Holy smokes! My first shield nickel...and in Washington too!

[Ray in WA]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised at finding a shield nickel in Washington state, given that people have been here since the mid-1800s, but dang! I never thought I would find one myself.

I haven't gone detecting for a while so this morning I went to an out of the way town and detected a vacant lot that was city owned and had been recently scraped. First target was a 1919 wheatie. It thought, good, there might be some silver here. Three more 1940s wheaties later I get a low tone on my Safari...dug it up and thought to myself, "What a strange looking coin. Oh, no wonder, it's a shield nickel!"

The coin is in pretty bad shape. In fact I can't even get a date off it yet with my low power magnifying glass. I think I will have to get a loupe to see if a date is still readable, but I do know its another 1800s coin for me. Sorry, second pic the coin is upside down.

HH,

Ray

 

[ngrelic]

Nice find.

 

[Hardtack1862]

Fantastic Find Ray.

 

[bertman]

WTG... I suspect I have a lesser chance of finding one here in Oklahoma... Though I won't give up till I find one...

HH Robert

 

[Onus]

Hey bertman, I found a shield nickel in Sand Springs when they cleared an area for urban renewal. They had dug a meter out of the ground and I found it in the pile of dirt they dug out. I tried electrolisis on it and ruined it! Now you can barely make out what it is. It's a 1907 the year of statehood. Onus

 

[Nick A]

I see a pretty clear looking 1867 date in your picture...