My oldest find yet a surface find!!

[Herbie1955]

While working a 1868 home permission i was finding nothing but lincoln zink pennies and trash. So I moved to the back of the house where a porch had been torn out and a lot of trash dumped. I was walking about all the debris when I spotted this 1867 shield nickle right on the surface. I'm planning on returning and cleaning up the trash and working it good with a small coil.

 

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[Rookster]

Very nice find.Congrats

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratulations on the nice find and your oldest coin!

 

[Digger RJ]

Nice!!! Congrats!!!!

 

[RTH]

Go figure! A 150 year old coin on the surface while we find Zincolns down 4 inches!

 

[xcopperstax]

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While working a 1868 home permission i was finding nothing but lincoln zink pennies and trash. So I moved to the back of the house where a porch had been torn out and a lot of trash dumped. I was walking about all the debris when I spotted this 1867 shield nickle right on the surface. I'm planning on returning and cleaning up the trash and working it good with a small coil.

Congrats! Just found my first shield nickel yesterday. I wasn't even sure what it was til I tooth-picked it. The corrosion laid waste to it's details. I'm happy I found it though! Looks like yours is in great condition!

 

[Hawks88]

That’s a beautiful save. Congrats

 

[A2coins]

Good job Herbie gotta be much motr Good luck

 

[Silvermonkey]

Great find! THose are hard to come by!

 

[PetesPockets55]

Nice find. And on the surface to boot.

Does it have rays between the stars around the 5?
(Hard to tell from the image.)

 

[Herbie1955]

Nice find. And on the surface to boot.

Does it have rays between the stars around the 5?
(Hard to tell from the image.)

No rays on this one. But that's okay just happy to have found it.

 

[against the wind]

Congrats on your first Shield and your oldest coin.

 

[Whyme]

Nice find! Hit that place hard!

 

[Trezurehunter]

What a great surface find. It took me a few years to find one of those nickels, (and I had to dig it ) !