A shield I heard today

McCDig

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Tried a hillside area on the southeast corner of this Baltimore city park and came up empty except for one wheat. I tried a few other spots looking for some "old" dirt and eventually ended up back at the walkway. This is when the detecting got a bit more interesting. First good target was a tombac button. Next I came upon a two wheat find; the two coins fell on the ground "face-to-face" and remained thus for about 80 years, a 1919 and 1935; there was another target in that hole and it turned out to be another wheat, 1936. Along the way, I uncovered another marble, so I'm on a several hunt "marble streak". The hunt ended with another true "edge of walkway" keeper, a shield nickel, which has an excellent obverse of no rays, but the reverse is poorer, leaving the date unreadable.
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Chizzy

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Another "streak".....!?!?! That's still a very nice shield nickel, McCDig.........
The parks are treating you very well, indeed............
 

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McCDig

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Thanks Chizzy! Agreed, it's like gong back to the well. Sometimes it's just a trickle but I'm still getting' some of those thirst quenching drops.
 

Carolina Tom

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Awesome nickel! And I too, am a fan of the marble.

Very well done!
 

Oct 5, 2014
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Congratualtions on the shield nickel, nice button too! :occasion14:
 

weregolf

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1700's button
1800's nickel shield
..i bet
 

Bass

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Great find on the shield nickel
 

Loco-Digger

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You are the man McCDig, I bet you could walk up on a majority of the permissions that I have pounded and you'd pull out an amazing old coin.
 

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