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blowfly1967

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this morning while hunting a popular park i found a 1973 american five cent coin at about five inchs down with the vaquero.is it silver or nickel?face value only in the states or is it collectors stuff?most of you will say,what the heck,big deal! but for me it is a big deal ,i live in cairns north queensland australia. i regularly find aussie coins and this is one out the blue. i know we get a lot of loose pocketed tourists here but yanks seem to be pretty tight with their money.so was it in a scene of passion that the coin was lost.i don't know .finders keepers and i got it.hh see ya ! blowfly :detecting:
 
Your nickel (5 cent piece) is made of a copper/nickel alloy.

75% copper, 25% nickel.

It's worth 5 cents in the US but every year that 5 cents is worth less because of inflation of course.

It's fun to find foreign coins even if they're not valuable.

If you ever find a US nickel minted between 1942 and 1945 it will have more value because it would be made of 56% copper, 35% silver and 9% manganese.

Cheers,
 
Finding foreign coins can be fun..It is nice to realize that detecting the nickel means you are in gold finding country with your settings. Cordially NAD..
 
thanks gentlemen,for the information.i have found on other occassions, three ,what appears to be silver quarters,so now your going to tell me they are maybe, nickel,damn! i hunt in parks with the vaquero,with a eleven inch,dd coil set at 3 to 4 sense, disc at one notch past iron,thresh at 1500 hrs.i dig all responces.and i'm finding heaps. hh see ya! blowfly
 
Hey blowfly, just a note to say that any U.S. quarters you find
below 1965 are 90% silver. In '65 they were changed to copper
with a "cupro-nickel' coating, no more silver.
Your settings on the Vaq. are perfect for most good finds.
Good Luck in all your hunts! :thumbup:
..W
 
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