A Buff and other neat stuff

[Old coin hunter]

Did some utility strip detecting and found these neat things. The small spoon is missing a little piece that i looked for but couldn't find . Just to the left of the little spoon is an old lighter that is missing the top cover. You can see where i hit the other spoon with my shovel , i wasn't happy about that. The old meter covers are pretty old also as the old meters were changed out at least over 50-60 years ago. Found the Buff on a utility strip of a lot i'd already hunted, but hadn't hunted the strip. Glad i hunted it today. HH, Jim.

 

[fwcrawford]

Nice finds.... old date on that Buffalo nickel, but clearly visible.
I like the old meter covers.

 

[Monkeys Uncle]

Would have to surmise the buff was lost before/during the Depression era. With so little "wear". it couldn't have been in circulation for very long. Good find!

 

[Gamma_Joe]

Any time you find a Buffalo nickel (also called "Indian Head nickel") and you can read the date, you have a good find. Probably the one you have found didn't get carried around very much, before somebody dropped it.

Also, a nickel was a lot in those days. I've been around long enough to know -- "old timer" now, but as a kid in the late 1930s, I found a nickel on the ground. It was a big deal. With it, I bought a hamburger, with a whole, big dill pickle. Total cost five cents.

The one you've found could have done the same thing for the guy who dropped it, and I'll bet the guy didn't like losing it.

Cheers,

Joe

 

[Gamma_Joe]

Could you post a picture of the Buffalo side?

Cheers,

Joe

 

[floodplaindetector]

Very cool. I found a real similar water meter about a decade ago.
Dave

 

[Old coin hunter]

Here you go Gamma_Joe Other side of Buff.