Found a walker in the woods

[AK in KY]

Found this at a park in Louisville today. Almost did not dig because the signal was jumping from silver to pulltab/nickle. But that silver kept screaming. Turned out to be a 1942 nickle in the hole with the half. Sorry about the photo quality. It's in better shape than it looks.

AK in KY

 

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[ClonedSIM]

Great find! What year was the nickel?

 

[Nana40]

Congrats on your find AK!!!

Very nice!

Nana

 

[AK in KY]

Thanks ?The nickel is a 1942 and the half is a 1943. HH

AK in KY

 

[Burdie]

Walker's are a good-looking coin. One of my favorites. Keep on swinging.

 

[Kent in AL]

Two 60+ year-old coins in the same hole. Excellent!! 8)

 

[midus1]

Great find, congrats!!

HH

 

[nevrdundetecting]

Awesome finds, wish I would find a half soon, old or new.....

HH

 

[comfyinvermont]

Congrats AK, that is a beauty....Lance

 

[whites6000inPa]

Great job.....I learned to dig "iffy" half dollar signals this week too. There was no nickel with mine, but the signal I was getting sounds similar.

So, tell us....was the 42 Nickel a war nickel...or a regular one? The War nickels were 35 percent silver and have a large mintmark over the dome of Monticello on the coin's reverse.

Wyatt

 

[JerV3]

Nice half. I have found some nice barber halfs in park woods. Great places to hunt and almost always looked over.

HH Jer

 

[Southcacalaky]

Nife find!! HH Art...

 

[rvbvetter]

WOW!! What a walk in the park that was!! I believe that should be 2 silvers in the same hole. Should be a mint mark above the dome on the back of the nickel, indicating it's part silver.
They needed the nickel for the war effort. Might want to post the nickel, their a nice find too. WTG!! HH

 

[whites6000inPa]

My best guess is that it's a regular 42 nickel and not the silver variety since the second reading was "pulltab". My machine IDs a war nickel at about 50...well above pulltab.

Wyatt

 

[Getty]

Great finds!!WTG!!

 

[Snee]

Awesome finds! ...more proof to dig every signal!!

 

[beetle662]

Good digs, AK! I had a similar experience in a private yard I was hunting. got that high silver tone, followed by nickel and then zinc. Kept going over it and kept getting the three tones and the three TIDs.... half dollar, nickel, zinc. Turned out to be a Walker half, a couple of war nickels, and 3 steel war wheats. I was thrilled!

Congrats!

 

[lonewolfe]

Cool find/s!

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[HEADHUNTER]

great job...

Headhunter

 

[kermit]

Great find