A rootin tootin SHOOTIN hour hunt

[borntohunt460]

A rootin' tootin' SHOOTIN' hour hunt

Went to a site I've been to probably a dozen times and had an hour to hunt after work. I decided to dig midtone signals and was able to find some cool firearm related relics. The shotgun shells look pretty old and only 2 are the same. One says "London" on it.

The trigger guard was pretty awesome to find. Anyone know more specifically which kind of rifle or shotgun this came off of? Idea to age?

Also found a 41 Jefferson and a 56 wheat. It would've made my day to find a silver but I've been in a drought for weeks and it's killing me

 

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[Back-of-the-boat]

What do you mean No silver 41 nickel has silver in it.

 

[justdon]

One hour well spent.Congrats.HH.

 

[thrillathahunt]

What do you mean No silver 41 nickel has silver in it.

Negative. 1942-45 nickels do though.

 

[G.A.P.metal]

borntohunt
The harmonica reeds are cool to find, shows some age at that site.
Gary

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Negative. 1942-45 nickels do though.

Huh I googled 1941 nickel and it said it was worth $1.31 because of the silver content at Ask .com ,I guess they are wrong.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Now that you've dug up the relics the silver will start pop'n up! It's there. HH!

 

[Damon64]

Huh I googled 1941 nickel and it said it was worth $1.31 because of the silver content at Ask .com ,I guess they are wrong.

Yeah, whoever at Ask.com said it had silver is wrong.

 

[Hunthicks]

If you're pulling out trigger guards I've dig every tone that isn't small iron, you never know what you might find!

 

[Hunthicks]

And I'm no expert, but the trigger guard looks early to me!

 

[lil_eric30]

Great finds! Congrats!

 

[treblehunter]

Shortly thereafter, the onset of World War II prompted the rationing of many commodities, certain metals among them. Nickel was highly valued for use in armor plating, and Congress ordered the removal of this metal from the five-cent piece, effective October 8, 1942. From that date, and lasting through the end of 1945, five-cent pieces bore the regular design but were minted from an alloy of copper, silver and manganese. It was anticipated that these emergency coins would be withdrawn from circulation after the war, so a prominent distinguishing feature was added. Coins from all three mints bore very large mintmarks above the dome of Monticello, and the letter ‘P’ was used as a mintmark for the first time on a U. S. coin. These “war nickels” proved quite satisfactory in circulation, and they were not immediately withdrawn. Instead, they remained a familiar sight until the mid-1960s, when rising silver prices caused them to be hoarded for their bullion value.

Check out this link on the 1941 nickel, notice the "composition" there is no silver in a 1941 nickel.1941 5C MS Coin Information | Jefferson Five Cents Coin Catalog | NGC Coin Explorer