Turtleman
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I had about an hour after my class left out to hit a park before my wife and children got home from a meeting. The park dates to the 1910's. I have searched it about a half dozen times prior to today. I have found a lot of clad and a silver pendant in the park. I have also found 7 wheat pennies.
Today, right before I had to leave the park, I got a mixture of silver and nickel signals near a large (100+ years old) tree. The tree is surrounded by modern picnic tables. I dug and found an old, rusted out nail. I scanned the hole again and got another signal then pulled a bottle cap from the hole. I scanned again and got a good silver signal. I used my digger to clear out more dirt and there in the dirt was an Indian head/buffalo nickel-my first. It was about 4 inches down. I scanned and there were no more signals. I also found a wheat penny at the base of the tree under a large root. These two coins were about two feet from each other.
I brought the coins home and ran some water over them. The wheat penny is quite worn and I still can't make out the date due to dirt that is still clinging like dry concrete to it. However, I could see quickly that the nickel was a 1937. What I can't fully tell yet is whether it has three or four legs. I also can't quite determine if the mint is a D or an S (if it is an S I know it has four legs.) There is still some dirt clinging to it and I don't want to scratch the coin up. Does anyone have a good method for cleaning copper nickels that will not cause their value to decline? The coin seems to be in good shape-I can see the pleats in the feathers on the Indian's headdress and the date is bold. The buffalo side appears to be deeply pressed and quite recessed.
I will post a picture when it is cleaned.
Also, any tips on cleaning wheat pennies? And any suggestions why my detector showed a strong silver signal/$1 when the nickel is mostly copper?
I will go back to the spot again soon as I was getting a number of silver and nickel signals all around the tree but time ran out. By the way, all of the wheats I have found in this park have been 1910's-20's. Hopefully silver is out there still.
Thanks, in advance, for any info. on cleaning the coins.
Turtleman
Today, right before I had to leave the park, I got a mixture of silver and nickel signals near a large (100+ years old) tree. The tree is surrounded by modern picnic tables. I dug and found an old, rusted out nail. I scanned the hole again and got another signal then pulled a bottle cap from the hole. I scanned again and got a good silver signal. I used my digger to clear out more dirt and there in the dirt was an Indian head/buffalo nickel-my first. It was about 4 inches down. I scanned and there were no more signals. I also found a wheat penny at the base of the tree under a large root. These two coins were about two feet from each other.
I brought the coins home and ran some water over them. The wheat penny is quite worn and I still can't make out the date due to dirt that is still clinging like dry concrete to it. However, I could see quickly that the nickel was a 1937. What I can't fully tell yet is whether it has three or four legs. I also can't quite determine if the mint is a D or an S (if it is an S I know it has four legs.) There is still some dirt clinging to it and I don't want to scratch the coin up. Does anyone have a good method for cleaning copper nickels that will not cause their value to decline? The coin seems to be in good shape-I can see the pleats in the feathers on the Indian's headdress and the date is bold. The buffalo side appears to be deeply pressed and quite recessed.
I will post a picture when it is cleaned.
Also, any tips on cleaning wheat pennies? And any suggestions why my detector showed a strong silver signal/$1 when the nickel is mostly copper?
I will go back to the spot again soon as I was getting a number of silver and nickel signals all around the tree but time ran out. By the way, all of the wheats I have found in this park have been 1910's-20's. Hopefully silver is out there still.
Thanks, in advance, for any info. on cleaning the coins.
Turtleman
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