1866 shield nickel

Miah

Jr. Member
Oct 4, 2011
54
133
Cape Cod MA
Detector(s) used
Minelab Explorer II
Whites Surfmaster PI
Whites XLT
Lost three days of detecting to a bad cold but forced myself out for a bit last night after work. While sick I received a bunch of stuff I had ordered recently. A used, but better condition than my current, minelab explorer II. An 11" pro coil. And some killer bee wasp headphones. I got the new rig setup and I think I matched the detector settings to those of my old detector. I hit 3 beaches with less than stellar results. I lack confidence with the new setup. I think this comes from the coil and the headphones. The headphones are 150ohm instead of 100. So I think that may cause my sounds to be different I need to do some testing to find out for sure. In any case the detector is much quieter even at full volume. The coil seems to be too sensitive around the outer ring causing double or even triple hits for a single target compared to the stock explorer II coil. And I am finding it very hard to pinpoint even with a quarter out of the hole.

Despite my frustration I did manage to surprise myself with a beautiful 1866 shield nickel. It's the first shield nickel with enough detail that I can be 100% confident of the type.

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richardson

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Jan 8, 2014
357
909
Illinois
Detector(s) used
Minelab Equinox 800;
XP Deus;
Nokta Makro Anfibio;
Garrett AT Pro;
Tesoro Vaquero;
Fisher F5;
Whites Eagle Spectrum - Started it all
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Beautiful nickel. Congrats
 

digging440yrs

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Dec 5, 2012
5,946
4,410
UPSTATE NEW YORK
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1970 COMPASS-
WHITES SILVER EAGLE-
WHITES DFX, 4X6DD COIL, 6X8DD COIL, 950 COIL, 10X12SEF COIL-
GARRETT PRO POINTER AT, GARRETT AT PRO , MINELAB EXPLORER SE with 8.5x12.5 Cors coil
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All Treasure Hunting
AWESOME FIND!:thumbsup:
 

Bass

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Jan 20, 2013
3,076
1,811
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That nickel is a really good find. Congratulations
 

46Wheat

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May 23, 2014
3,648
3,357
Upstate NY
🥇 Banner finds
1
Detector(s) used
Minelab Etrac / Equinox 800 / 8.5x11 DD and 5x8 DD coil /
Garrett ProPointer / Lesche Digger
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Thank you for sharing your hunt and those pictures with us
 

rsilva02667

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Jan 8, 2014
353
910
🥇 Banner finds
1
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Awesome find bud! Not to mention the platinum and two gold rings last week!
 

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