Shield Nickel...

[Swartzie]

I was out working a favorite cellar hole of mine today which has given some some decent relics and a 1914 wheat. Decided to get brave and started working near the actual hole itself. Tons of iron, but I've pulled the old wheat out around the hole so I know there has to be some more coins around. Going slow and steady. Very small coil swings to work around all the iron. Got a repeatable nickel hit. Dug it and it turned out to be a shotgun shell. Rechecked the hole and got another solid nickel hit. Thought for sure it would be another shotgun shell. So, I dug down some more (~6") and out popped this beauty. An 1867 shield nickel. My oldest coin to date.

Thanks for looking.
-Swartzie

 

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[THingfool]

Nice find Swartzie. Keep up the good work. HH.

Ed

 

[jeff741972]

Very nice

 

[zaxfire69]

Thats a looker right there. You don't find em in that good of condition in my neck of the woods...Good Save

 

[JimBeHuntin']

Sweet nickel ... those old 5 centers don't show themselves very often!

 

[mcmurphi]

That is such a classic coin, congrats on the find.

 

[DigginThePast]

Congrats. You don't see many Shields being dug and not usually in that good of condition.

 

[ModernMiner]

Awesome shield nickel.
-MM-

 

[BandB1]

Congrats, that's a very nice looking coin!


Good Luck,
HH.

 

[Deno]

That one is in nice shape. I have dug one in ten years.

 

[tymcmurray]

Congratulations!!!!
She's a beauty!
Don't clean her too much. Looks great the way it is!

Ty
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[kuger]

Very nice!I have dug quite a few "sheilds",but all of them are in terrible shape.My soil is horrible on nickles.

 

[Ray in CA]

Nice shield!! Only found one myself, but not near as good condition as yours. Congrats!

Ray

 

[Chris_Odom]

now that is old school, great find.

 

[dfx willy]

nice shield !! i love sheild nickles. my last three were toast. willy

 

[Ricky1601 aka pull tab king]

very nice coin and congrats on your oldest. bet you beat it soon. thanks for sharing and hh

 

[Swartzie]

Well I have to tell you. I looked like crap after my initial cleaning with water and a soft toothbrush. So, I put it in my ultrasonic (vibrating) cleaner and the sucker started turning purple. Crap! I had some residue in the tank from other cleanings or something. Other than being a purple nickle some parts of it were coming clean. But still it was part clean part crappy. So, I thought I'd try using some Citranox that my uncle gave me. Initially, I didn't use the Citranox because I feared it would color the coin. Well the coin is already purple so I really have nothing to lose. So glad I used the Citranox. The crap came off the coin after about an hour in the ultrasonic cleaner. It still had a purple tinge to it, but only after it dried. It looked fine when it was still a bit wet. So, I let it dry and then put a very, very thin coat of vaseline on it and rubbed it in. Boy what an experience. I thought at first that I had ruined the appearance of a nice coin. I still don't know if I'd do it again.

-Swartzie

 

[TreasurdiggrNY]

Congrats on finding your oldest coin, cleaned up real nice too I never heard of Citranox, WTG

 

[nova treasure]

Awesome Condition,

Congrats, Bill

 

[pepperj]

Great shape ,really nice find.