Nice little hunt today= A first!

[litefire56]

Since I've felt like I have my machine dialed in lately, I decided to hit a local old park. This parks history goes back to the 1800's, with beer gardens, shooting range and a dance hall. Needless to say its been pounded to death over the years and the finds are very far and few. Brett and I know an old timer that has been hitting this place for 30 years and he showed us his album of finds one day. Unbelievable!
So I went to a little secluded spot there that we've been to a couple time before. Within 15-20 minutes I got these from 3 different holes. The unknown coin I thought was a V but its a gram too light. It was 2" under the buffalo (my first!) and was singing more like a copper cent than a nickel. Same size as a nickel though,,,possibly a token.

 

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[kimsdad]

Nice finds!! You should spend some more time in that great spot!

Looks like the old timer forgot a few...

 

[Lowbatts]

Nice buff, with a clear date!
Keep at it!

 

[twistidd]

Wow, nice nickel! A nice clear date for an "earlier" buffalo. Most of the ones I find are well-worn.

Nice Rosey, too...I only found one Rosey ALL YEAR last year! 13 mercs, and two Barbers...but one lousy silver Roosevelt dime. I hope I can at least match that this year! lol

Joe

 

[dirtyJohn]

I wonder if that could be a shield nickel. According to my red book they weigh in at 5 grams so do the 3 cent nickels. Nice finds. HH
John

 

[Brett]

Congrats on some great finds! High five on the Buff-a-low! I'm going to have to try your new DFX settings on my 8" dime in the back yard.

 

[mikewaz]

Nice finds!

It looks like your intuition paid off pretty good. If you ever ID that coin, make sure you let us know.
Mike

 

[Mike - IL]

It is amazing that we can go back to these well hunted spots and get more goodies. I know the technology is improved and I like to think that the operator has a lot to do with one's success. Great finds!

 

[watercolor]

What a great Buffalo! I would love to know what that "mystery" coin is. . .

With all the freeze & thaw that's been happening to the ground, those "hunted out"
spots are all fair game again. . . which is good

Great hunt!
watercolor

 

[litefire56]

What a great Buffalo! I would love to know what that "mystery" coin is. . .

With all the freeze & thaw that's been happening to the ground, those "hunted out"
spots are all fair game again. . . which is good

Great hunt!
watercolor

Thanks everybody!,,,and yes, I would like to know myself what the mystery coin is also. It could be my oldest coin to date but is so smooth I can't see anything but a rim in some areas. Its 21 mm and weighs 3.7 grams. Funny thing is it sounds like a copper penny in a air test as well as it did in the ground. And VDI'd around 75 on the DFX. If it were a worn down Shield nickel, it would still sound off with a low tone. In the meantime I'm satisfied with it being an old worn down token.