Anyone ever find a....

[ryaan21]

3 cent nickel? Not the little tiny silver one, but the other one?

Probably the rarest find on these boards I am guessing, I don't think i have ever saw one posted. I have seen the posts of the Half Dismes and whatnot, but no 3 cent nickels.

 

[relichunters]

I don't think I've ever seen one on here either.

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Years ago I was metal detecting a part of Oakland California where they had just torn down a whole block of victorian houses. My
hunting parner looked down on top of the dirt that was just scraped off by a dozer blade and saw a dark gray disc. He picked it up
and saw that it was a 1867 3 cent nickel! It was just laying on top of the ground after being exposed by the bulldozer. After 25 years
in the hobby it is still the only one I know of.

 

[Mac232]

I remember one other a few years ago from this site .

 

[DigginThePast]

CurbdiggerCarl57 got one back in October. Pretty amazing group of finds actually.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,426674.0.html

A quick look shows several others also, but they are quite uncommon for sure.

 

[bazinga]

I have found two of them since I started detecting in 2005ish. One has a hole in it. Both have clear dates from what I remember. One of them was found on the same day as I found a silver 3cent, so I pulled a very rare double that day. I think I found them both within a couple months of each other.

 

[l.cutler]

I have found quite a few coins from the same era, but never a three cent nickel. I have found it unusual because the three cent nickel was a very heavily used coin. It was a time when silver was hoarded and the nickel coin was a response to get coins in circulation, and it was very successful at that.

 

[jerseyben]

I don't know if it counts but I know a local guy who found one a few months ago. I think SouthJerseyJim can confirm, as he was there for that hunt.

 

[watercolor]

I found one last May at an 1860's homesite lying on the surface.
Thought it was a clad dime until I saw the three numerals

 

[Rodbuster209]

I was hunting a old homesite in southern Oregon when my buddy found one, maybe 6-7 years ago. defineatly a good find..........Scott

 

[mainer]

I found my one and only at an old home site about 5 or 6 years ago. But you are right you dont see many posted on here.