Merc, war nickel, buckle, and 1922D wheaty (w/weak die?)

[TejasDigger]

Hey guys, I hunted at my parents house again yesterday for about an hour and found a 1942D merc (not the 2/1), a 1945D war nickle and some clad. This morning I went and hunted the old 1800's house with my nephew and found a 1922 wheaty with a weak D (I think), and this little buckle. We hunted for a little over an hour. I could have stayed all day but my newphew couldn't stay away from the video games at home. I showed him the wheat cent, and even let him use my other detector, but he just wasn't interested. Anybody know how I can clean the nickel and Merc? Here are the finds:

 

[texjim]

good job

 

[jgas]

Nice finds.. Common date silvers can be cleaned with a little baking soda between your fingers. Wet it down and gently rub. They will shine like new! But only with common date ones...No key date stuff should be cleaned like this. Okay....The buckle is cool too. Maybe mid 1800's. Congrats. jgas

 

[tymcmurray]

Yup!
That new machine is doing well in your hands.
Keep up the good hunts.

 

[TejasDigger]

Yup!
That new machine is doing well in your hands.
Keep up the good hunts.

Yeah, I like it so far.

 

[TejasDigger]

good job

Nice finds.. Common date silvers can be cleaned with a little baking soda between your fingers. Wet it down and gently rub. They will shine like new! But only with common date ones...No key date stuff should be cleaned like this. Okay....The buckle is cool too. Maybe mid 1800's. Congrats. jgas

Thanks guys.

 

[tymcmurray]

Hey! That suspender buckle is exactly like one I found at Antietam Battlefield.
There is one like it in Crouch's Civil War Artifacts book.
Great find!!!

 

[dirthunter]

Very nice Merc, always nice to find silver.

 

[TejasDigger]

Nice finds.. Common date silvers can be cleaned with a little baking soda between your fingers. Wet it down and gently rub. They will shine like new! But only with common date ones...No key date stuff should be cleaned like this. Okay....The buckle is cool too. Maybe mid 1800's. Congrats. jgas

Hey! That suspender buckle is exactly like one I found at Antietam Battlefield.
There is one like it in Crouch's Civil War Artifacts book.
Great find!!!

Thanks guys. I didn't think it was that old.

 

[allen]

good going on the sweet silver,
great looking little buckle and
nice looking older wheatie !!

 

[dfx willy]

hey i can tell you like error coins!! me too. on the 22 d i think theres like 3-4 varietys maby ill find my book and get back to you. nice buckle !! buckels are good. on the silver tooth paste works too. willy

 

[history hunter]

Nice finds!

 

[TejasDigger]

hey i can tell you like error coins!! me too. on the 22 d i think theres like 3-4 varietys maby ill find my book and get back to you. nice buckle !! buckels are good. on the silver tooth paste works too. willy

Thanks Willy, I'll be looking forward to your post. I think it is the variety 3 but am not totally sure.

 

[dneyedli@res1.mts.net]

hey i can tell you like error coins!! me too. on the 22 d i think theres like 3-4 varietys maby ill find my book and get back to you. nice buckle !! buckels are good. on the silver tooth paste works too. willy

Thanks Willy, I'll be looking forward to your post. I think it is the variety 3 but am not totally sure.

I hope it is a good variety!
I found a 22 weak D years ago but it was the least valuable variety.
Nice finds!
Dave.

 

[tymcmurray]

How did the cleaning go with the penny?
Can you post a photo of it cleaned?

 

[TejasDigger]

I didn't clean the penny but I did clean the Merc with baking soda. It turned out great.