My first V nickel

DiamondDan

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I'm having a lot better luck detecting while I'm working out of town. Then again, I'm becoming one with my Etrac more and more every hunt. :laughing7:

Hit up a little park with some very old houses bordering it and dug tons of clad before I hit a super-iffy nickel signal. This puppy was deep! A good 8 inches down. It's an 1891 and it shows every bit of its age. I could barely make out the date. Gonna swing there again after work. It's pretty promising. Thanks for looking!

Dan

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Hawks88

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Excellent save. Congrats. I think that’s just a tease as to what’s to come. Good luck.
 

Joe-Dirt

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Nice, that sucker is crrrrrrrrrrrunchy
 

dirtlooter

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at least you could read the date, sweet!
 

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Congrats on your first! :icon_thumleft:
 

1637

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cool,my first coin from the 1800s was a 1898 v.great find
 

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BLK HOLE

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Congratulations on your first "V", may many more follow:icon_thumleft:
 

Silvermonkey

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Its a treat to find an old nickel like that one. In my experience they never come out of the ground looking very good...but that's ok. At least I know I'm on good ground.
Thanks for posting.
 

Javadroid

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That's a nice one for a dug piece, to be sure. Congrats on it, and you should be proud! :skullflag: :occasion14:
 

ohp733

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Good find. Keep posting anything else you find there
 

dig deeper now

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I also found a 1891 V nickel, but it was in sand and has a very good date to see last summer my oldest coin yet. Great find HAPPY HUNTING
 

Old Dude

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Congrats. My first "older" coin was a V and also found in a park.
 

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