My First Shield Nickel

[Kyle PA]

KKC got out today to an old standby site. I got two large cents there the last time we were there.

We would have liked to have been swinging on a new site, but we're just stuck in a permission rut. We got denied permission for the 4th time in one week.

I found this 1867 Shield nickel and 1883 V nickel today. The nickels were found within one feet of each other. This was my first Shield, so I'll take it. Yeah, it is not the time period that I'm looking for, but it will be welcomed in my growing collection.

 

[Merf]

A sweet find Kyle

 

[Ricky1601 aka pull tab king]

congrats on the nice finds, thanks for sharing and hh

 

[Colonial Copper Zeus]

Agree, if it's a first than at least it's something! I did cross that one off several years ago but never dug a Merc dime. (but I'm not looking too hard for it)

IP, I'll trade you the thousand or so Merc dimes I found over the years for the 1 cob you found.
Chris

If you have a 16d or two I'm sure we could figure something out.

No 16d but I did find a 16s which gave me a heart attack.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Not too shaby of a shield nickle, Kyle. I have yet to find one yet but hopefully someday it will appear

 

[1235CE]

very nice Kyle!....in my opinion, any time you can get into the 1800's is great and you did it twice....nice job!!

Just curious, on the reverse of the 1883 V nickel, is it the "Without Cents" or "With Cents" variety?

Early in 1883 (the first year of the V) the word "Cents" was not written on the coin anywhere and some enterprising individuals applied gold plating to these new nickels and passed them off as new $5 gold pieces.......so the Mint quickly added the word "Cents" to the reverse and that's why there's 2 varieties.........always thought that was a cool story, called Racketeer Nickels.........

Again, congrats!!

HH all!

Greg

 

[Kyle PA]

Greg, I just cleaned it up better and the reverse has the "Cents."

Thank you to all who responded! I know we'll rebound from the recent letdowns.

Kyle

 

[Brian(upstateNY-Central Fla.)]

Congrats Kyle on the finds

 

[Dan32981]

Sweet finds!, Ive only dug 2 shield nickels so far! happy dirt fishing!

-Dan

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Greg, I just cleaned it up better and the reverse has the "Cents."

Thank you to all who responded! I know we'll rebound from the recent letdowns.

Kyle

I am curious how you cleaned it up. I am so afraid with any nickels. They seem to have a coating of skin that can peel like sunburn. The most cleaning I do on them is a gentle thumb rub.

 

[Hill Billy]

I guess a Shield nickel is "Post Worthy." I guess I had a decent day as well, considering I dug 2 "Fattie" IHs, a thin IH, and a nice Flying Eagle cent out of the same hole. I am due for a copper!

Kirk

We want Pics Kirk .

Kyle Congrats to you on your first Shield nickel. I think I have found 3 of them now.
Don't run across them to often.

Hill Billy

 

[Kyle PA]

Greg, I just cleaned it up better and the reverse has the "Cents."

Thank you to all who responded! I know we'll rebound from the recent letdowns.

Kyle

I am curious how you cleaned it up. I am so afraid with any nickels. They seem to have a coating of skin that can peel like sunburn. The most cleaning I do on them is a gentle thumb rub.

When Greg asked me if it was the cents variety, I looked at the coin's reverse and it wasn't showing enough detail. I noticed it had a flakey coating, so I just decided to scratch it with my nail and it came off, revealing some nice detail underneath. The Shield nickel has no hope for further cleaning, though.

 

[BuckleBoy]

We want Pics Kirk .

Kyle Congrats to you on your first Shield nickel. I think I have found 3 of them now.
Don't run across them to often.

Hill Billy

Yeah, I don't run across them too often either, as evidenced by this year's totals. :P

HB: 3 shield nickels
Buckles: 2 shield nickels
Rodeo: 3 shield nickels

All I need is one more for the tie.

 

[Gribnitz]

You can have my shield and V nickels. I'd gladly trade for those coppers

 

[ModernMiner]

Dude,
Brooke called, she wants her nickel back.

 

[Kyle PA]

Dude,
Brooke called, she wants her nickel back.

You are hilarious, Dug. Did you clean that copper using the method I told you?

 

[ModernMiner]

Dude,
Brooke called, she wants her nickel back.

You are hilarious, Dug. Did you clean that copper using the method I told you?

I used some hot peroxide on it. It came a little bit cleaner, and I'm leaving it as-is now. I posted up a few more pictures in my post if you scroll down.
I hit the pasture after work today for a few hours until the rain and darkness set in. Only iron & shotgun shell heads so far, but I'm only about 1/10th done.
Come on 2nd LC!!!
-Dug-