Found a Shield Nickel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[alkoz]

Matt had a great find today, I'll let him tell you................


Well not exactly a MDing find but anyway,I was at a park on Sunday looking for bottles and i was finding coins on the edge of the creek.So when i got home i was cleaning the money i saw somthing that looked nothing like a jefferson. I cleaned it some more and then i saw a shield!!!!. HOLY CRAP!!!I looked at the date 1881!!! It is worth $250 in G-4!!!By far the most valuable coin i'v found so far!!!! I am still shocked. But how did it get there, it was just there on the surface ,not even any dirt over it. Is there a way to get the green crud off of it? THANKS MATT

 

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[Cynangyl]

Wow! Now that is a very cool find! gratz!

 

[Merf]

Very nice find, Congrats

 

[tpmrcp]

beautiful

 

[weasel606]

1881 ! beautifull find , congrats

 

[Swingit]

WoW Sweet nickle, I gota find me one of those!!!

 

[Jack(IN)]

You'd be surprised what can be found, had a friend find a half cent in a elemtary school in IL where the oldest coin had been wheat cents, then suddenly the 1807 Half Cent in decent shape is dug, go figure, just enjoy the shield!!

 

[TreasureTales]

Great eyeballing. Nice nickel. When you are collecting bottles do you mean for the deposit? Or are they old?

 

[shadow0966]

Very nice but I would leave it as it is to keep the value , it is a gem .
thanx for the pic

 

[Mirage]

Very sweet. And no detector even.

I once had a dream that I was finding coins like that just laying on top of the grass.

 

[JerV3]

Nice nickle,

Those are tough to find

HH Jer

 

[DetectorBase]

Sounds like you got a great spot to return with the detector! Congrats on the Shield!!!

DB

 

[diggervet]

nice find, soak it for a few days in olive oil and rub it between your thumb and forefinger. It should clean it up nicely. How did you determine it's worth $250?

 

[nealb]

Nice Find!!! That's an incredible way to find it.

 

[Boobydoo]

Wow, what a awesome old coin. Great to see it here, congrats!

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[River Rat]

Sweet find, Matt!!

RR

 

[cyeager]

1881 Shield 5

G-4 VG-8 F-12 VF-20 XF-40 AU-50 MS-60 MS-63 MS-64 MS-65 PF-65
$140.00 $180.00 $220.00 $275.00 $355.00 $400.00 $555.00 $720.00 $900.00 $1,145.00 $625.00

Oil it... It will ox faster in air now... Clean? Very lightly... Softly. Say, after a few days in oil... Professional Picking under a Microscope /=/ possible.

BUT WHAT A FIND!!!! More Pics! Really worth looking at....

 

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

OMG, Its like my Dreams !!!

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,85527.0.html

 

[paul1410]

Nice find, alkoz!

You rarely see shields posted here.

WTG!

 

[BIG61AL]

I'd soak in olive oil with maybe a little gentle [read that as GENTLE!!!!!!!!!!] cleaning with a olive oil soaked Q-tip.
That is a sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet find!