12/3/2015 Finds

[muerte33]

Did a little hunting today on an old football field and found my first Buffalo Nickel.
I know that sounds pathetic, but I have found "V" nickels before.

 

[Crappies-n-Coins]

Congrats! Don't believe I've dug a Buffalo myself, nor a V (for sure). One of these days though

 

[G.I.B.]

You did 5 times better than I did today- congrats on putting a nice nik in the pok.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Hey a first is a first, especially when it comes to the different designs of the older coins.

 

[bonepicker]

Nice find. Way to get back out there and beat that old football field down.
It definitely looks like there is a 3 at the end of the date. My guess is 1923.
I cropped the pic with Irfanview and did some color corrections to try and better see the date.
Not sure if it helped or not.

 

[muerte33]

Thanks BP!

 

[muerte33]

I went ahead and tumbled it and the two "V" nickels I found last month.
It did turn out to be a 1923 Buffalo.
Good call BP!
Next up on my short list is a silver quarter.
I then want to find a large cent too.

 

[bonepicker]

Cool. I wasn't sure if it as 23 or 33.
Its hard to hurt a buff nickel in the tumbler. Yours looked in pretty good shape, considering it was in the ground for a very long time.
I have found many with no date at all, so a partial is not a bad find.
Your quarter will come soon, but a lot of the public areas have been cherrypicked for big silver, you will have better luck on a private prop permission.
The Large cents seem to be pretty rare in the south. We are hunting an 1840s site. Actually just got home.
We have dug 6 half dimes, a half reale, and a silver dime. All of these are pre-1857, and no large cents.
Surely you think we would have dug a largie by now. .
Snagged a 1841-0 half dime today, and a dragoons button, will post finds later.

 

[muerte33]

Cool. I wasn't sure if it as 23 or 33.
Its hard to hurt a buff nickel in the tumbler. Yours looked in pretty good shape, considering it was in the ground for a very long time.
I have found many with no date at all, so a partial is not a bad find.
Your quarter will come soon, but a lot of the public areas have been cherrypicked for big silver, you will have better luck on a private prop permission.
The Large cents seem to be pretty rare in the south. We are hunting an 1840s site. Actually just got home.
We have dug 6 half dimes, a half reale, and a silver dime. All of these are pre-1857, and no large cents.
Surely you think we would have dug a largie by now. .
Snagged a 1841-0 half dime today, and a dragoons button, will post finds later.

Great finds BP!