1944 nickel with a ID of 09 10????

[Big Boys Hobbies]

I found a 1944 nickel today that rand in at 09 19 today. A first for me. All my other nickels ring a 10 06 sometimes a 10 05. I don't usually dig 09 10 signals due to i assume they are pull tabs....anyone else experience this??

HH, Stoops

 

[sunzabeach]

No, most I dig read 10-06/09 07.

 

[Hollywood]

I've dug nickles at serveral different readings. If they are on edge, they usuall will read 2 to 5 numbers off a usual nickle reading. Once I dug a 09 08 that turned out to be a nickle and beaver tail together.

Hollywood

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

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[migolddigger]

Come on, it's an easy answer. Your gonna laugh at this one. It's a War nickle. It has some silver in it. They don't hit on the normal #'s. I'm really surprised it didn't hit allot higher. Hope this helps.

Tom

 

[NH Bob]

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[sunzabeach]

Your right, its a WAR NICKLE, wow I didn't catch that. lol That will read diff..

 

[Krusty]

Well, Nickels do ID in different ranges all the time and I dig most of them. I am always on the hunt for Gold and Jewelry, so I dig the Nickel and Pull Tab ranges almost always, and Nickels have ID themselves from the 08 to 11 FER and 04 to 10 CON, soil condition varies it as much being on the edge, and temperature may also play a part. Some of these are rare - but in my case have seem them all more than once. I could leave it and come back another day and more than likely get another ID I bet, would be rare - but I bet it's not only possible, but true.

I guess you would have to dig the 100 Tabs or more a day like I did when I first started with the EX II (this is true - wanted to dig all, ID all, and worry about my poor back later), and I have only had it about 10 months now.

So from Savage and Sunzbeach when I fist started they deemed me "The Pull Tab King" with much razzing, but since then I have nicknamed "The Jewelry (or Ring) King". So it paid off ID'ing them from all angles and signal then digging them and seeing what it really was - even in trashy areas, as I dig more Gold and Jewelry than both them put together now (they may still clean my clock in the next year - so trying to brag - while I still can!).

Otherwise good luck all and keep digging.

Krusty

 

[NH Bob]

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[Big Boys Hobbies]

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[Old California]

If you scan several different DUG war nickels across the detector coil, Most if not all will ID different. The war nickel is the only coin to have used magnesium as one of the alloys.

After digging many war nickels the past twenty years plus, My theory is the magnesium breaks down after the coin has been buried for long periods. This affects the conductivity and depending on soil conditions and/or weather, each war nickel breaks down at a different rate.

They can scan anywhere from a regular nickel up to zinc, This of course applies ONLY to war nickels buried for long periods. War nickels from a coin shop will all ID the same as a regular nickel, So the silver content or War-time year does not affect the ID at the beginning and only when it has been buried for long periods.

That's my theory,
Paul (Ca)

 

[Rick(ND)]

I too have seen this with the War nickles as 99% will read like,or close to a reg nickle reading. I heard a guy had one and he sent it to me to look at and while it was in the mail he got a second one from the same site that read this way. I tested it on several different detector and it read more like a IH penny than a nickle. The bottom line is I too believe it has something to do with the soil and the magnesium in this nickle as only the war nickles do this and only in certain soils and not all of them.

 

[James N.D.]

I think you are also correct. This last year I dug a War Nickel that read like a Penny would and I thought for sure that something else was in the hole. I went in with the Probe and it started nulling. I didn't think too much about it until I got home and dropped the Nickel onto the counter to clean it up and when I did this, it sounded really dense. Then I ran it across the Probe and it read just like a Penny. So, I think you are 100% correct on your theory Paul. Good Luck and HH.

 

[savage]

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[Old California]

in the near future results from several different dug war-time nickels the variances each ID at including a fresh coin shop war-time nickel. Really amazing how much variance there is, It'll be an interesting post.

Thanks again and I'll try to post it within a few days,
HH, Paul

 

[pat (chicago)]

the composition of these nickels have manganese copper & silver. the manganese does affect the 'corrosion factor' greatly.

 

[Old California]

Pat,

Surely you could see I used the wrong word and should have said "manganese." Jeepers! Without a coin book in front of me I just quoted what I have remembered from my series of war-time nickel testing.

Are you an old teacher with a stick in hand ready to slap ones hand for a minor mistake? And I'll bet the farm you didn't know manganese is the reason for the variances of war-time nickel ID readings.

Paul (Ca)

 

[James N.D.]

The Composition of a War Nickel is 56% Copper, 35% Silver, and 9% Manganese. For those that would like to know. Good Luck and HH to you all!

 

[pat (chicago)]

i only wanted to 'clarify' the composition of these nickels; to set the record straight, so to speak. i don't think either you or i would want other detectorists, who may not know the difference between these 2 elements, to become confused.

i didn't have a coin book in front of me, i have been a coin collector for 51 years. that is the reason i took up metal detecting. as you know, since the end of 1964, when silver was removed from our country's general circulating coinage (other than the 40% silver Kennedy halves that were into circulation in 1965 through 1970 it has been extremely difficult and rare to find anything decent in pocket change.

as for betting the farm...i have worked in the metal industry for over 34 years. i work for this country's largest brass and bronze ingot maker. sure i learn things about copper based alloys everyday...that's my job...in my business if i substituted Mg for Mn, others in my field would think i had either flipped out or was inventing a new alloy. hehe.

peace, dude! i REALLY didn't mean to slap you or rick's hands with a stick.

pat

 

[digitrich]

and war nickels hit right of pennies towards dimes. What I mean by sloppy is non war nickels are the only coins I find that hit in such a large, compared to other coins, area. Anywhere in the right, bottom quarter of the screen, didn't notice it till I started hunting wide open.