Nickel Finding Fool

[Old Dude]

Hi all. I decided to get out and try an old farm house this morning that I could never catch anyone home before. The nice lady that came to the door today didn't hesitate and said sure! The very first target was the shield nickel. About 4 feet away came the buff. I thought this was going to be an extraordinary hunt and I would get a trifecta since the yard is HUGE and I had only spent 4 or 5 minutes so far. Wrong! Only other coins were a toasty wheat and a clad dime lol. I did get a couple neat relics including the wick adjuster from a kerosene lamp ( when I was a boy, we called them coal oil lamps! ), and the neat old clip that I assume is a suspender clip. Anyone have input toward it? The lady said her grandfather built the house a little over 100 years ago, but I believe the farm is quite a bit older. She said they always find a lot of broken pottery in the adjacent field that was already planted.
I decided to include pics from an earlier hunt too that gave me the ornate little adjustable bracelet. I thought it was pretty neat. Anyone seen one like it?
Thanks for looking.

 

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[DirtStalker]

Still looking for my first shield nickel, Congrats on some good saves!!

These guys on here will never let you forget that war nickel deal, probably jinxed you today from a trifecta.

Well I know 1 that will be constantly reminding him....hmmm and I sure do wish Chris would knock it off....,..............

 

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[Argentium]

The bracelet looks like the sort of piece that would have been sold in the curio shops at the "Harvey Hotels" circa 1940's-
along the Railroads in the Southwest . If you google Fred Harvey period jewelry - I think you'll get a decent breakdown of
what your piece is about .

 

[cambria09]

Nice digs Old Dude. Is there anything engraved on the wick winder? HH. C9

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on the nice permission and old nickles. The V nickle has still eluded my coil. Maybe someday...

 

[Old Dude]

Still looking for my first shield nickel, Congrats on some good saves!!

These guys on here will never let you forget that war nickel deal, probably jinxed you today from a trifecta.

Thanks DS, but a V could have done it just as well.

The bracelet looks like the sort of piece that would have been sold in the curio shops at the "Harvey Hotels" circa 1940's-
along the Railroads in the Southwest . If you google Fred Harvey period jewelry - I think you'll get a decent breakdown of
what your piece is about .

Those are very nice pieces Argentium. My feeling was that this was from that period maybe, but it is pretty small too. I felt it was a child's bracelet. Thanks for that info and your post!

Nice digs Old Dude. Is there anything engraved on the wick winder? HH. C9

I don't see any writing at all on it, but thanks for the idea. If I find another, I will know to check.

Congrats on the nice permission and old nickles. The V nickle has still eluded my coil. Maybe someday...

Thanks LD. I found a 1902 V my first year and last year, the very last hunt of 2014 was an 1899. Once I checked my profile, I am reminded of the one I found this year too. Alzheimers must be setting in because I had forgotten it. I sure wish one had shown up today too.

 

[Ahab8]

Nice job on the Shield Nickel. I haven't found one of those yet.

Says the guy with 2 Mass silvers lol. Don't think they made shield nickels in the 16 and 1700s brother. I've never found a barber dime, shield nickel, trime, flying eagle cent....the list goes on forever. I likely will never find any of these unless a hunter dropped them in a colonial spot. Good going on the nice coins OD. You'll get that stupid War nick some day lol

 

[Old Dude]

Says the guy with 2 Mass silvers lol. Don't think they made shield nickels in the 16 and 1700s brother. I've never found a barber dime, shield nickel, trime, flying eagle cent....the list goes on forever. I likely will never find any of these unless a hunter dropped them in a colonial spot. Good going on the nice coins OD. You'll get that stupid War nick some day lol

I sure hope not Abe. If I do Tylerbdad will have to come up with new material for his standup routine lol.

 

[46Wheat]

Still looking for my first sheild

 

[WHADIFIND]

Wow! When you miss the war nick, you certainly miss by a LOT!

I do believe you're right. Even if you do find one, you probably shouldn't tell.

Nice!

 

[DirtStalker]

I sure hope not Abe. If I do Tylerbdad will have to come up with new material for his standup routine lol.
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OD I'm thinking that if this Pa trip doest produce more that Indians Buffalos and mercs for team CSM I may have some material that could last for a good while. And you may be reduced to back of the bus status.

 

[Nepa-Will]

Great nickel saves! If there was a suspender clip museum. I wonder how many different styles there would be. They're another thing I love to find. Awesome bracelet too.

 

[Ahab8]

I sure hope not Abe. If I do Tylerbdad will have to come up with new material for his standup routine lol.
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I hope you find it then bud. That avatar of his makes me a lil queasy everytime I see it lol

 

[cjon455]

OD I'm thinking that if this Pa trip doest produce more that Indians Buffalos and mercs for team CSM I may have some material that could last for a good while. And you may be reduced to back of the bus status.

I told george hopefully those boys clear out all the modern junk silver so he finds the spanish/capped bust etc. Lol

 

[Old Dude]

Still looking for my first sheild

Don't worry, it will show up when you least expect it.

Wow! When you miss the war nick, you certainly miss by a LOT!

I do believe you're right. Even if you do find one, you probably shouldn't tell.

Nice!

Isn't it odd though how things work? For some reason, I picked the area that held both nickels to start the hunt. It seems like I am being played with lol.

Great nickel saves! If there was a suspender clip museum. I wonder how many different styles there would be. They're another thing I love to find. Awesome bracelet too.

Hi will! I don't remember seeing one exactly like that one either. The hole threw me off as well as the single tooth. When I first saw it, I thought for sure it was very old because of the green patina.

I hope you find it then bud. That avatar of his makes me a lil queasy everytime I see it lol

Abe, you probably should not have said that...if he was on the fence before about continuing to use it, I bet he isn't now!

 

[DirtStalker]

I told george hopefully those boys clear out all the modern junk silver so he finds the spanish/capped bust etc. Lol

Oh Im sure team CSM Is sandbagging. Goggle Earth showed 2 images of them with a lantern at 3am this morning and they both had a sackful.
Thanks Abe that Avatar was going to be just a Pa. trip deal but since you are digging it I just might have to keep it...hmm

 

[DirtStalker]

I hope you find it then bud. That avatar of his makes me a lil queasy everytime I see it lol

Happy now Abe? Don't want you to be be sick and miss a day of scooping up and posting those cool finds of yours

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Great nickel finds Dave... I'm going to start calling you 'Nick' pretty soon!

This piece is interesting, when I first saw it I thought 'napkin ring'.

Dave

 

[DirtStalker]

Hmmm Nick? Now there's a thought

 

[Old Dude]

Great nickel finds Dave... I'm going to start calling you 'Nick' pretty soon!

This piece is interesting, when I first saw it I thought 'napkin ring'.

Dave

Dave, please don't give TBD more fuel for the fire lol. Napkin ring huh? I had not thought of that. You just might be right. It is the right size. I just don't think I have seen an open ended one ( adjustable by squeezing ), but that is a very good possibility. Thanks for that!

 

[Slingshot]

Nice finds! You must be around my age because I haven't heard anybody refer to "coal oil" in a looooong time. Cheers!!