My first Buffalo

[fyrffytr1]

I have been hunting for about 35 years and yesterday I found my first Buffalo Nickel. It is a 1929. I didn't even realise that it was my first until I got ready to take pictures of it this morning. I had to check through all my old nickels to make sure.
Well, now all I need is a CS button and I can die a happy man!
I also found a 1912 Wheatie and four arrowheads. Three are broken and the fourth is a small bird point.
A pottery shard and some lead shot ended my hunt.

 

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[Swingit]

Nice Points.
Congrats On Your First Buff !!!
HH!!

 

[rjw4law]

I was excited when I got my first one.

 

[treasurefiend]

Great hunt, congrats on your 1st Buff!!!

 

[Kanyontreasures]

that almost looks 3 legged maybe? i have never seen one outher than my avatar

 

[Gator-Flea]

Nice Buffalo!!

 

[Hunter]

Nice Buffalo!

 

[fyrffytr1]

that almost looks 3 legged maybe? i have never seen one outher than my avatar

I looked at it and it is 4 legged.

 

[TejasDigger]

Nice! Still waiting on my first Buffalo. In my opinion I think the small bird point is just a piece of flint. Maybe a flake from something else being worked? I can tell you have some worked pieces and the one in the middle is definitely a piece of an arrowhead. Can we get a closeup of the bird point?

 

[fyrffytr1]

Nice! Still waiting on my first Buffalo. In my opinion I think the small bird point is just a piece of flint. Maybe a flake from something else being worked? I can tell you have some worked pieces and the one in the middle is definitely a piece of an arrowhead. Can we get a closeup of the bird point?

Tejas,
You are probably right on the bird point. I am by no means an expert on points. My buddy said it looked like a bird point to him so I went with it. These points were found in a plowed field amongst a lot of brick and trash. That is why the others are broken. The one in the middle has a fairly new break on it revealing the true color on the inside.
I have included a picture of my best points. All of these have been found while detecting sites except for the center one. It came from Arizona, found on private land several years ago.

 

[TejasDigger]

Definitely not a bird point. You do have some cool points though! I own two hundred acres in south Texas and there is an old Indian camp there. I've found a bunch of arrowheads there too.

 

[Giant056]

Big congrats on your first Buffalo nickel

 

[liftloop]

35 years before you found a buffalo, I've been detecting for two years going on three so another 32 for me.