Almost tossed a silver War nickel today...

[ronfin]

I was working this area that has been giving-up a lot of pre-WWII era coins, so I figured sooner or later I'd find some silver. The soil is so soft that almost all of the good targets are 8" and deeper. I first found a Merc at 8" that I almost mistook for a clad dime because it was so dark. This tar-like substance once again. Then later I hit a iffy nickel signal, dig it, and thought I found a clad nickel at 9". Believe me, in this part of the woods I wouldn't be shocked. It wasn't until later on at home and when I started cleaning it that I noticed it was shinier than the others. What do ya know, it's a silver War nickel, P mint. Two silver day, almost walked away thinking I had found zero. CLEAN THOSE COINS!

The BEFORE shot:

The AFTER shot:

 

[Porschephile]

Nice Ron!!

Good save!

 

[dadzjunk]

Way to go Ronfin!

 

[grouser]

always good to double, triple check,,,, heck I was putting my clad thru the coinstar machine and saw a dime come out the bottom as rejected,,,,,, took a closer look and it was a 59 Rosi,,,,,, felt kinda dumb at the moment,,,

 

[Big Boys Hobbies]

Nice work! That dime cleaned up awesome!