Driveways and war nickels! :fisher:

[jim tn]

Left the house at 5:15, which put me on the ole housing site a little before 6a. About an hour after Mud had already garnered up some fresh drops and a whopping bag of charcoal and lights. I did a three hour hunt mainly hitting some of the driveways and edges on the site, which, can only be dug on for a few days following a good soaking rain. They are gravel and like concrete when the ground is dry.

I did manage a few coins from the two driveways and sides I worked this morning and 2 of the coins were war nickels. 42 and 43p's. The 44p I got yesterday. Just off from one of the driveways I also got a 46d Rosie and a small foreign coin, a 1954 1 Ore, I believe its from Norway. Not sure what the medal with the shield on it represents. Got one the other day, too, but it is toast. Also got 4 wheat cents, the oldest being 1919.

Still had on the small 5" coil, but with the grass getting tall and thicker from the recent rains, I went to the B P mode and ran sen at 99 most of the time with 3h tones and 0 disc. Had a little bit of chatter from nearby power lines, but nothing horrible, Have a good weekend, all. HH jim tn

 

[Cal_Cobra]

Nice digs Jim, I always enjoy digging war nickels

hh,
Brian

 

[zeekeys]

Stop that, I am not going to get that 5" coil!!! Wow Jim your are convincing me that I should try the 5" coil. You are doing well with that thing. Great find and some good detecting....Z

 

[still looking 52]

Jim I know those war nickels have got a different makeup than a regular nickel and I'm thinking maybe they' have some silver in them so my question is what disc do they show up at? On my f5 a regular nickel comes in at 30 so I'm thinking a war nickel would be a little higher. Always like your post, keep them coming.

 

[jim tn]

War nickels are about 35 % silver if I recall correctly. Nickels are a 30 reading on my 75, too, and war nickels with moderate depth lock on 30-31 almost all the time, the same as regular nickels. Thanks, and HH jim tn

 

[mudpuppy]

Nice work! Norwegian coins huh? Think maybe some Vikings traveled through? Maybe to visit the tomb of the great American King over at Graceland? Well, 3:55am..its time to make the donuts..be back in a few to check in on ya..
Mud

 

[kaolinwasher]

thats good for one hunt

 

[jim tn]

I'll go along with the Graceland King visit on the 1 Ore coin. Sounds as good as anything. Those Navy guys did do a good deal of over seas duty and no doubt brought back some foreign coins, however. I have dug a small baggie of them and a few were silver. My favorite is the Aussie large cent with the kangaroo on the reverse.

Worked two more driveways and their edges early this morning, 5:45 to 8:45, with less then stellar results. 5 Memorials and 3 clad dimes and not a curio among the tab tales and other trash. A few robins were happy, though. They were hanging around sniffing out earth worms and night crawlers from the dirt I was moving. Very peaceful on the site. Great morning just to be out doing what one enjoys. HH jim tn

 

[Elton]

3:55 AM

5:15 AM..................... is it daylight yet .........................a complete cure may be to late........... but maybe treatments could help a little.........

 

[jim tn]

Mudpuppy's can see in the dark. I have to aim my cars headlights out where I am swinging at 5:15a. HH jim tn

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[lytle78]

That Norwegian coin you found was just about worthless when it was new. It's 1 Øre, that's 1/100th of a Krone - since a Krone is worth about 14 ¢, your 1øre was worth .14 cents! About 7 of them to make one U.S. Penny!

Now Norway has gone the other way on coins. The smallest coin now is 1 krone - about 14¢ U.S.