second day at the camp grounds

[victhedog]

Today was a great day in the Pennsylvania Woods

Victory Nickles
1899
1904
1906
1910
1912

Buffalo Nickles
3-1920
1921
2-1923
1924
4-1926
4-1927
2-1928
1929
1930
1934
3-1935
5-1936
4-1937

7-unknow date (unreadable)
Lots of pennies (still cleaning)

 

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[DonDigger]

Wow, that's a bunch of nickles! And the majority with readable dates and in good condition to boot. The camp ground soil conditions must be really neutral. And a lot of pennies, but no dimes or quarters? Make me wonder what was going on at this camp ground in the 30's. Did I miss another thread with the story?

 

[victhedog]

Pennies
1935

1940
4-1941
3-1942
1942d
1943
1943d
1944
1945
2-1948

1950
1951d
4-1953
2-1955
1956
1956d
1957
1957d

 

[sssnake31]

Nice... I need to find me a campground like that.

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

wow man where in PA are you? i never found nothing that clean in the ground. did they come from a cache or something? where they inside of a old building in the woods? ive just never saw nickels and pennies come out that clean!

 

[victhedog]

Wow, that's a bunch of nickles! And the majority with readable dates and in good condition to boot. The camp ground soil conditions must be really neutral. And a lot of pennies, but no dimes or quarters? Make me wonder what was going on at this camp ground in the 30's. Did I miss another thread with the story?

yes this is my second day at the site
few dimes still cleaning
so far 2 quarters
some old steel and stuff
Ground is dry and sandy (strange for this area thinking it was a lot of fill to soften ground)

thinking I'm first person to work area (not much trash)

first post was :
[h=1]Went hunting today in rain at old campground[/h]

thanks for reading

 

[CoinHunterAZ]

Every single Buffalo I have ever found has been very dark brown or even black.

 

[victhedog]

wow man where in PA are you? i never found nothing that clean in the ground. did they come from a cache or something? where they inside of a old building in the woods? ive just never saw nickels and pennies come out that clean!

I'm up in the Poconos north east PA

Its a old campground Thinking some of the area was Cabins no longer there
everything was cleaned before photos taken, But coins are better then most I have dug up before soil is very dry

 

[T-Bone]

Wow! Awesome hunt!
Great Nickels!!

 

[victhedog]

using a Ultrasonic Cleaner and a tumbler to clean

 

[Scrappy]

Um, great find

 

[Garrett424]

Wow; what a great spot and great hunt.

You definitely need to go back to that one.
Congrats.

 

[Argentium]

Terrific spot ! Because of the amazing number of old coins you just pulled , I don't think the site has been hit much by other
metal detectorists (even cherry pickers would have dug the cent signals because old silver dimes hit like that too !) Which makes
me wonder why you aren't getting more silver dimes ? If that many larger coins are lost , there ought to be way more silver
dimes ?

 

[victhedog]

Terrific spot ! Because of the amazing number of old coins you just pulled , I don't think the site has been hit much by other
metal detectorists (even cherry pickers would have dug the cent signals because old silver dimes hit like that too !) Which makes
me wonder why you aren't getting more silver dimes ? If that many larger coins are lost , there ought to be way more silver
dimes ?

So far only 5 dimes ??

 

[doninbrewster]

You're doing great. I wish the soil was like that around here. I've never found a buffalo or a v nickel that looked like those. Here' the ones I found over the weekend.

 

[NEPADIGGER7]

You're doing great. I wish the soil was like that around here. I've never found a buffalo or a v nickel that looked like those. Here' the ones I found over the weekend.

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Don i live about 20 minutes from this guy and mine look the same as urs do....im really considering an ultrasonic cleaner as well...the results are astounding

Vic...Where did u get the ultrasonic cleaner and does the brand matter? i got some time on my hands and id love to clean up some of my finds... Is there a special solvent for the cleaner?...

 

[against the wind]

Great hunt,, looks like your detector was locked onto Nickel Signals.
Some really nice dates

 

[Loco-Digger]

You can wake up now. That was a dream hunt. You dug the whole herd and pulled 5 V's. You have a great place to play.

 

[Scrappy]

Don i live about 20 minutes from this guy and mine look the same as urs do....im really considering an ultrasonic cleaner as well...the results are astounding

Vic...Where did u get the ultrasonic cleaner and does the brand matter? i got some time on my hands and id love to clean up some of my finds... Is there a special solvent for the cleaner?...

I want what vic has too! Mine always come out like the above but oft worse. Vic what tumbler and equipment do you use and what's the process?

 

[victhedog]

Don i live about 20 minutes from this guy and mine look the same as urs do....im really considering an ultrasonic cleaner as well...the results are astounding

Vic...Where did u get the ultrasonic cleaner and does the brand matter? i got some time on my hands and id love to clean up some of my finds... Is there a special solvent for the cleaner?...

I have a small cleaner (got at a garage sale for a buck) just use dish soap (dawn)
tumbler is a 5 pound Vibrator Tumbler with Green Plastic Lite Media
just need to keep eye on process