The Mighty Buffalo

TheDirtKing

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Mar 5, 2017
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Nokta Makro Simplex +
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Bounty Hunter Time Ranger
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I had never dug one before yesterday ... cross this one off my list ... 1920 D Buffalo Nickel. Found at old park dating back to the 1890s that I had been to lots of time ... never hunted out.

Patriot (F70) settings - max disc, notch nickels, sens-80, thresh- neg1, tones -1, speed - SL

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SD51

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Aug 24, 2016
4,832
9,957
MI
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E-TRAC
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Great buf, Congrats! Always nice to see them surface, especially when there's a date!
 

JeffInMass

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Jan 14, 2006
4,678
7,096
Cape Cod
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Minelab Manticore, Minelab Equinox 600, Minelab Explorer SE Pro, Explorer XS, Fisher CZ6A
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Any time you get to cross one off the bucket list it's a big deal- Congrats!

-- Jeff --
 

dirtlooter

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Jun 5, 2014
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mid western ARK
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XP Deus with 9"LF and 9" HF Coils and 600 Equinox with stock and 6" coils
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Relic Hunting
what a great first Buff! I have yet to find one that wasn't toasted at least on one side. congrats
 

Loco-Digger

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Jun 16, 2014
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Northern O-H-I-O
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F75 LTD, 1280X Aquanaut, & a Patriot (back-up/loaner)
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If you want to dig some indian heads I'd notch zincs back in. Congrats on the buffalo.
 

A2coins

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Dec 20, 2015
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nice condition usually they are worn and cant read the date even Glad you found it.....,.
 

Coil-2-Soil

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Mar 21, 2017
433
815
East Coast
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3030 and Equinox 800
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That's a nice one with good detail! Congrats. I'm still looking for my first.HH
 

Oct 5, 2014
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35,425
Massachusetts
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Garrett: AT Pro, AT Gold & Infinium; Minelab: Explorer SE, II; Simplex; Tesoro: Tejon & Outlaw; White's: V3i
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Congratualtions on the buffalo nickel...very nice condition too! :occasion14:
 

Kurios1

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Feb 25, 2017
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FEMA REGION 5 North Central Illinois
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Nice looking first on your well detailed Buffalo. One of my favorite coin designs. Congrats.:headbang:
 

Trezurehunter

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Mar 22, 2003
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Illinois / Oklahoma
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Congrats on your first Buffalo. Yours seems to be in great shape, with a readable date.
 

goldnugget

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Nov 3, 2005
435
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East Coast U S A
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Minelab XP-Pro- MinelabExcaliber -Fisher1260 Minelab E-Trac - Minelab Equinox 800
Nothing Listed in my 2018 Mega Red Coin Book,especially for Nickels over 600 pages just for Nickels . But does you coin look like the rear leg might has a shadow of another leg also behind it . Does the letters five cent also show some doubling-goldnugget
 

basque-man

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Sep 26, 2014
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W. Nevada / N. CA
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XP Deus; Minelab E-Trac; Son (Wyatt) uses XP Deus!
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Very nice Buff!!!!! Great save with a date on an old Buff!!!! :occasion14:
 

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