My first Shield Nickel

[Z.Agee]

My wife bought me a metal detector for our 2nd anniversary 4 months ago and i have been out every weekend since. I feel that i have been pretty damn fortunate with my finds so far including this nice little guy. A 1868 Shield Nickel, Thanks to google earth, i stumbled across a 1800 's home sight about 2 months ago, that has disintegrated into the ground and hidden amongst the trees. The property surrounding my find is a new housing development. There was one standing fence post with barbed-wire wrapped around it. It was a corner post, that was actually a tree that was still rooted into the ground. With lots of rotted plank wood and pre 1900 red brick that i am pretty sure that it had not even been fired.

 

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[Truth]

Still on my bucket list. Congratulations my friend. Awesome find


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[Mzjavert]

Gawd I love nickels and though rough, you found a beauty.

 

[Z.Agee]

I know that i am very fortunate to have found this, because there are a lot of hunters that probably nevee find one of these! I also found these ornamental iron fence/house decor! At the same sight, along with my first pocket spill, unfortunately it was only modern coins, but still stoked about the finds!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice find, Congratualtions!

 

[coinman123]

Nice job! Woods sites make up 95% of my sites, every now and then one really pays off and will produce a ton of colonial artifacts.

 

[eyemustdigtreasure]

Good job!
Whatta thrill, eh?
And, when you can read the date, that's special.
Hey, there's varieties, and you can see a LOT of detail,
on the other side of the coin, as well....

 

[dsdigger]

Congrats on the Shield Nickle! It still looks good and lots of the detail left, bet it will look good in your collection!

 

[CoilyGirl]

Way to go on that shield nickel,that's on my bucket list to dig.

 

[against the wind]

Congratulations on the Shield and welcome to the addiction.

 

[Z.Agee]

Thankyou all, i was definitely very excited when dug it up! And yes the addiction has begun. And my wife cant complain because it is a safe hobby that she and the kids also enjoy.

 

[trdking]

Women are soo smart. When they want alone time they buy us MD's for our anniversary!

 

[Kurios1]

Love the old nickel Aged and with character. Also one I haven't managed to recover in nearly nine years. Well done on the research and recovery of this fine target.

 

[coinman123]

Love the old nickel Aged and with character. Also one I haven't managed to recover in nearly nine years. Well done on the research and recovery of this fine target.

Same, except it has only been four years for (though I still can't believe it has been that long since I start metal detecting). I have found V-Nickels and my hunting partner dug a two cent piece (which looks very similar to a V-Nickel), but I have never had the honer of digging a shield nickel. The one you found is in better shape than most nickels I find dropped in the 1960's. There is some nice soil where you are at .