Returned For Last Time To Parking Strip....Old V Nickel

mcmurphi

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Feb 5, 2007
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Late this afternoon I just had to see if I could pull something else out of this small piece of ground I've been working. The parking strip goes for a whole block but it is just in this one spot that has produced some keepers, about 75 sq ft. I was hitting on a few old nails and pcs of tin and I was just about to leave and I said just one more decent reading and then go. The V nickel read mostly in the 70's and 80's on my DFX but not after she was dug, it was strange I never expected an old nickel. I had gone over that nickel at least 15 times and finally she gave in and said here I am. Anyway, the 1884 V is my oldest coin I've found out here in WA and OR.
 

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Detectingfreak

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Apr 26, 2006
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nice job on the v nickel!!! I hunt down in Tacoma with JuJu all the time. Only takes me an hour to get down there. Going to hunt with him on tuesday. You can come with us if you want. PM me if you want to meet up with us.
 

juju

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Dec 8, 2007
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Great nickel. Hard to dig em here with a good solid date. WTG
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JuJu
 

nova

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Jan 10, 2009
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Utah
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"Wow" so close to the big one. Great find
 

rdizzle

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Mar 1, 2009
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Tacoma, wa
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Wow, alot more people in my area then i had thought....where have i been :P

Great find, ive been looking for something that old around the sound all my life :)

HH
 

oddcoins

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Jun 21, 2006
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Eugene Oregon
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WOW ~ that's a nice find! My oldest V nickel is 1887. Us West coast guys sure get excited when we dig a pre-1900 coin!

CONGRAT'S!!
 

washingtonian

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Sep 26, 2005
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I've never found anything that old around here man so that a stellar find. Great digs

-Washingtonian
 

dank

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Mar 18, 2009
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Olympia Wa
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wow, nice looken date on that thing. funny thing, i found a 1884 v nickle last week in tacoma too. but mine is in alot worse shape i can barly read the date.
it is my oldest coin too. lets see who can break 1884 first!!! game-on!! and congrats!!!
 

gold nuggets

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Any coin that is pre- 1900 is a great find
for those of us in the northwest..... especially
if you can read the date clearly. Nice find :thumbsup:
Gold Nuggets :icon_jokercolor:
 

nebstater

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Jul 24, 2007
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We don't find too many V nickels out this way either. I was lucky enough to find a couple of them last year (1896 and 1906), but pre silver coins are a lot more often than nickels do. Good find.
 

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