Im excited!

[Moonshadow]

I'm excited!

Hey All!
I decided to crawl underneath the house I rent an apartment in again today. I went under a couple of months ago. It's pretty creepy under there (lots of cobwebs and funky looking bugs). Anyway, I've been twice already and found 1-1920 & 1-1940 Wheatie and a really cool copper die plate with a Heron and water scene on it. Looks like it would have been used for stamping something.

Well, I ventured under the house again today and......Viola'! Got a reading for a nickel and I found it. Couldn't tell what it was until I got in the house. The soil under the house has all kinds of junk in it, and it tends to corrode metals. When I got the little jewel cleaned up (as good as possible), I discovered it to be a 1908 Liberty Head Five Cent piece!! WOOOOOHOOOOO! I'm just thrilled to pieces over it. I really get beat up when I go under the house, but I guess it's been worth my aches and pains!

The coin is not in very good condition and I wish that I could post a pic, but I don't have my digital camera. It's still a 1908 coin and that's all that matters to me!
Thanks for reading!

Happy Hunting!
Cindy

 

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[TXKajun]

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Swweet! Congrats!

 

[Nana40]

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Sounds like some great finds!!!! As soon as you get your camera back you gotta post us some pictures of all the finds!!!!


? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Congrats!!!

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Nana ?

 

[birdman]

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Great find! I used to crawl under houses for a living and was always looking for coins.Never found one. Congrats!

 

[Crutch]

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That's a great find. Anyone of use would like to find one of those.

Congrats.

 

[JakePhelps]

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Awesome!!

 

[Mike in Fla.]

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I'm willing to do and go a lot of places in the name of metal detecting, but under a house with bugs is not one of them.
congrats on your finds.


Mike

 

[SugarSand]

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Very nice! I always say I'm going to detect my crawlspace in the Winter but never do, I usually only work in there when needed... Maybe this Winter? Nice nickel!

 

[HEADHUNTER]

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great find cindy...Look for spider bites......

Happy hunting

Headhunter

 

[Moonshadow]

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Thanks guys and gals........I'm feeling the pains of my effort tonight.......Ain't it hell gettin old?

I'm takin 3 Tylenols and I'll talk to you guys tomorrow!

Good Night!

Moon

 

[Mirage]

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I love finding stuff in my own yard. That is cool. You must be a hard core detectorist. Good job.

Bob

 

[Diggincoinz]

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I'm still looking got my first V nickel, can't crawl under my house, has a basement, built 1978!
Oh well.... Nice find on the "V" though.

 

[lonewolfe]

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Sounds good!

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[DugHoles]

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Congrats on your find, WTG Work on getting that dig camera. We needs pics.........

GL & HH,

DugHoles

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

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Moon,

real nice find; sounds like you have been working hand and deserve a good find.

have a good un....
SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS

 

[rvbvetter]

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Great find!! Be careful your neighbors don't think something else. You could really be beat up from being under there. Good luck on your new hot spot. WTG!! HH

 

[Bavaria Mike]

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Congrats on the old Nickel and your adventureism! HH, Mike

 

[Leon]

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Great find, Congrats!!!
Don't let' em get on ya about going down into the crawlspace, I did it myself last winter...
Seems like the perfect winter hunt,,, keeps ya out of the cold..
Here's the post I made on my finds:

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,7263.msg43185.html#msg43185

I never did find any coins, but i did find a few goodies...
I'll probably hit more of it this year as well...
Good luck & Happy hunting~

 

[Moonshadow]

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Thanks Leon. I checked out your crawlspace goodies.......very impressive! I love the lightbulb!

I'm not sure of the year that this house was built.....but surrounding houses are at least 100 years old. I love in the historic district of Aiken.

I did dig out some old newspaper from the fireplace opening down below (fireplace has been walled up) and the date on the paper was October 13, 1946. Pretty cool to see the old comics and advertisements.

The coins that I found were underneath the front porch. Slats in the boards allow for goodies to drop through and low and behold....a couple of them did! Lucky for me. They were about 2 inches down. The crawlspace (more like a squat space) has a dirt floor making it even more icky!

As soon as I can get my hands on the digital....I'll post pics!

Thanks everyone for your replys.....I'll keep you updated on any other finds!

Happy hunting!

Moon

 

[mvSWAT]

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Way to go Moon. No doubt that's a special coin. Keep 'em comin'. Happy Hunting. Dan