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Tuesday evening my hunting partner Jim and I were detecting in the woods near a local patk. We've often discovered larger silver coins once we're away from the high traffic areas where everyone else has hunted. Just before dark I got a "27" signal at six inches that turned out to be this rather flat 1892 Barber dime.
<img src="http://www.findmall.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11268/flat dime.JPG" alt="" />
By itself, I didn't figure it was worth the trouble to post. But the next night we went back to the same area. About 20 feet from the dime I got another reading that bounced between "27" and "28" at about 6 inches. I dug carefully and pulled up this ugly 1883 V nickel
<img src="http://www.findmall.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11268/v nickel.JPG" alt="" />
I knew there was no way I'd get a "28 reading from a nickel, so I scanned the hole again and the machine locked on at a solid "31". I called Jim over and brushed away the dirt in the bottom of the hole to expose this beauty!
<img src="http://www.findmall.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11268/dirty half.JPG" alt="" />
Can anyone guess where that nickel was resting all those years in the ground? Here's another shot after I got rid of the rust spot.
<img src="http://www.findmall.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11268/clean half.JPG" alt="" />
To add a little icing to the cake, the last coin I picked up that evening was this 43-S war nickel. Even though it's only 35% silver it still looks a lot better than that V!
Good luck to all and great hunting!
<img src="http://www.findmall.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11268/flat dime.JPG" alt="" />
By itself, I didn't figure it was worth the trouble to post. But the next night we went back to the same area. About 20 feet from the dime I got another reading that bounced between "27" and "28" at about 6 inches. I dug carefully and pulled up this ugly 1883 V nickel
<img src="http://www.findmall.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11268/v nickel.JPG" alt="" />
I knew there was no way I'd get a "28 reading from a nickel, so I scanned the hole again and the machine locked on at a solid "31". I called Jim over and brushed away the dirt in the bottom of the hole to expose this beauty!
<img src="http://www.findmall.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11268/dirty half.JPG" alt="" />
Can anyone guess where that nickel was resting all those years in the ground? Here's another shot after I got rid of the rust spot.
<img src="http://www.findmall.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11268/clean half.JPG" alt="" />
To add a little icing to the cake, the last coin I picked up that evening was this 43-S war nickel. Even though it's only 35% silver it still looks a lot better than that V!
Good luck to all and great hunting!