Butler
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Hi, been awhile since I posted anything but I was very surprised by this find last weekend at Golden Gate Park. I had hunted most of the day with nothing to show for it. It wasn't until the last hour of daylight (and about 30 minutes of dark!! 
) that I managed to pull a Merc, silver earring, and a very small what I think may be gold ring. These finds alone would have made for a successful day and I was ready to call a day because it was getting so dark when I got a nice deep low tone. I swung over it a few times and decided to head for the car while I could still find it! But... I am SO Addicted to this hobby I dug a plug and after about 10 minutes of searching by feel I found this 1876 Shield Nickel and in pretty good shape too. It's a bit rare to find something like this in California, especially at a park hunted by everyone with a detector since detectors were invented! Anyway, hope you like the pics.
) that I managed to pull a Merc, silver earring, and a very small what I think may be gold ring. These finds alone would have made for a successful day and I was ready to call a day because it was getting so dark when I got a nice deep low tone. I swung over it a few times and decided to head for the car while I could still find it! But... I am SO Addicted to this hobby I dug a plug and after about 10 minutes of searching by feel I found this 1876 Shield Nickel and in pretty good shape too. It's a bit rare to find something like this in California, especially at a park hunted by everyone with a detector since detectors were invented! Anyway, hope you like the pics.
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that has to be the best photo i have seen of a coin ever on T-Net great close up is that from a scanner ? 
What a great find!!! 
