Natman
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2007
- Messages
- 2,487
- Reaction score
- 461
- Golden Thread
- 0
- Location
- Hazelwood, MO
- 🏆 Honorable Mentions:
- 1
- Detector(s) used
- White's Prizm II, White's Coinmaster
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Hi all, glad to be back..it's been a while! My finds have been fewer lately and I didn't have too much to shout about (kinda ran out of fertile detecting spots ![:-\](https://www.treasurenet.com/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
) but I did get out this week..the weather here has been great and today was no exception (upper 50's)!
Today I went back to a neighbor's house I got permission to detect 2 weeks ago. At that time, I found 4 wheats (1944-P, 1944-D, 1949-S and 1957-D) and one 1959-D silver Rosie. Since I was free today and had nowhere else to go, I went back to the same yard I already searched thoroughly, or so I thought. When I checked before, I purposely skipped over what appeared to be junk targets. I told my wife I wanted to go back to that yard and check it more slowly and deliberately, challenging myself to find "just one more wheat penny".
In the back yard, I got a signal that was quite iffy, kind of pull tabbish and kind of nickelish..so I dug a pretty deep hole in the thick zoysia grass (which I hate!) and I saw a muddy disc that looked like a washer at first. It turned out to be a Buffalo nickel! It's only the 4th one I've ever found (my first 3 are dateless). As I put the coin in my pocket I was hoping that when I got it home I'd see a date. Well after putting on my reading glasses, I did! It's a 1936, and I can see all the numbers and read every word clearly on both sides. Oh yeah!
But what is that "halo" on the buffalo side? It looked like another coin to me. I know I re-checked the hole...or did I...better go back and see.
I went back to the yard, took out the plug where I found the Buffalo and re-scanned it...nothing. I decided to do something I rarely do - put my detector on zero discrimination (dig everything) mode. Well needless to say I got a weak signal. I cleaned out the side of the hole a little more and out came a '59 Rosie.
Not bad for one hole, a nice little 15-cent obsolete coin pocket spill. I checked the hole thoroughly again since I thought the "halo" on the dime didn't quite match the nickel that sat on below (or on top) of it. Alas, nothing else was there. It was clear the Buffalo side of the nickel and the tales side of the dime were facing each other.
It was also interesting to know that although the neighborhood was developed in 1958, Buffalo nickels were still being circulated with the Jeffersons, and this proved true when I found the Buff in the company of a '59 Rosie.
Here's the nickel again after a peroxide bath, followed by a salt and vinegar bath (to turn it more "silvery").
I also found this antique Tootsie Toy car in very good shape..I couldn't believe it still had most of its original paint.
Hope everyone has a treasure-filled weekend!
Nat
) but I did get out this week..the weather here has been great and today was no exception (upper 50's)! Today I went back to a neighbor's house I got permission to detect 2 weeks ago. At that time, I found 4 wheats (1944-P, 1944-D, 1949-S and 1957-D) and one 1959-D silver Rosie. Since I was free today and had nowhere else to go, I went back to the same yard I already searched thoroughly, or so I thought. When I checked before, I purposely skipped over what appeared to be junk targets. I told my wife I wanted to go back to that yard and check it more slowly and deliberately, challenging myself to find "just one more wheat penny".
In the back yard, I got a signal that was quite iffy, kind of pull tabbish and kind of nickelish..so I dug a pretty deep hole in the thick zoysia grass (which I hate!) and I saw a muddy disc that looked like a washer at first. It turned out to be a Buffalo nickel! It's only the 4th one I've ever found (my first 3 are dateless). As I put the coin in my pocket I was hoping that when I got it home I'd see a date. Well after putting on my reading glasses, I did! It's a 1936, and I can see all the numbers and read every word clearly on both sides. Oh yeah!
But what is that "halo" on the buffalo side? It looked like another coin to me. I know I re-checked the hole...or did I...better go back and see.
I went back to the yard, took out the plug where I found the Buffalo and re-scanned it...nothing. I decided to do something I rarely do - put my detector on zero discrimination (dig everything) mode. Well needless to say I got a weak signal. I cleaned out the side of the hole a little more and out came a '59 Rosie.
Not bad for one hole, a nice little 15-cent obsolete coin pocket spill. I checked the hole thoroughly again since I thought the "halo" on the dime didn't quite match the nickel that sat on below (or on top) of it. Alas, nothing else was there. It was clear the Buffalo side of the nickel and the tales side of the dime were facing each other.
It was also interesting to know that although the neighborhood was developed in 1958, Buffalo nickels were still being circulated with the Jeffersons, and this proved true when I found the Buff in the company of a '59 Rosie.
Here's the nickel again after a peroxide bath, followed by a salt and vinegar bath (to turn it more "silvery").
I also found this antique Tootsie Toy car in very good shape..I couldn't believe it still had most of its original paint.
Hope everyone has a treasure-filled weekend!
Nat
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Looks like a winning day to me 
