New old woods - 2 firsts for me!!! SLQ & a V-Nickel

[treasurefiend]

Well I am just gonna jump in and say that the place was awesome!!! The only thing was that I have never hunted in a place with so many roots!!! I mean they were all over the place, like spaghetti noodles in a colander. Well I found 2 first for me, a V-Nickel (1907) and my first SLQ (1918d). But I butchered it!!!

I got a nickel signal and started to dig for it, but again the roots were everywhere!!! Well I got all of the smaller roots out of the way only to come upon 2 bigger roots that formed an X over my target, well Twistidd wound up getting it out and he immediately handed me the coin. We knew it was a nickel and I started to look of any indication of a date. I was just saying "V-Nickel, V-Nickel, V-nickel... then I saw the faint head of Ms. Liberty!!! I have been looking for one of these for awhile now and I couldn't be happier!!!

Then I moved around to the bottom of a small hill and got a sweet signal of silver!!! I had no idea what it was, a dime or a quarter but I kept diggin... I battled the roots to get the SLQ, I only saw the bright silver scratch that I made, so I reached my hand in to pull it out, once in my hand I started screaming in horror!!!! I didn't even clean it off I just walked like a zombie yelling for Twistidd. He saw it and I said clean it off... Then he told me the date and that it is in excellent shape (minus the scar I put on it), I was in shock and felt lowere than low, but at the same time I was happy that I found my first SLQ.

I wound up getting:
1918d SLQ
1907 V-Nickel
1918 Buffalo nickel
1919 Wheatie
1934 Wheatie
1936d Wheatie

Besides damaging my coin I am very happy!!! Oh yea, when I got home I checked my Red book on my SLQ, in Extra fine it is listed for $90... So that got me kinda down, but I would rather have a damaged coin than no coin at all.

Here is the coins the me and Twisdidd found:

Now for the closeups...

 

[therick]

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[Great Republic]

a year of firsts for me.Hope we both have a year of firsts next year.HH GR

 

[Hotcz70]

On a more serious note. The SLQ is my favorite coin...and yours is one of the sharpest dug ones I have ever seen. I got a blazer myself a few weeks ago that looks like somebody dropped it the day they got it. As a matter of fact...it was...and IS my only SLQ in 30+ years with a date. I have found 3 or 4..maybe more this year...but still only that ONE with a date. Don't worry about the mark on it...YOU found it...and that's what counts.

 

[jb]

Believe me do I ever know the feeling all to well. Your's was at least $ 180 coin but like we say it's not the money. Beautiful finds and I'm surprised you went for the nickels after one of your earlier comments about looking for Indians. Those nickels are also gold ring reads and etc. Like old Forest Gump says " Life is like a box of chocolates, you just never know whats inside." Good trip out and beautiful finds Bryce. way to go John

 

[treasurefiend]

I found this marble while digging for an iffy coin signal. I never found what was giving me the signal but atleast I pulled something from the hole. It has seen a whole lot of marble games, it has pings all over it and is dull looking so for the pix I dripped some water on it so you can see the cool swirls inside. I found it down about 7 inches, enjoy.

 

[Andrus(ut)]

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[Mike B - IL]

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[king-ghidorah]

WHen roots are around I almost hop a good signal doesn't appear as then I have to dig through all that mess. A shame what happened to the 1/4. A nice find indeed. It inspires me. I'm going now and putting in some hours on the field.

 

[bazooka]

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[Tony N (Michigan)]

I know what it is like to mess up a coin. But it is still nice!

 

[Eddie in Poulsbo]

Very nice treasurefiend. That SLQ is a beauty even with the scratches. Been there done that myself. I bet there is a lot more stuff just waiting for you in them woods. Good luck on your next outing. HH.

Eddie