12th day found a keeper in local park

[treasureguy]

Hello, found a keeper today so exciting , been wanting to get this one on my list , i hunted this park a few days ago, very slow going, but i decided to go back as i think it may be the oldest park in my town, i got out of my car turned the machine on and as usual get a coin within feet of where i start, this was a deep signal and was not quite a coin sound on the ace 250, but pretty solid and could of been jewlery i end up pulling my first buffalo nickel out of the hole about 5 inches down, dated 1936, really dark color, can the nickel color be brought back? looks like in good shape, also earlier in the day i hunted a small school in another town for about a hour and found some clad coins, also found a pulltab out where i found the nickel , how old is this? never seen one like it before, i was finding alot of tabs from the pre 1970's , but this one looks real old, , ----happy hunting all,

 

[dave-enc]

congrats on first buffalo wtg
hh
dave+bobbie

 

[piggman1]

That's a really nice Buff.

 

[Rob66]

Must have been nice when you dug that buffalo up.

 

[utah hunter]

Nice buffalo, always nice to be rewarded once in a while for digging those "iffy" signals

 

[Prober]

Ug, nice injun! Me likem.

 

[James in Alabama]

WTG treasureguy

 

[Ridley]

Nice Buffalo!

The date is clear. Congratulations!


Ridley

 

[Rob66]

Yep.....I can see the full horn. I bet it was droped the same year.

 

[treasureguy]

Hello, thanks everyone,it was a find for around here in a park thats for sure, i use to work for the city parks and remember this area someone dug up the lawn on one particular side , this part of the park is on a edge of steep hillside, overlooking the ellensburg rodeo, i am sure many years ago spectators of the event dropped this coin,, it was in a unlikely place to find a coin as very narrow between a road and fence, , this place has been hunted by detectorist for years, i plan on going back when i have more time to hunt this park slower, good hunting all, Dusty

 

[Jack(IN)]

Nice finds!! Buffalo seems to be on everyones list!

 

[desertfox]

Nice Buff. Don't worry about the color, that's what makes it have sprit. Once redman, always red man.
HH

Desertfox

 

[halfdime]

As Buffs go, that's very nice for a dug one.

 

[savant365]

I can't tell from the picture, but is that the buffalo with 3 1/2 legs? If so thats a really rare find.

 

[treasureguy]

Hello, no 3 legs, but i see if in top shape gem proof etc, they can be worth up to $7,800 according to ebay for the year 1936 buffalo nickel, there are several right now listed at 1000+ on ebay, this one probaly only worth a few bucks because of sitting in the ground for so many years, , i imagined this survived being detected for alot of years by reading as a trash single, i am starting to dig more and more trash singles, and digging more often and is paying off, i will see if i can't find another coin not on my list there is lots of them to find, keep the hobby very interesting, until next time all, happy hunting,