It was a good day spent with good friends. 1854 shield nickel 1904 Indian head and a New York staff officer cuff button with a Scovill backmark.
It was a good day spent with good friends. 1854 shield nickel 1904 Indian head and a New York staff officer cuff button with a Scovill backmark.
My wife does all the driving, I just hold the steering wheel!
Doesn't look like "nothing much" to me! You should see my "nothing much" hunts!
Could the Shield Nickel be 1867? (They didn't start making them until 1866.) My eyes aren't what they used to be but it looks like the last digit is a 7.
Congrats on the three keepers! I would take results like that any day, and time spent with friends is always a nice bonus.
Lifetime totals:10 Large Cents, 428 Indian Heads, 2 Two Cent Pieces, 1 Capped Bust Half Dime, 1 Seated Half Dime, 10 Shield Nickels, 68 V Nickels, 126 Buffalo Nickels, 31 War Nickels, 17 Seated Dimes, 135 Barber Dimes, 411 Mercury Dimes, 253 Rosies, 4 Seated Quarters, 18 Barber Quarters, 21 Standing Liberty Quarters, 90 Silver Washingtons, 1 Seated Half, 3 Barber Halves, 17 Walking Liberty Halves
YouTube Channel: Tony Two-Cent https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmz...RlHTBIU42bUORg
Very possible. I couldn't make out the date, one of my hunting buddies did. I just used my digital microscope to get a better picture of the date but it is already gone! I even applied a few coats of renaissance wax to it last night but these coins are bad about deteriorating after they come out of the ground. So. now it is a no date shield nickel!Originally Posted by Tony Two-Cent
Doesn't look like "nothing much" to me! You should see my "nothing much" hunts!
Could the Shield Nickel be 1867? (They didn't start making them until 1866.) My eyes aren't what they used to be but it looks like the last digit is a 7.
Congrats on the three keepers! I would take results like that any day, and time spent with friends is always a nice bonus.
My wife does all the driving, I just hold the steering wheel!
Great finds! I agree, those would make for a great hunt in my area! As for the date, I played with the photo a bit with contrast and brightness. It looks very much like an 1867.
Equipment:
Minelab: CTX 3030, GPX 4800, X-Terra 705. Whites TDI SL.
2024: Silver 1, Gold 0
Best finds: 28 silver dime spill, 1800s Dutch customs seal.
Oldest/best coins: Late 1700's Chinese Cash Coin, 1837 Upper Canada large cent, 1877 Seated Dime
Oldest Relic find: 1800 Sailors Luck token
You Tube: Rediscovering America
Quote: Treasures are like potato chips, you can never have just one!
Thanks for your input. 1867 it is. If anyone wants to dispute that I will send them to you!
My wife does all the driving, I just hold the steering wheel!
Excellent! Could that button be CW related? Is that a layer of crud on it that could come off, or is that the actual button? Congrats on a fun day!!
On Instagram- oxshoedrew
That was how they came out of the ground. The button cleaned up a little bit and I was able to determine that the backmark reads "Scovill Mfg Co./ Waterbury/ State of New York". That dates it post 1870.Excellent! Could that button be CW related? Is that a layer of crud on it that could come off, or is that the actual button? Congrats on a fun day!!
My wife does all the driving, I just hold the steering wheel!
Nice cleaning job! I wonder what that was doing down there.?
On Instagram- oxshoedrew
Four of us hunt this site and have pulled many buttons from it. Different spots give us different period relics. One spot produces pre-war and CW stuff while another spot gives up post war to early 1900s stuff.
My finds Sunday came from the second spot. I have no idea how the stuff ended up here unless they were part of a button collection.
My wife does all the driving, I just hold the steering wheel!
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote