3 Legged Buffalo Nickel !!

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Finds are from a partial Friday hunt and all day Saturday hunt with "Silver King"
I had a local coin dealer confirm the buffalo nickel is the real deal. A 1937 D 3 legged buffalo nickel ! I never thought I would get this rare coin.
It was found at very old school at a depth of about 7 inches. The 1934 buffalo was found at the same location.

The 1900 Barber dime had two nails next to it and was about a 7 inch deep coin. The 1904 Indian head was a solid 10 inch coin.
All finds were pulled with the NEL Thunder Coil.

Coin Finds
1900s Barber Dime
Nickels are 1920,1934, 1937 D (Three Legged), 1940, 1943 (Silver War Nickel),1953
Indian Head Penny is 1904
13 Wheat pennies are back to 1916
Canadian penny Is 1957


Non Coin Finds
Old Religious Medal (Displays "I am a Lutheran" on reverse)
1960s Replica of an ancient Greek coin
Small play dime
Small old hem weight

 

[pan4au]

Nice finds.. Congrats on the rare Buffalo nickle

 

[roadapple]

Man do kill it !!! Nice finds !!!!

 

[utmike]

Holy cow! Congratulations on the rare find. I don't think I have ever heard of one being dug.

 

[Mark kus]

Very nice buffalo! Mine never come out of the ground looking like that!

 

[cz70pro]

Congrats on finding the holy grail of Buffalo nickels! That is incredible. Now on to the Doubled Die 1955 Wheatie!

 

[CZconnoisseur]

Sweet nickel! Looks like the real McCoy!

You sure have a record of excellent coin recoveries...keep up the good work!

 

[Tony N (Michigan)]

n/t

 

[Dale(Ia)]

Helluva' find, FPD!!!! Congrat's on a real rarity!

Iowa Dale

 

[floodplaindetector]

Thanks! it was a big surprise.

Nice finds.. Congrats on the rare Buffalo nickle

 

[floodplaindetector]

Thanks roadapple! appreciate it.

Man do kill it !!! Nice finds !!!!

 

[floodplaindetector]

Thanks Mike!
I believe "Oneguy" dug one last year in Montana.

Holy cow! Congratulations on the rare find. I don't think I have ever heard of one being dug.

 

[floodplaindetector]

Thanks Mkus,
here is how it looked initially when I first found it and did some real light cleaning on it.

Very nice buffalo! Mine never come out of the ground looking like that!

 

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Thanks much!
I will settle for a 1922 plain wheat penny

Congrats on finding the holy grail of Buffalo nickels! That is incredible. Now on to the Doubled Die 1955 Wheatie!

 

[floodplaindetector]

Thanks!
yep I figured I would take it to the coin dealer first just to be sure. I was glad when he confirmed it.

Sweet nickel! Looks like the real McCoy!

You sure have a record of excellent coin recoveries...keep up the good work!

 

[floodplaindetector]

Thanks Tony. I never thought I would see that coin..

Re: You hit one out of the park on the 3 legged buffalo!
n/t

 

[floodplaindetector]

Thanks much Dale!
Now if I could only run across a US large cent. May have to drive south a ways to increase my odds on that.

Helluva' find, FPD!!!! Congrat's on a real rarity!

Iowa Dale

 

[Mark kus]

Thanks much Dale!
Now if I could only run across a US large cent. May have to drive south a ways to increase my odds on that.


Helluva' find, FPD!!!! Congrat's on a real rarity!

Iowa Dale

Those largies are like pests to me lol usually cant see much on them like this one I found last sat! Only found a 1846 tall date in great shape so far.

 

[vlad]

People made fakes many years ago. There are 3-legged "Hobo" nickles (made today) very cheap around. (I dug a 16D Mercury.....fake
https://images.bonanzastatic.com/afu/images/a04f/fde4/8cee_5985678532/s-l1600.jpg (MS-61)

 

[floodplaindetector]

I may have to do that. I do trust the coin dealer who looked at it as he has been in business a long time and spent quite a while looking
it over before he gave his opinion.

People made fakes many years ago. There are 3-legged "Hobo" nickles (made today) very cheap around. (I dug a 16D Mercury.....fake
https://images.bonanzastatic.com/afu/images/a04f/fde4/8cee_5985678532/s-l1600.jpg (MS-61)