First V nickel! It’s quite lousy.

[CoinFetcher]

Hello,

EDIT: Shield Nickel!

I was hunting some sidewalk stripes in the old-town with my new at max. I got a wheat across the street before I got this weird signal. I actually don’t remeber what the signal was exactly, but I ended up a metal disk too big to be a penny. I thought it was a dirty button.

It was my only real interesting find in the hour or so of hunting, and thought about it in my pouch all day while I worked.

After dinner I tooth picked at it, and low and behold, a faint ‘5’

Thanks for looking! I am a still excited about my oldest coin ever dug. I’ll let the picture do the rest of the talking.

 

[Indiana Mark]

That would be a shield nickel, not a V nickel. Date would be between 1866-1882.
Pretty toasted, but great find. Congrats!

 

[Indiana Mark]

Also- shield nickels have a smaller outside diameter than any other 5c nickel series (V/buffalo/Jefferson, all the same diameter)
Compare it with a Jefferson from your pocket change.

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the old nickel

 

[treblehunter]

Congrats on an old nickel find, I have only found one shield nic and it was in very bad shape too. They don't survive the elements very well.

 

[Mzjavert]

I love nickels. Congratulations on an old one.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Congrats on the old nickel. I have one shield and it’s toasted too.

 

[HighVDI]

Congrats on the old nic. They rarely hold up in the dirt.

 

[RustyGold]

Congratulations on the Shield Nickel. A very nice find.

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on your first Shield Nickel. At least you were able to identify it.

 

[Vldetecting]

Nice coin! Soon you'll dig 1600's & 1700's coppers all over the place

 

[BLK HOLE]

Excellent save, I would love to find one regardless of condition! Congrats

 

[scruggs]

Good find you made! I only have one, an 1869. Hope you find many more!

 

[hbru123]

Amazing find! Congrats on your oldest coin!

 

[Kurios1]

Big congrats on that old Shield Nickel. It took me NINE YEARS to find one but, I DID! So consider yourself blessed to have even a toasted example. Well Done Mate!

 

[washingtonian]

Not sure when the last time is that I saw one of those surface in WA state, if ever. Huge congrats!!!

 

[against the wind]

Congrats on your first Shield.

 

[CoinFetcher]

Thanks again everyone! Their has to be shield nickels dug in WA before.

The coins weights 3.2+ grams. So, it has lost quite a bit of weight in its life.

When I hunt in town, I feel like a lot of targets have already been extracted by hunters in decades past. I’d love to see what they have found! The mid tones are where the old targets are at I suppose!