NORTH COUNTRY GIVES UP WAR NICKEL

[against the wind]

We hit the beach today in hopes of finding some silver that two Vermont Hunters may have missed. The Parks Department dug out and piled up sand on the beach to form 6 small mountains. These mountains are part of an obstacle course that the participants in the Plattsburgh Iron Man Run, Swim , and Bicycle Triathlon. I spoke with one the 2 Vermont hunters yesterday. He showed me 2 silver dimes that he dug out of the pits that were bulldozed to create these mini-mountains. I scoured the pits yesterday with my DEUS and that resulted in a silver ring that I previously posted. Today, I was equipped with the Excalibur.
I investigated a strange signal. It turned out to be a black nickel. Most nickels I have found with the Excalibur do not sound like this one. I immediately started to rub the area above Monticello's dome. Sure enough, an "S". I turned it over and rubbed the date area to reveal a 1945. I have gotten V nickels and Buffalos on the beach before but this is my first "beach recovered" war nickel.




This is a picture of me in front of one of the small sand mountains that I hunted with the DEUS yesterday.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice silver nickel find!

 

[cjon455]

Nice going on the war nickel, silver is silver!

 

[Diggin Dude]

Congrats on the War Nickel !!!! Sounds like you're having a great time! Best of luck !!!

 

[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on pulling that OD nickel.

 

[A2coins]

Sweet find always nice when sand or dirt gets moved around hopefully new finds show up Good job!! Thanks for sharing

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice job on the War Nickel ATW.

 

[pepperdawg]

Nice finds....


I found a nice 43 P War Nickle in a tip cup last night at a local burger stand - took the nickle and dropped in a dollar so people wouldn't think I was a weirdo/thief. (I was only buying a soda).

 

[deershed]

What's a war nickel? All I see is a Sweet OD nickel!!

 

[Tommy G]

Nice war nickel. I've never found one with the S mint mark. Congrats!

 

[WHADIFIND]

Congrats on pulling that OD nickel.

What's a war nickel? All I see is a Sweet OD nickel!!

Give it up guys. Old Dude has retired. The "OD" nickle has become blase' and a misnomer.

(boy! gonna catch it for that one! INCOMING!!)

 

[flashover1969]

What's a war nickel? All I see is a Sweet OD nickel!!

Nickel was a "strategic" metal during WWII, so nickels from 1942-45 were composed of 35% silver, 56% Cu, 9% maganese instead of the normal 75% copper 25% nickel. Anyway the nickels made during WWII from late 42-45 were made using the silver alloy and thus called "war nickels"

 

[testing123]

Nickel was a "strategic" metal during WWII, so nickels from 1942-45 were composed of 35% silver, 56% Cu, 9% maganese instead of the normal 75% copper 25% nickel. Anyway the nickels made during WWII from late 42-45 were made using the silver alloy and thus called "war nickels"

There's an ongoing joke here regarding a member, Old Dude, and Wartime nickels. I'm a bit rusty on how it started, but I'm sure someone can fill us in more!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats on the nickel

 

[sutphin]

A FIND IS A FIND AND THAT NICKLE IS A NEET FIND .

 

[against the wind]

Give it up guys. Old Dude has retired. The "OD" nickle has become blase' and a misnomer.

(boy! gonna catch it for that one! INCOMING!!)
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Where is Old Dude?? Has he retired from metal detecting or from Tnet altogether??

 

[WHADIFIND]

Where is Old Dude?? Has he retired from metal detecting or from Tnet altogether??

It's rumored that he's thrown over detecting for a camera.