Hit The Nickel Trifecta Today

[Don in South Jersey]

Took my E-trac to a well searched park today and with the SEF 15X12 and the D.O.C. swingy thingy, pulled a buffalo nickel, a V nickel, & a shield nickel. All were pulled between 7-8 inches. Unfortunately I can only read one date 1906 on the V nickel, I can make out the shield and the buffalo on the other. The numbers on the E-trac were all over the place when I glanced at the screen and the signals were broken, not coming in crisp, but it was a repeatable signal from both directions. They were 3/4 down on the depth meter so I figured it was worth digging even though the sounds were broken at times. It is hard to see the shield and the V in the pictures as you have to turn the coin for the light to reflect it the right way.

 

[BarberDan]

That's pretty awesome! Not too many pull the trifecta....should of went for the grandslam and got a war nickel...lol. I love the old nickels, some of my favorite coins to pull.

 

[utahshovelhead]

I love the designs on the nickles. Especially the shield nickle's vintage style and design are so cool but hard to find any that are in good enough shape to get a good look at. A shiney find is a very rare occurance. I have tried this little trick I read about here on the fourm. Take a small Ketchup container you get at one of the food places around and stick your nickle in for a day or week. The acid helps clean the dark off a bit but is not too harsh. OF course...ONLY do this on the coins that are in rough shape and not to any that U define as very valuable. Mine have turned out pretty good and cleaned up as good as can be expected.

Great trifecta!

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

Nice job Don! Dug them thru broken sounds too! Good job!

 

[Agseeker]

Great finds! Nickels are so much fun to find because you just don't find that many.

 

[E-Trac-Ohio]

I like it !

 

[moose]

Excellent Don, I also love digging nickles and it sux that the erosion got the best of them.

Thanks for pic's and congrats,

Moose