Found my oldest coint today (by far)

[Artur]

Hello All,

I've been on and off the forums, and after a long drought I decided to do some metal detecting today. Well, in the most unlikely place I found a 1893 V Nickel. It's beat up and not very valuable, but this is my oldest coin to date. I find like this can really energize one to keep digging. It was odd, as it showed up as a dime (DFX), and as soon as I dug the plug the signal went to -80 iron and audio was completely gone except for the threshold null. It was still pinpointing fine. I almost quit digging, but gave it one more scoop and out it came. I couldn't believe my eyes. Found at about 7 inches using a DFX.

-Art in Duluth Minnesota.

 

[Elton]

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[Deno]

That is un-real deep on a nickel, there must have been some iron in there somewhere, I have learned over time to always take my pin pointer & check the
the hole out, found a few coins like that, that would otherwise been left. I have had good signals that disappeared after I dug the plug & other times I have dug a nice coin out of the hole & sweep over it again & get no signal & then even pin point over it and get no signal ,but then I put my trusty pinpointer in
the hole & low & behold another coin. Moral of the story --- check your hole out with your pinpointer if you found somthing good in it or if a good signal
disappears.........

 

[Artur]

That's good advice. I found the coin on a place which is used as an ice-rink in the winter time. It's adjacent to a fairly old school which has been pounded by THers over the years. The area is infested with trash, which is why it was odd to find an old coin there. I've recovered a number of ferrous washers which are fairly deep. Ground mineralization here is fairly heavy also, I was surprised I even picked up the coin at that depth with all the adjacent trash.

-Art

 

[R-n-R Magnolia SpringsAla]

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[mudpie1]

I've got you beat. I found this baby several years ago while living in Germany. A Roman bronze. Minted in Trier circa 320-340. Constatine II

 

[foreverRich]

Congratulations on a great find. Those old nickles are getting fewer and farther between. You obviously did something right. Good Hunting!!

 

[B.T]

Nice find but it makes you wonder what made the ID dip so low, bit of big junk right next to it or under it maybe?
I got myself a pinpointer too and am starting to see the real worth of having one handy when things get strange locating wise.

 

[RandyNorthridgeca]

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