kimsdad
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- Apr 17, 2008
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Man did I have a good day! I got out to an older grove and after digging a couple of red Jeffersons, I was hot on the trail of a penny signal when I probed a target on the side of the hole. Turned out to be a '28 Merc. The penny was in there, too - a wheat. Well, I forgot my camera, so no dirt shots of it.
A little while later I got a sweet tone and pulled up an old Bell Trading Company sterling & turquoise ring.
This looked like a good area, so I checked it real well. I got a good tone, but a large shallow target. I popped the dirt up with my digger and was looking at big silver that was 1 1/2 inches deep tops! Then I remembered my phone has a camera in it. ![sign13 :sign13: :sign13:](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/sign13.gif)
![Walker dirt.jpg Walker dirt.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/319/319283-c0fa0bbabf582c00ecd32be0f08001f7.jpg)
A '43 Walker. My first silver ever was a '43 Walker. I must have come full circle, Master. Ahh so you believe, grasshopper, but where is war nickel if circle complete? Hmmmm......
Two more items came out of that area, a silver plated religious medal and a sterling 5 way cross. I saw a used one for sale on line for almost $50 - not that it really means anything except that it makes me feel good about finding one.![Smiley :) :)](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/smiley.gif)
![Cross Medallion Small.jpg Cross Medallion Small.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/319/319286-3de616c2da9018c8d16107789039613a.jpg)
It's funny how you can hunt and hunt and all of a sudden happen upon a hotspot in the middle of all the emptiness...![icon_scratch :icon_scratch: :icon_scratch:](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/icon_scratch.gif)
I moved to an open area and found a couple of Scout slides, one is an oldie. This area was pretty much clean of good signals. I was digging all the good sounding nickel signals and finding mostly pop tops and an occasional red Jeff. Then I saw it - a silver coin in my nickle hole.
A '45 P! Not an outstanding find by most accounts, but after hunting all last year and this year without ever finding a single war nickle, I was elated.
At first I thought I winged it because of the scratches, but I don't dig with anything that would make those fine lines. Close inspection shows that it was scratched before it was lost. Looks like someone tried to comb old Tom's hair with a steel comb!
![War nickel Small.jpg War nickel Small.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/319/319296-28fdcadea0aed2d6e76aa40f7802724d.jpg)
All in all it was a great day! Silver jewelry, a walker, a Merc, and a war nickel. The war nickel was silver #90 for the year. I'm glad that first is water under the bridge now!
![Finds.jpg Finds.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/319/319305-557af638d18b64817f9cb2dd95e1bc86.jpg)
Thanks for checking out my war nickel post! It was a long time coming! HH!![Wink :wink: :wink:](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/wink.gif)
![Sad :( :(](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/sad.gif)
A little while later I got a sweet tone and pulled up an old Bell Trading Company sterling & turquoise ring.
![Smiley :) :)](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/smiley.gif)
![sign13 :sign13: :sign13:](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/sign13.gif)
![Walker dirt.jpg Walker dirt.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/319/319283-c0fa0bbabf582c00ecd32be0f08001f7.jpg)
A '43 Walker. My first silver ever was a '43 Walker. I must have come full circle, Master. Ahh so you believe, grasshopper, but where is war nickel if circle complete? Hmmmm......
Two more items came out of that area, a silver plated religious medal and a sterling 5 way cross. I saw a used one for sale on line for almost $50 - not that it really means anything except that it makes me feel good about finding one.
![Smiley :) :)](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/smiley.gif)
![Cross Medallion Small.jpg Cross Medallion Small.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/319/319286-3de616c2da9018c8d16107789039613a.jpg)
It's funny how you can hunt and hunt and all of a sudden happen upon a hotspot in the middle of all the emptiness...
![icon_scratch :icon_scratch: :icon_scratch:](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/icon_scratch.gif)
I moved to an open area and found a couple of Scout slides, one is an oldie. This area was pretty much clean of good signals. I was digging all the good sounding nickel signals and finding mostly pop tops and an occasional red Jeff. Then I saw it - a silver coin in my nickle hole.
![Shocked :o :o](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/shocked.gif)
![Smiley :) :)](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/smiley.gif)
![War nickel Small.jpg War nickel Small.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/319/319296-28fdcadea0aed2d6e76aa40f7802724d.jpg)
All in all it was a great day! Silver jewelry, a walker, a Merc, and a war nickel. The war nickel was silver #90 for the year. I'm glad that first is water under the bridge now!
![Finds.jpg Finds.jpg](https://www.treasurenet.com/data/attachments/319/319305-557af638d18b64817f9cb2dd95e1bc86.jpg)
Thanks for checking out my war nickel post! It was a long time coming! HH!
![Wink :wink: :wink:](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/wink.gif)