Are buffalo nocturnal? +Silver Coin #50 FTY

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Hey folks!

Okay, I didn’t exactly take zoology 401 in college but I know buffalo aren’t nocturnal. However, how you do explain that the last several buffs I’ve found have all been at night or around sunset? Hmm? [emoji23]

Talked to a couple neighbors this morning and got permission to do some detecting down the block. I finished up dinner and got out for 1.5 hours. The first permission was a little bigger and I managed a couple tax tokens, then a couple 44-S Wheats and the surprise 36-D buff at only 2 inches deep.

Then I went to the other little permission I got which had very few signals. Lucky for me, one was silver! A 57-D Rosie. Nothing too fancy but it’s my 50th silver coin on the year. I’m a bit behind last year’s pace but to be fair, I was detecting at an unsustainable rate last year (at least for a young married guy with a job and a semblance of a social life lol).

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Well, thanks for entertaining my posts as always. Good luck out there and happy hunting all!
-W
 

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Hey folks!

Okay, I didn’t exactly take zoology 401 in college but I know buffalo aren’t nocturnal. However, how you do explain that the last several buffs I’ve found have all been at night or around sunset? Hmm? [emoji23]

Talked to a couple neighbors this morning and got permission to do some detecting down the block. I finished up dinner and got out for 1.5 hours. The first permission was a little bigger and I managed a couple tax tokens, then a couple 44-S Wheats and the surprise 36-D buff at only 2 inches deep.

Then I went to the other little permission I got which had very few signals. Lucky for me, one was silver! A 57-D Rosie. Nothing too fancy but it’s my 50th silver coin on the year. I’m a bit behind last year’s pace but to be fair, I was detecting at an unsustainable rate last year (at least for a young married guy with a job and a semblance of a social life lol).

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Well, thanks for entertaining my posts as always. Good luck out there and happy hunting all!
-W
Anytime you can find some silver and buffs, GO FOR IT! Thanks for sharing.
 

Nice finds and silver :icon_thumright:
 

Very nice finds, glad you got a shiny silver for a change!:tongue3:
 

Very Nice!!! Always Nice finding Silver, and a Buffalo too tops it off!!! Congrats!!! Happy Hunting!!!
 

Very nice coins and tokens. I always like to see the Buffs - Nocturnal or not !
 

Looks like a great hunt! Great job.
 

50 by the middle of August is super! My goal each year is 50 for the year, closest I’ve come is 43. Congrats!
 

Congrats! You have a knack for squeeking out a rosie on your hunts, sir.

Makes me want to count my coins for the year!
 

pretty cool, sometimes it is what it is, kind of like the tax tokens LOL, buffs and silver are similar, they can pop up in unexpected places or not at all. life can be quite busy but you have done quite well, congrats
 

Maybe you're finding the buff's at night because that's when you're detecting!:laughing7:
 

Great haul there, washingtonian...!
Love those Buffalo nickels!
...and, those Tokens - so cool, as they tell stories too...!
 

Congrats! You have a knack for squeeking out a rosie on your hunts, sir.

Makes me want to count my coins for the year!

Haha thanks! I think I’m just too damn determined haha. I don’t like quitting until I’ve found some silver if I can help it.
 

Maybe you're finding the buff's at night because that's when you're detecting!:laughing7:

Keen observation [emoji6]

That is definitely the case. However, I haven’t found one during a midday hunt in a while. Just saying!!
 

Nice finds, congrats! :icon_thumleft:
 

Nice hunts, always nice unearthing Buff's & silvers, nice job on the tokens too, congrats on all & wtg on the YTD, nice number
 

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