Good ole park huntin gets me my oldest coin yet!!! 1893 V-Nickel

[treasurefiend]

Well this morning at 8am I meet up with Goio, McEtrac, Rootmaster, & Tmanfromtexas in an old Chicago park for a 7 hour hunt. Man was it cold, I was the only one in our group not wearing a Carheart body suit!!! We all had some great finds. In about 10 min into the hunt I got a shallow 2 inch nickel signal. I figured it would be a modern Jefferson but when I pulled it out of the ground I was rewarded with my oldest dug coin so far!!! It was an 1893 V-Nickel!!! All season I was lookin for one and I just got my first last Sunday, now I have 2!!! Later I got a high deep coin signal at about 7 or 8 inches. I thought it was gonna be a silver dime but when I retrieved my target I was pleasantly surprised to find an old thimble. I wiped the dirt off of it and I knew it had to be silver!!! Once I got home I cleaned out the inside and at the bottom I found that it was in fact silver, it is stamped with STERLING. I weighed it and it is 2 grams. I also got an iffy signal by an old tree, when I dug my plug it disappeared. I checked the the hole's walls with my pinpointer and it knocked some dirt loose and out popped an old marble that was about 5 or 6 inches down. So I was happy that I didn't waist my efforts for nothing. Here is the rest of my finds, not including the 2 full pouches of canslaw and wine caps...

Thanks Goio, McEtrac, & T-Man for letting me and Rootmaster tag along!!!

LOL - I didn't know Ms. Liberty had a mustache...

 

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[kdismuke1]

GREAT NICKLE FINE. LIKE THE THIMBLE.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Great find TF. I need a V nickle too Nice silver thimble too

 

[civilman1]

Holy Schnapp!!!!!.....A Washington Arsenal Thimble!!!! Congrat's on your Oldest,still looking for my first....

 

[Goes4ever]

great finds TF the thimble is pretty cool. Seeing the deer was cool too, very good video

 

[kimsdad]

Superb, Fiend!! Gorgeous Merc & nice thimble! Congrats on the V & on it being your oldest!!

Thanks for the great video. Looks like a great hunt - a group of guys out enjoying hunting together!! A successful day even if no one found anything!. Goio, it was weird to see you having a clad day - - but it was good that you had fun!!

 

[allen]

congrats on all of those nice finds in the cold weather...

 

[treasurefiend]

Thanks guys!!

 

[oddcoins]

WOW ~ that's awesome! That was a cool video! All you guys did great! That's exciting! WOOHOOO!!!!!!

 

[jgas]

Nice digs...I love that thimble. Congrats on all the finds. jgas

 

[j.d. in the usa]

great job bud the v is cool and the thimble is sweet!!!!!!!!! hh jd

 

[Captn SE]

I saw your vid on youtube. Nice!!

That's my kind of park you hunt over there. Injuns, Barbers, mercs, V's....Awesome!!

Congrats on your finds. I like that silver thimble!!

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[Detectingfreak]

Sounds like you had an awesome weekend as well! Keep up the hunting! Nice job on your oldest V nickle

 

[Natman]

Sweet "v" too ... The rare groucho marx variety ...

Nick's correct - Lady Liberty was clean shaven on all dates except 1893

WTG on the V...you dug one of my "wish list" coins

Nat

 

[bilt46]

Nice Thimble.. I walked about 3 miles and found nothing,rushed home early to watch a lousy f-ball game.GLAD YOU GUYS HAD FUN.. BillT

 

[twistidd]

Good job on the V nickel. Only you would have dug that! Remember what I said about digging nickels? Yeah, they may not be shiny or sharp, but look, you got yourself your oldest dug coin, and I'll bet many went over it. I'm not saying I would have dug it, because I probably wouldn't have, lol.

We gotta get back there, I've got a date with some silver coins there that have eluded me. Last time I spent God knows how many hours there and came out with two wheats and some clad.

Joe