day for what day it is. thanks for the comments!!! They say it'll be raining tomorrow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . but if you see breaks in that rain....... ill be in the dirt! like always diginthedark!!!-swamphawk