My oldest find yet a surface find!!

Herbie1955

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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.
 

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Rookster

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Nov 24, 2013
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Very nice find.Congrats :occasion14:
 

Oct 5, 2014
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Congratulations on the nice find and your oldest coin! :occasion14:
 

RTH

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Sep 22, 2015
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Go figure! A 150 year old coin on the surface while we find Zincolns down 4 inches!
 

xcopperstax

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Sep 3, 2018
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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!
 

A2coins

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Dec 20, 2015
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Good job Herbie gotta be much motr Good luck
 

PetesPockets55

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Apr 18, 2013
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Nice find. And on the surface to boot.

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

Trezurehunter

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Mar 22, 2003
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What a great surface find. It took me a few years to find one of those nickels, (and I had to dig it ) !
 

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