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Good ole park huntin gets me my oldest coin yet!!! 1893 V-Nickel

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treasurefiend

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Well this morning at 8am I meet up with 4 of my buds in an old Chicago park for a 7 hour hunt. Man was it cold, I was the only one in our group not wearing a Carheart body suit!!! We all had some great finds. In about 10 min into the hunt I got a shallow 2 inch nickel signal. I figured it would be a modern Jefferson but when I pulled it out of the ground I was rewarded with my oldest dug coin so far!!! It was an 1893 V-Nickel!!! All season I was lookin for one and I just got my first last Sunday, now I have 2!!! Later I got a high deep coin signal at about 7 or 8 inches. I thought it was gonna be a silver dime but when I retrieved my target I was pleasantly surprised to find an old thimble. I wiped the dirt off of it and I knew it had to be silver!!! Once I got home I cleaned out the inside and at the bottom I found that it was in fact silver, it is stamped with STERLING. I weighed it and it is 2 grams. I also got an iffy signal by an old tree, when I dug my plug it disappeared. I checked the the hole's walls with my pinpointer and it knocked some dirt loose and out popped an old marble that was about 5 or 6 inches down. So I was happy that I didn't waist my efforts for nothing. Here is the rest of my finds, not including the 2 full pouches of canslaw and wine caps...

The others in the group found atleast 25-30 Wheaties, 6 Indian Head cents, 1 Barber dime, 2 Mercs, 1 silver Roosie, a War Nickel, 2 pocket knifes (1 was an old switchblade) and a Tiffany & Co. locket. Oh yea and and a ton of clad too.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VN_Qr0oOuI

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LOL - I didn't know Ms. Liberty had a mustache...
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don't 'ya just LOVE the old wine caps:biggrin:. I always seem to come up with a few of those myself when hunting the old St. Louis parks:rolleyes:
 
Actually everyone in the Video looks to be dressed for the weather, and a good one it is my friend. Looks as if all of you had a decent day with silver and lots of oldies. I really like the silver thimble and congrats on the old V. To find one not toasted is great and the weather looks pretty decent for hunting and the Park is huge so there is certainly a lot more there. Way to go treasurefiend
HH John
 
Very nice nickel Fiend. It's a great feeling when you can break the 19th century barrier. I'm always amazed that people have the patience to tape their exploits. When I hunt it's go, go go til I run out of sunlight or drop. Thanks for taking the time and congrats on your oldest to date!

Crispytoo
 
Nice finds treasurefiend.:clapping: I remember my first V nickle and I'm sure there are some more at that place you hunted. Hit that place again and remember, low and slow is the ticket.:detecting: HH.

Eddie
 
Congrats on your Oldest Nickel! Sounds like everyone had a good day detecting at that spot. I like the Thimble also. Don't find too many of them and when you do, a lot of them are Aluminum with the few exceptions of the good ole Silver ones. Liked the Vid and hope your success and the others continue. Good Luck and HH.:detecting:
 
Nice V man! I am going to look at your video now,thanks.
 
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