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Mixed War Nickel Signals?

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skyblast

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So I was stoked when I found a 1944 S War Nickel at a state park located one mile from the ocean. It was in soil that was a mix of sand and dirt and slightly corroded. Maybe corroded is a strong word...there was hard sand stuck to it that I had to scrub off leaving pits/specks on the surface.

Then....

When I got home I thought what the heck I'll check the change bowl on my dresser. Bamm! A 1943 P War Nickel ! No, nothing special about it like double eyes or 3 over 2. Shoot!

Anyway, I'm wondering why each coin has a different signal on the E-trac? The 1944 S comes up 12-30-31 and the 1943 P comes up 12-13-14.

What gives? They are both war nickles at 35% silver right? What numbers do your WNs give you all?
 
it really depends on soil, corrosion of the coin, I know when I detect a messed up penny the numbers are so far off and if trash is near it will mess up the numbers as well dig everything you will find out why just remember your etrac is the most technological advanced all purpose detector ever made yet
 
interesting... the '43 is ringing like a true nickle while the '44 seems to have higher conductivity like that of silver?

hopefully someone else can tell you more... nice finds!

HH
 
McDean said:
interesting... the '43 is ringing like a true nickle while the '44 seems to have higher conductivity like that of silver?

hopefully someone else can tell you more... nice finds!

HH
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Thanks. I appreciate your thoughts on this. Co on silver is 45 to 47 right? Maybe the 30-31 on my 1944 is like you said due to corossion from being so close to the beach?

I would really love if I could get the numbers on war nickel. The 35% silver part confuses me. At that percent should it ring up silver or as a true nickel? I'm almost wondering if my 1943 has silver in it? If UT does then why is it coming up 12-13-14
 
I don't know why but... my war nickels come up as nickels too at 12-13 so unless there are a lot of non-silver nickels in the world that is just where they read....at least some of the time.
 
Thank you. Now I am confident that the one with the strange numbers is due to corrosion from being near the ocean.
 
I've found war nickels with in-ground CO numbers from 13-18. It is worth digging 12:14 and 12:15 signals if you're at a site with coins from the 40s.
 
I've had war nickels ring up all over the scale. I think part of the equation may be the crappy alloys they used during the war besides just the random ground effects. Remember the E-Trac sniffs out coins next to trash easily, so I think there are a lot of instances where nearby trash throws off the signals.
 
Nick A said:
I've had war nickels ring up all over the scale. I think part of the equation may be the crappy alloys they used during the war besides just the random ground effects. Remember the E-Trac sniffs out coins next to trash easily, so I think there are a lot of instances where nearby trash throws off the signals.
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Actually these numbers are from at home. 12-30 on one and 12-13 in the other. Weird huh?
 
skyblast said:
Nick A said:
I've had war nickels ring up all over the scale. I think part of the equation may be the crappy alloys they used during the war besides just the random ground effects. Remember the E-Trac sniffs out coins next to trash easily, so I think there are a lot of instances where nearby trash throws off the signals.
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Actually these numbers are from at home. 12-30 on one and 12-13 in the other. Weird huh?
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I wonder as to the composition of these nickles... perhaps the 12-30 has higher silver content but not pure silver so it is lower than a typical 90% silver coin... it doesn't appear corroded enough to throw the #'s off that much??? Different combination of metals in each one?
 
I agree - war nickel signals vary.

I also believe the alloy was not consistently 35% nor was it mixed well - I found a war nickel with large, corroded green copper spots - probably from an incomplete mix of the metals when the blanks were made.
 
War nickels are 35% silver and copper-manganese for the other mixture, I think there is more manganese than copper though.........NGE
 
Dug a war nickel the other day that read 12-26 . Only reason I.dug it was that I had just dug a buffalo about a foot away and it came in about half way down my depth gauge. You just never know:detecting:
 
Humm. Thanks for all of the feedback everyone. So in summary the high Co may be due to one more of the following; corrosion of the coin, inconsistent mixtures of alloys and maybe that this coin is not exactly 35% silver. Thanks.

War Nickel Vid
 
On my Explorer XS II. they consistently come in on high silver.........NGE
 
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