My first "V" nickel!

[Msbeepbeep]

My first "V" nickel!

It was pure joy to go detecting after missing out for a week.
I had hopes of finding some bling, i did...sort of. :sly:
First find of the day, a bejewled starfish...on dry land! I believe it is a sew on ornament, has 4 holes, no loop or post and the # 2138 on the back.

The 1925 wheat read as a quarter, i chalk that up to a hard time ground balancing. The orange paw bead is a plastic surface find.

I finally found a spot where i could ground balance, that seemed to bring out the quarters, dimes and nickels for a clad fest!!!
I thought one of those nickels felt a little "off". :what: I didn't know how "off" till i later cleaned it at home. My first "V" nickel!!! ....unreadable date...of course! :banghead:

Even one of the zincs came out sporting its own rootball! I thought it was a piece of tin foil for a while! :what:

This sports field is full of all sorts of surprises! Tons of trash, abundant clad, gold ring, silver rings, wheats, Rosie, musket ball, V nickel, car parts. Finding the kitchen sink here would not surprise me....may need a larger trash pouch!

Can anyone make out the date on my toasted V?
.....i may have to post pics in a second post...it tells me i'm not logged in :what::banghead:

 

[CoilyGirl]

There ya go,nice recovery! Even though V nickels are often crusty, they are so pretty to me. I think that starfish came from a mermaid for sure.

 

[KyDigNQueen]

Congrats! What a great find. I think it reads 1904, also. My husband and I were discussing a sports complex that has been around for awhile near us. I told him it would be a clad fest at the very least. Hoping we can make.it over there sometime soon. From the looks of it it would be worth checking out. Hope you have many more good finds!

 

[Captain Caveman]

Congratz on your first V Nickel!!!

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[treblehunter]

CONGRATS! I'm very happy for you beeps!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

WHADIFIND- Thank you!
It was a meandering kinda walk. A 1400 V nickel...can i quote you on that?


Scuba- Thanks! Kinda toasted but mine!

Trapperart- Thanks!

Deershed- Thank you! My dateless LC now has company!

Jeff- Thank you! The clad quarters are red also, maybe from what ever fertilizers they use. This field is getting very interesting!

 

[DW Dirt Whisperer]

Nice find. I sure do love the way those nickels were made.

 

[Echoplex]

Congrats on you first! I found my first V last week, so if you were even half as excited as I was then you had a great day! I still pull it out of the drawer every now and then to look at it. I'm such a geek...

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Tuberale- Thanks! It is worth a try.

46W- Thanks!

Silverjohn- Thank you! I hope you find yours soon!

J cache- Thank you! When it comes to me and coin dates theres a lot of room for wishful thinking! :sly:

Portewen- Thank you!
" ¡/ " ...as close to a check as i can get, ph keyboard doesn't have one.

ATW- Thank you!

Skippy- Lol. Thanks! At lest you can read the date on your ebay v.

Mel n Rob- Thank you!

Tomhighland- Thanks! This site is litterally full of surprises.

Park Pirate- Thank you! I must try harder to find dated coinage, i'm creating eye strain on T Net!


david680- Thank you! I would be detecting more if life would just get the heck out of my way.
I am thrilled with my little victories!

Trezurehunter- Thank you! I did that with my LC, it almost worked. It may have better results with the v nickel.

Loco- Thank you! It only took me 26...years! Lol! Its still a thrill!

Tom- Thank you very much!

CG- Thanks! Those V nickels are special. The mermaid must have been really lost! We're 20 miles from the ocean and land locked.

Ky-D-Queen- Thanks! I'm going to be brave and try a little cleaning on it and see what happens.
Good luck at your sports complex. The clad and pop tops will be competing for 1 st place, hope the gold & silver slide in there too!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Captain C- Thank you!

Casper- Thank you! I have no choice...i'm addicted!

Treb- Thank you very much! One of these days i will wade in the water and see what I find....hope it doesn't bite!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

DW D Whisper- Thanks! Yes they stand out from the rest.

Echoplex- Thanks! Well I'm right there with you being geeky too! Yes I look at it often. Lol!
I had to wait till I got home to get excited. I leave my glasses home...for my own protection!

 

[WHADIFIND]

WHADIFIND- Thank you!
It was a meandering kinda walk. A 1400 V nickel...can i quote you on that?

Absolutely! It's a testament to the state of my eyes.
The ketchup thing? Surprisingly, I've known it to work. Hope you can get your date.
Congrats again on your first.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the V-nickle! Trashy places IMHO are the best to hunt, many keepers hiding an await retrieval and very little competition!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

WHADIFIND- i did put a little ketchup on the back for a few minutes, i think i have to keep it on longer, not much change.
Well at lest you can "see" a date on it! Lol!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Thanks Proffessor!
Someone would have to be out of their mind to detect this field.
The detector literally is continually chattering, you can end up with a headache till you've done it for a while.
Probably why i am the only hunter there. :sly
I'm sure more goodies are there, its a large field and the going has to be slow.

 

[Peyton Manning]

got my first v this year too, we will always share this year..

 

[can]

congrats on the V.

 

[lowcountry]

great!!!

 

[McCDig]

Congrats on your V.....sweet. I've come across a lot of high VDI wheats, too.

 

[Isaac]

Great coins. They are some of my favorite designs. It took me a very long time to find my first and then they just started flying out of the ground!