War nickel found on Florida beach 03-08-12

[Lloydd]

Was surprised to find a silver War nickel on Venice Beach, FL. I have found quite a few silver nickels in less hunted areas so was pleased to find one in such a heavily hunted area. I found 5 regular nickels in the same area, so someone was discriminating out the gold, I didn't find any though. I was hitting lots of bottle caps and removing them from the beach and one of those signals turned out to be a Canadian "tooney" , it pays to pick up the trash! As a matter of fact, I often find change and other items around areas where thoughtless people have left their trash for others to pick up. HH Lloyd

 

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[Cool Hand Fluke]

That silver nickel is in pretty good shape. It probably remained high and dry from the salt water. Nice Find!

 

[oldsalty19]

 

[Threshold]

nice find, in good shape too

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Funny, the only thing I dug today, well, yesterday, was a 1943-P war nickel.
Actually it's been a while since I've dug one.
Spookyyy!
Hope all is well,
Carl

 

[scaupus]

I found a 42 p in miami about a month ago. Last weekend I found a franklin half in the same place. Last year found a buffalo at the same site. each was a first for me.

a war nickel in s. florida is a good find. You might find anything on a beach.

 

[chiloquin]

nice find for the beach, and in great shape.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

That's in pretty decent shape too Lloyd!
Looks like it's been buried in the sand a long time?

Dave

 

[Marinehunter]

I thought I had a coin spill yesterday turned out to be 4 bottle caps about 5 inches down.

 

[rjsupersonic]

Excellent find I am amazed at the condition it's in.javascript:void(0);

 

[lost hunter]