Crusty penny, and my BEST Find Ever!

[filthyflyer39]

Sunday we went to an old school where we have found some oldies in the past, mostly just coppers and silvers. I decided I would try to dig some nickel beeps since not many have been pulled out of there. I started out with a quarter and a nickel, and my 3rd dig was a pocket spill of 2 wheats (both 40s) and this crusty penny. After a little while longer I got another wheat and some more nickels but all were Jeffersons.
I decided to move closer to the building, and soon after I got a signal which I thought could be a nickel. Dug about 4 inches, and it was still down, and I popped it out at about 5. After seeing what it was, I went to show my dad. When I first saw it I thought it was a 1903, but was later figured out it's my oldest coin, an 1883 (and appears to be the 'cents' variety. Even better, I got a V nickel before my dad did! And, I managed to pretty much kill the poor lady on the front.
As for the penny, I'm pretty sure it is a wheat since it was in with 2 others, and we can make out a faint outline of Lincoln. I thought I could see a 2 or a 3 in the date, but who knows. My cousin said it may be a steel penny, which would make sense for the rustyness. If anyone can help, it would be appreciated.

Thanks for looking,
FilthyFlyer

[treasurefiend]

Hey great hunting guys!!! Congrats on your 1st V and also it being your oldest coin!!! And yea I found 2 what I think are steel pennies that bother were found mixed in old coin spills.

[DPBOB]

Congrats...
Gotta love this hobby...You never know what you will find.....
She's an oldie for sure.....
Gotta be some more good stuff in the ground there...
Keep going back over and over...
I think your right on it being a 1943 penny....Never found one myself.

[Lookn4Seated]

Congrats on your best find buddy. Now you know you've got an old place an about how deep those oldies are. I smell a Seated coin in your near future. HH!

[Lowbatts]

Nice! An 1883 V is a great way to break into the oldies!

[cntrydncr1]

congrats on the V!

[Dirt fishing Wolf]

Congrats on digging a 1883 V-Nic., more goodies to come your way, have fun, enjoy the search
for buried treasure.

[etrac007]

congrats on finding your oldest coin!

[filthyflyer39]

It occured to me after a while of trying to find a way to see if my penny was steel that I should try to put it on a magnet since steel is magnetic. And it stuck! This is also another first, my first steelie!

[Gimmie The Loot]

V nickles rule! Someday I will move up from pennies and find one!

[dirtyJohn]

Congarts on the V . Don't worry about the conditon, they all come out that way (except for the gouge, that's on you ).
Keep at it.
HH
John

[filthyflyer39]

Congarts on the V . Don't worry about the conditon, they all come out that way (except for the gouge, that's on you ).
Keep at it.
HH
John

yeah, I have the tendency to cream some of my coins. Probably not good, I get that feeling im going to cut a key dater in half or something.

ps you gave my dad a good laugh, he said the same thing to me when he first saw it