Copper Sunday and a $100 Nickel!!! @@

[ModernMiner]

I've hunted two days in a row now. Thank God I have a forgiving wife. I did race home early and wash her car for her though, being the thoughtful husband that I am. O.K. enough B.S.

I spotted this turn of the century house about a week ago, asked permission, and received a "yes".
It is in the middle of a small downtown area. Once again, NO SILVER! This time I know why though. Fifteen minutes into my hunt, and old man from across the street came over to bend my ear. He said he has "hit the yard hard" a few times about a year ago with his Radio Shack detector. He said as far as silver he had only found a few Merc's, a quarter, and a nice medal of honor in the front yard.
After about 30 minutes of chewing the fat, I was back at it. I ended up digging a lot of deep wheats (6-8"). I actually dug more wheats than Memorials. Eleven wheats in all. Surprisingly, I only dug about 5 pull tabs too, but a lot of these octagon shaped thingys with a hook on the back of them. They were all over the place close to the house, so I'm thinking they are roof related? Any ideas?
I did get one up on the old guy though. He had told me in all his years of detecting he had never dug an IH penny or an LC. Well, I got a nice 1907 IH by the edge of the driveway. It cleaned up nice, and has great detail.
The two rings look to be copper too. No stamping on either one, but I can see the smaller one had been sized before.

Now for the $100 nickel..........
I got home, cleaned my finds, and discovered that the only nickel I had dug today was a 1943 "P" silver war nickel. So I consult the 2008 Red Book and see that it shows a value of $100.00 for a VF-20 condition. So of course, I about soiled myself. Then I noticed that the next best grade EF-4- is only worth $1.25. Hmmmm, can you say misprint?
So I went from a $100 nickel to a $1.00 nickel very quickly.

The wheats are: 1918 (x2) , 1935 (x2) , 1937 , 1940 (x2) , 1941 , 1946 , 1951 , 1952.

Not a great day for finds, but it was 70 and sunny today with a nice breeze. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Thanks for looking,
MM

 

[Dman]

Nice finds. I have a 1943 P nickle I found. I wish it was worth $100.00. Maybe in about 100 years.
Dman

 

[ModernMiner]

Nice finds. I have a 1943 P nickle I found. I wish it was worth $100.00. Maybe in about 100 years.
Dman

Maybe I could sell it "cheap" on E-bay for only $75 if I post a picture of the "$100" in the Red Book?
-Doug-

 

[Bridge End Farm]

some great finds you dug

awesome

 

[DigginThePast]

Aww man. Mine is BU. I know I'll sand it down to VF.

Nice finds by the way.

 

[seger98]

Well Doug, if you tell your metal detecting stories the way you tell your fishing stories, it can still be a $100.00 nickel!

Just kidding.... Nice finds you had today!


Chris

 

[davidtn]

Nice finds. I have a 1943 P nickle I found. I wish it was worth $100.00. Maybe in about 100 years.
Dman

Maybe I could sell it "cheap" on E-bay for only $75 if I post a picture of the "$100" in the Red Book?
-Doug-

Now you're talkin' Ha.

 

[Atlantian]

How do you determine the grade it gets ? Great finds

 

[ModernMiner]

some great finds you dug

awesome

Thanks BEF.

Aww man. Mine is BU. I know I'll sand it down to VF.

Nice finds by the way.

Now THAT was funny. Good one Diggin.

Well Doug, if you tell your metal detecting stories the way you tell your fishing stories, it can still be a $100.00 nickel!

Just kidding.... Nice finds you had today!

Chris

Thanks Chris.
Did I ever tell you about the 50lb Walleye I caught using a 25lb Musky for bait?

How do you determine the grade it gets ? Great finds

There is some grading info in the Red Book with each coin and what details to look for.
-MM-

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Hey,

I am confused what year readbook are you using?? My 2007 Red Book Say's a 1943P is .90 (ninety cents). Also my Feb 2009 Copy of Coin World Magizine says it is worth $1.50 in VF-20. The only one I see near that price is a 1943 over 1942. I think your book has a typo... I have no idea....

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[ModernMiner]

Hey,

I am confused what year readbook are you using?? My 2007 Red Book Say's a 1943P is .90 (ninety cents). Also my Feb 2009 Copy of Coin World Magizine says it is worth $1.50 in VF-20. The only one I see near that price is a 1943 over 1942. I think your book has a typo... I have no idea....

Keep @ it and HH!!

My Red Book is the 2008 edition. I know it's a typo. That's why it was so funny.
-Doug-

 

[texan connection]

Thats funny MM how many would you like to buy

 

[kdismuke1]

NICE COLLECTION OF FINDS. CONGRATS.

 

[B|lker]

So much for typo`s ///// Nice IH
I`m still waiting for one.

Bill

 

[ModernMiner]

Lish ~

Sincerely ~ If it was not for you dude I would be goin bonkers ...

STELLAR FINDS MY FRIEND ...

Rock on With you Bad A$$ North Carolina Self ...

~ Nick ~

Thanks Nick.
I almost sent you a picture tonight. My wife the Italian, made pasta and homemade meat sauce (Italian sausage & chuck roast). Yummy!
-Lish-

Thats funny MM how many would you like to buy

Thanks TC.
What a shocker that was. I wonder if my misprinted 2008 Red Book will be worth anything?
-MM-

NICE COLLECTION OF FINDS. CONGRATS.

Thanks KD.
-MM-

 

[Detectingfreak]

Looks like you had an awesome time! Thats funny that they mis-printed the Red book! I love the Indian head penny! Keep on hunting and posting

 

[cheese]

I've found a lot of those copper things with hooks too. It puzzled me for a long time, and figured it had to do with roofing as well. I finally found out they were special fasteners used to hold slate shingles on the roof.

 

[kilmer]

I was told those funny looking hook things were used on older homes slate roofs. I found a bunch of them around an older home and can
tell you my detector loved them. Nice finds.

HH, Don

 

[creeper71]

MM, Did you check your nickel to see if the 3 was stamped over the 2?

 

[lairmo]

Nice haul Miner!!!