Four Nickle Slam!

[RLOH]

All of you guys get the silver, but all that is left for me is the nickles. I did actually do something I have never did since I started in the hobby. I dug four different nickles. First a regular nickle. Second a silver war nickle. Third a buffalo. The fourth was a V nickle and it was less than one foot from the buffalo. My spots are getting picked clean and all I have to look for are nickles and jewelery. I always thought the CZ's were the nickle kings, but the Explorer finds deep nickles. The buffalo and V were 8 to 9 inches deep. To add to the story, I dug these nickles yesterday and today I got another V nickle. 1905 and 10 inches deep! I wish it were silver, but any old coins will make me happy. R.L.

 

[Gold Nuggets]

Sawweeett RL !!!
The nickle slam is something you don't
see (hint...hint....Pics) or hear of very
often. Congrats...... Gold Nuggets

 

[amc rulz]

RL, if your spots are getting picked clean, just go out and randomly knock on doors. I do it, as a complete stranger I get permission at 9 out of every 10 yards. Private yards are amazing, altho you might be surprised to find out that many have been hunted previously. Thats where I dig 90% of my silver and oldies!

amc

 

[Elton]

n/t

 

[PJ]

Congrats on the slam. I never ever find any nickels. What kind of reading do you get for these deep nickels. PJ

 

[Mike B - IL]

R.L. I know what you mean, silver here is getting harder to find every time out. I have expanded my search area to about a 40 mile radius. HH

 

[Hotcz70]

Way to go RLOH. The nickel slam is one I could only dream of...or more like have NIGHTMARES about...cause all I'd see are beaver tails.

 

[Johnlightning]

n/t

 

[RLOH]

I have dug 40 buffalo nickles and 10 V nickles and countless newer style nickles this year. I have also dug 4 gold rings. I hunt in iron mask screen with the setting at 26. The cross hair box is all along the bottom of the screen. On my Explorer 11, the bottom of the box was dead even with the bottom of the screen. On my SE, the bottom of the box will be slightly above the bottom of the screen, about a 1/16 of an inch, but I dig the signals that are even. Nickles seem to be all along the bottom. After digging a mess of nickles, the tone is very distinct and if I check in pinpoint, it will be that quick blip of something round. I have taken to digging so many of these signals that I have one piece of junk that fools me every time. The longer part of a pull tab that is broken off from the ring and folded. Reads exactly like a nickle. Now for the strange part of digging these nickles. About twenty of the buffalo nickles have been less than three inches deep. So far as the gold, I have been reading that less than 15 percent of actual gold will read as a nickle, with the largest portion reading as a pull tab. I guess I got lucky with the gold. I have told Bryce that when the silver is gone, he can train his ears for nickles. Unfortunately, most of the nickles I have found are worthless because of their condition. One of the V nickles is a 1885 that is all but trashed. A very rare nickle with the date barely readable. I don't get the excitement digging a nickle that I get from digging a silver, but I can stay closer to home and rehunt my older spots. R.L.

 

[scars]

Silver getting tough to find. Went back to one of my old spots to hunt nickle signals and the very first signal was a shield with rays, second signal Jefferson and the third signal was a gold wedding band. All in less then 1/2 hour at one spot.

 

[RickIowa2009]

Nice hunt