"Fist Full of War Nickels"

[Dirt Player]

"Fist Full of War Nickels"

Unbelievable!!! I went to the old park that has "skunked me on silver" for the past six months, plenty of old clad, a buffalo, a war nickel, and a dozen or so wheaties. Today I was hitting some of the same areas that I have hit before with my ACE 250 and new 8.5 DD coil and came across a crazy signal that was just all over the place, it went from iron to silver and every where in between. I passed it up thinking it was trash but came back to it later, GLAD I DID!!! I dug a small plug and believe it or not at the bottom of the plug (about 5") were 3 or 4 nickels, Still getting the weird signal I opened the hole up more and "WOW" War Nickels one after another. What a great day! Out of one hole I found, 1 1939, 2 1940's, 2 1941's, 1 1942, 9 1943's, 3 1944's, and 7 1945's.

 

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[Threshold]

Re: "Fist Full of War Nickels"

wow a cache of em, awesome find

 

[Goes4ever]

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20 silver nickels in one hole? Amazing find!

 

[Orion99]

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Grats! Kinda funny that this evening I found a 1940 nickel also, on a local beach. It was sunk at the base of the dunes (recently fallen).

 

[lost hunter]

Re: "Fist Full of War Nickels"

wow

 

[calisdad]

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Not with a 250 you didn't. Everyone knows a 250 couldn't find a '56 Buick let alone a '41 nickel.

Way to Go.

 

[Cache Man]

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Fantastic job, I have never herd of anyone else ever doing this, You will remember this for the rest of your life!
This will be hard for you to top this in War Nickles.HH Cache Man

 

[MiniMe]

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Wow! That is a great day for sure!

 

[stefen]

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Nice find.

The 1942, 9 1943's, 3 1944's, and 7 1945's are the only nickels containing 35% silver (56% copper, 9% manganese) as a part of the war effort.

Today's silver market value is around $2 each, however may have a higher value depending on grading...

It would be assumed that they were lost in the mid to late 40's, maybe early 50's.

 

[terpfan]

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Congratulations and welcome to TNET! This was a great, unique recovery. I've never heard of anything like it! Keep digging those weird signals. I dig mostly older sites, and have doubled my catch of "keepers" since I started digging everything above foil.

 

[scaupus]

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remarkable! i found my first war nickel a couple weeks ago. some of yours are in nice condition. "Banner!!" I say...well, bannerish anyway.

 

[jewelerguy]

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wow that's awesome

 

[flakefinder]

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I would say it was a good day finding that many war nickels in one spot is unreal Congrats.

 

[oldsalty19]

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wtg Dirt......