Bucket Lister for me

[Tencents]

I had never found a shield nickel before and the guy I went with found one also at another site about 3 mi apart. Also found an old part with name and patent date on it. J.L. Howard patent date 1857. I think the nickel is 1869.

 

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[Joe hunter]

I still don’t have a shield nickel very nice

 

[jewelerguy]

I've found one shield nickel in my life that was worn so smooth I could barely identify it. It was a very rare find for my area because finds here don't get much older than V-nickels. That's cool, congrats!

 

[ArfieBoy]

Congratulations on a bucket lister! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Noah_D]

Nice! Another thing still on my bucketlist!

 

[Tnmountains]

Great find. I have found one but you have to look at it for twenty minutes before you can tell what it is. Nice recovery.

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[jewelerguy]

Great find. I have found one but you have to look at it for twenty minutes before you can tell what it is. Nice recovery.

if you look away before the 20 minutes is up, you'll have to start over. LOL

 

[Joe-Dirt]

Nice!!!!!!! Hard to find coin that’s identifiable, first three I found were pretty crunchy, but I did find 2 deeeeeeep ones this spring that were in excellent shape. Great job

 

[Javadroid]

Well done! Those are definitely tough to find.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice find and congrats on your first one. That is a somewhat tough coin to find. I only have 2 of them in 30 some years of detecting. Both came from farm fields.

 

[Tencents]

They don't seem to do well in the ground and the date seems to be first to go. I'm pretty sure it's 1869 but can't say 100 percent.

 

[Tencents]

This was a 40 acre bean field about a mile away from nearest road. My buddy found his at a homesite on a gravel road. It was in beans also he found a capped bust dime there several years ago. We couldn't believe finding two at different spots on the same day.

 

[vpone]

these are great to find for sure - i only have a few.

congrats - vp

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Well Done!

 

[Wildcat1750]

Nice Shield Nickel!
That particular coin still eludes me...