mpostma
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I have to own up. I mangled a 1943 War Nickel.
Decided to hunt a wooded hillside near a 1904 Soldiers Reunion Encampment. This hillside is between the encampment site and a creek. Still has quite a bit of snow on it, with some open brown patches. Hill is pretty steep, and slippery leaves and mud where the snow is missing.
Worked my way up and down the hillside digging only memorial cents and a 1963 Canadian Penny. Found plenty of little brass nuts and bolts.
So, I get a nickel hit, again. The ground was frozen pretty hard and decided to pry up the clod with my pick. Showed about 3" down, so I cut the clod wide and chopped down and pried up a 6 inch deep chunk. When I flipped it over I was looking at a nickel frozen into the clod. I split it right at the coin!
I try to make myself feel better by seeing that it wasn't in too great a shape anyway. The bottom line is it could have been a buff or a V-nickel pretty easy in that location.
I guess I need to work on the patience factor yet this spring. I feel pretty rusty after the long winter, but there really isn't a good excuse for hacking up a coin.
Hoping nobody else gets in a hurry and does this.
Good Luck,
Mark
Decided to hunt a wooded hillside near a 1904 Soldiers Reunion Encampment. This hillside is between the encampment site and a creek. Still has quite a bit of snow on it, with some open brown patches. Hill is pretty steep, and slippery leaves and mud where the snow is missing.
Worked my way up and down the hillside digging only memorial cents and a 1963 Canadian Penny. Found plenty of little brass nuts and bolts.
So, I get a nickel hit, again. The ground was frozen pretty hard and decided to pry up the clod with my pick. Showed about 3" down, so I cut the clod wide and chopped down and pried up a 6 inch deep chunk. When I flipped it over I was looking at a nickel frozen into the clod. I split it right at the coin!
I try to make myself feel better by seeing that it wasn't in too great a shape anyway. The bottom line is it could have been a buff or a V-nickel pretty easy in that location.
I guess I need to work on the patience factor yet this spring. I feel pretty rusty after the long winter, but there really isn't a good excuse for hacking up a coin.
Hoping nobody else gets in a hurry and does this.
Good Luck,
Mark
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at least it wasn't a seated half or Nick would have shown no mercy LOL
