Oldest wheat & nickel

[Vern2]

With the DeLeon, I found my oldest penny and nickel, this morning. Both at 3 to 4".
1919 wheat & 1941 nickel.

My oldest previous coin was a 1929 Merc.

My first anniversary of MD will be Dec 26th. Hopefully some more records will be broken prior to that date.

 

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[SD51]

Congrats on two epic finds!

 

[Gary41]

Vern I also found my oldest coin to date yesterday Took out my Lobo Super Traq to an old gold mining area near where I live. I found no gold but along a trail found a 1912S wheat in real great condition. Did not realize what I had until I got home and washed it off. Turns out the 1912s wheat is a real rare one. The San Francisco mint only minted 4,400,000 of them. Collector value starts at $22 and up. Been doing this about a year like you and still looking for my first silver coin.

 

[Vern2]

Gary, congratulations. Nice. Worth $22 huh? That's 2200 holes you don't have to dig. Awesome.

I found these two in the same area I dug my 1929 Merc. My only silver. I just know there's some good stuff there. While I've never seen another MD around, I speck it's been hunted much over the years. Very old park.

Parks and Recreation manager told me I was fine hunting any of the city and county parks. As long as I filled my holes and no shovel. So I'm Digging It All With A Lesche knife. Tough on my arthritic hands, so I pretty much cherry pick targets. The Deleon is really accurate with ID.
WHEW!

 

[Billinoregon]

Vern, glad to see you are still getting after those targets. Hope to swing my Deleon soon.

 

[Vern2]

Vern, glad to see you are still getting after those targets. Hope to swing my Deleon soon.

Thanks Bill. I will just be glad when the weather cools.
I wish you the best with your DeLeon. It don't get much better.