Not much to look at, but its an item off my wish list finally.

[beez0404]

Not much to look at, but it's an item off my wish list finally.

Today I hunted a house built in the 50s and had a fun and productive day. I could not believe how "clean" the front yard was. I dug pretty much everything pictured in the front yard and found only a brass shell casing (9mm) and two pull tabs. That was it for trash. Nice huh?

Since I started metal detecting in January I've wanted to find a buffalo nickel and today I was luck enough to find one. All I have done to clean it is use a toothbrush and some baking soda paste. I would love to clean it enough to see if it has a date. What is the recommended cleaning method for nickels? The three silvers are #s 47-49 this year. Thanks for looking and HH.

 

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[villagenut]

Don't be disappointed if there is no date, many won't have one because of the high relief of the numbers on the nickle. But hey its the elusive buffalo, I'd take it.Nice coins

 

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[Msbeepbeep]

Nice silver and Buff! Congrats!
Sounds fantastic to hunt a yard with so little trash! The places I go it is hard to ground balance there's so much trash.

 

[ShovelNose]

Hate to remove the Patina that has formed on nickels. It just makes the coin to me. They do make a solution that you can use on nickels. JimDon brought a bottle to our club meeting a couple months ago. I have sent him a text for the name and will let you know. It works great.

 

[park pirate]

Silver is always nice to look at nice job...

 

[beez0404]

Hate to remove the Patina that has formed on nickels. It just makes the coin to me. They do make a solution that you can use on nickels. JimDon brought a bottle to our club meeting a couple months ago. I have sent him a text for the name and will let you know. It works great.

He might be using Nic-A-Date which I'm told etches the coin to reveal the date.