I wish all days were like this one!

[kimsdad]

Man did I have a good day! I got out to an older grove and after digging a couple of red Jeffersons, I was hot on the trail of a penny signal when I probed a target on the side of the hole. Turned out to be a '28 Merc. The penny was in there, too - a wheat. Well, I forgot my camera, so no dirt shots of it.

A little while later I got a sweet tone and pulled up an old Bell Trading Company sterling & turquoise ring. This looked like a good area, so I checked it real well. I got a good tone, but a large shallow target. I popped the dirt up with my digger and was looking at big silver that was 1 1/2 inches deep tops! Then I remembered my phone has a camera in it.



A '43 Walker. My first silver ever was a '43 Walker. I must have come full circle, Master. Ahh so you believe, grasshopper, but where is war nickel if circle complete? Hmmmm......

Two more items came out of that area, a silver plated religious medal and a sterling 5 way cross. I saw a used one for sale on line for almost $50 - not that it really means anything except that it makes me feel good about finding one.



It's funny how you can hunt and hunt and all of a sudden happen upon a hotspot in the middle of all the emptiness...

I moved to an open area and found a couple of Scout slides, one is an oldie. This area was pretty much clean of good signals. I was digging all the good sounding nickel signals and finding mostly pop tops and an occasional red Jeff. Then I saw it - a silver coin in my nickle hole. A '45 P! Not an outstanding find by most accounts, but after hunting all last year and this year without ever finding a single war nickle, I was elated. At first I thought I winged it because of the scratches, but I don't dig with anything that would make those fine lines. Close inspection shows that it was scratched before it was lost. Looks like someone tried to comb old Tom's hair with a steel comb!



All in all it was a great day! Silver jewelry, a walker, a Merc, and a war nickel. The war nickel was silver #90 for the year. I'm glad that first is water under the bridge now!



Thanks for checking out my war nickel post! It was a long time coming! HH!

[Lookn4Seated]

Holy Moley you had a good day! Big time congrats, especially on that war nickel. Welcome to the club.

[d-dub]

WTG, Neil! Now that was a great hunt. Congrats on finally getting your war nickle.

[watercolor]

A winner!! Give that man a silver nickel. . . and a Walker, and a Merc,
and a ring, and a. . . never mind. . . just give him everything

What a hunt!

[litefire56]

Holy Heck, what a hunt Neil! That ring is huge! Funny how you ID'd mine then find your own! WTG!
What can I say about that Walker, oh man!!! Still looking for my first. Nothing beats finding big silver.
I'm totally jealous.....

Now those scratches on the nickel look like Tom was in a hurry trying to escape your clutches.
Guess you were too quick for him this time. Big congrats on your first war nickel.
Great looking cross also, wow!

[etrac007]

wow congrats on a super day! VERY NICE WALKER INTEAD ! CONGRATS ON THE WAR NICKEL , NOW WE CAN'T TEASE YOU ANYMORE ! SO IF WE FIND A WAR NICKEL, NOW WE CAN CALL IT ARE OWN!

[Pocket Spill]

Killer hunt Neal....a little bit of everything! Congrats on the war nickel! Hit the place again....there are probably a dozen more waiting there for you!

[tmanfromtexas]

Congrats on the war nickel and the walker. I found 3 of those last year but they have alluded me this year. TMAN...

[Lowbatts]

One huge honkin' good hunt Neil! I haven't found a war nickel for years. Found three of them once in a week, then nothing for a year or so. Never give them a thought anymore.

Hopefully you can get over this now and move on to pulltab counts!

Excellent hot spot!

[Brett]

WINNER WINNER! CHICKEN DINNER!!

Forget the Walker, DUUUUUDE, you FOUND A WAR NICKEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

((SCALPS SELF))

*** RUNNING AROUND WITH SCALPED SCALP IN HAND ***

"WHOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Congrats on throwing down on some crazy good finds Neil!

[Mayo South Elgin]

Wow - those are some sweet finds!
Congrats on finally breakin the war nickel barrier.
Now the flood gates will open!

[Lowbatts]

WINNER WINNER! CHICKEN DINNER!!

Forget the Walker, DUUUUUDE, you FOUND A WAR NICKEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

((SCALPS SELF))

*** RUNNING AROUND WITH SCALPED SCALP IN HAND ***

"WHOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Congrats on throwing down on some crazy good finds Neil!

Somebody's been spending too many hours at the office....

[kimsdad]

Thanks for all the nice comments everyone!

[DPBOB]

WTG

It's about time......

I know where you'll be today.....

Whats next on your list......Gold Ring.....You search for that and you'll pull up 10 more War Nickels along the way....

[treasurefiend]

Awesome day buddy!!!!!