First buffalo nickel

[Waynos]

I hunted an old festival field and got my first buffalo nickel!!!
Date is kinda spent but looks like 1936 or 1938
The date almost vanished after I cleaned it.

Keep in mind I'm no pro and I don't support cleaning valuable coins, but the curiosity of seeing more of the coin got the better of me lol

Here's some pics including before and after cleaning

 

[david680]

Great job. As far as the cleaning goes, there wasn't much to make that a valuable coin without cleaning some of the crap off. Once you could see it was a '36 or '38, there wasn't any great chance it was to be valuable. A good piece to satisfy your curiosity on and see what you could do with it. Now if it had turned out to be a '36D 3 1/2 Legs, you might have been kicking yourself!

 

[Fletch88]

Nice find! I have only found 3 and none have a date on them.

 

[DW Dirt Whisperer]

it's great to find your firsts. congrats.

 

[Argentium]

Seemed like it took me forever to find my first Buffalo nickel (6 or 7 years ) When I did I was so excited that I called friends and
family members all over the country ! I would have cleaned that one too - Nice Find .

 

[sutphin]

HEY WAYNOS WATCHA GOT. I SEE THE BUFFALO NICKLE BUT WHAT ELSE IS IN THE BOX.

 

[Waynos]

HEY WAYNOS WATCHA GOT. I SEE THE BUFFALO NICKLE BUT WHAT ELSE IS IN THE BOX.

Ox shoes,an old knob,a few pulltabs,bottlecaps,shredded can "canslaw" a few nails and a piece of chainlink fence

 

[ggossage]

Try a brass brush on nickels (not war nickels). I think you'll find you can remove a lot of corrosion and save the detail.

 

[coinman123]

Nice Buff. Last one I found was in 2013 so it has been a while. Congrats on a first, hope there are many more to come. Also, Where there are buffalo nickels there are also Mercs, standing liberties, and walkers.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on finding your first Buffalo In 14 months I have only found 1, and it was 40 miles from home at a defunct Army ammunition depot. Hope you find more in that old festival field.

 

[cjon455]

good job on the buff, no biggie for cleaning it, it was pretty toasted and now it looks better

nice find!

 

[Waynos]

Thanks everyone...hitting a new spot tomorrow hoping for good finds!!

 

[Pinball]

Congratulations on the Buffalo nickel. Time to mark it off the list and start hunting for the other coins on your firsts list.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratulations on the first Buffalo! The place you are working surely has more to be recovered.

 

[deershed]

Congrats on your first buff, hope it' just the beginning.

 

[basque-man]

A Buff with a date!!! Not a bad day at all.

 

[Waynos]

Hoping for a mercury dime next
I like the design on older coins