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    Third Bucketlister of the Year!

    I met up with a fellow detectorists yesterday almost 3 hours south of me for a hunt. We found a street tear out in town while driving around. I was detecting in front of a very old church where the sidewalks were torn out and already replaced. I was detecting the sidewalls of the cut along the sidewalk when i got a 14-15 signal on the Nox. I was expecting anything special. Thats when I first layed eyes on my very first 3¢ coin!! And it's the nickel variety!! Now I need one of the silver ones!

    Thanks for lookin!! HH!!

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    Some days you get the corn, some days you get the cob
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    Great find Tim! it's in nice shape too!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Digger Don View Post
    Great find Tim! it's in nice shape too!
    Thanks Don! I'm not complaining!
    Its one of my new favorites!
    Some days you get the corn, some days you get the cob
    ​Oldest coin: ​70 B.C. "Harlow Flyer" gold qtr. Stater
    Oldest U.S. coin: 1814 Capped Bust Dime

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    A nice bucket lister and in full bloom . Way to go Timmy , Congrats !

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    Congrats on a very scarce find! I found one, also at a tear out, about 7-8 years ago, no idea it would be a coin at the time!
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    Such a difficult coin to find with a metal detector! They ring up so low they sound like junk. Huge congrats on that rare find, Tim!
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    9 Large Cents, 415 Indian Heads, 2 Two Cent Pieces, 1 Capped Bust Half Dime, 1 Seated Half Dime, 10 Shield Nickels, 68 V Nickels, 124 Buffalo Nickels, 31 War Nickels, 16 Seated Dimes, 131 Barber Dimes, 405 Mercury Dimes, 249 Rosies, 4 Seated Quarters, 18 Barber Quarters, 19 Standing Liberty Quarters, 89 Silver Washingtons, 1 Seated Half, 3 Barber Halves, 16 Walking Liberty Halves

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    Great rare find. Don't here about many being posted. Congrats on the bucket lister. WD
    Total silver 3 - Goal 50 (2024 Finds) - 0 Washington - 0 Barber Dimes - 0 Mercury Dimes- - 3 Roosevelt Dimes - 0 V Nickels - 0 Buffalos - 0 War Nickels - 0 Indian - 10 Wheats - $ 3.44 in clad
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    Great find Tim! 3 hours south of you puts you in my old stomping grounds!
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    Awesome find! Probably the hardest coin to detect in my opinion. Big congrats!!
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    I got my first one in a pocket spill with three Indians while in Connecticut. Congrats!

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    Wow! Yeah you just hardly ever so those posted. Great find!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cheap Thrills View Post
    A nice bucket lister and in full bloom . Way to go Timmy , Congrats !
    Thanks George!! So pretty in so many ways!

    Quote Originally Posted by milco View Post
    Congrats on a very scarce find! I found one, also at a tear out, about 7-8 years ago, no idea it would be a coin at the time!
    Thanks Darren! Yep, I never would've guessed that it would even be a coin! Let alone a bucketlister!

    Quote Originally Posted by Tony Two-Cent View Post
    Such a difficult coin to find with a metal detector! They ring up so low they sound like junk. Huge congrats on that rare find, Tim!
    Thanks Tony! Yeah, 14-15? That in the "half of a pulltab" range as far as target ID goes. But in places like that, that's why we dig everything right!

    Quote Originally Posted by wisconsin digger View Post
    Great rare find. Don't here about many being posted. Congrats on the bucket lister. WD
    Yeah, when I first seen it in the dirt i thought maybe a token or a knock out of some sort. But when i wiped the dirt off and see lady liberty facing left i knew right away what it was. I was like...

    Quote Originally Posted by Full Metal Digger View Post
    Great find Tim! 3 hours south of you puts you in my old stomping grounds!
    Thanks Dave!! Yeah, kinda. We met in Champaign. They are redoing Green st. And we found the tearout just driving around. You know how it goes.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bucknut View Post
    Awesome find! Probably the hardest coin to detect in my opinion. Big congrats!!
    Thanks Jared! Yeah, if this was a deep scrathy signal in a trashy park, it would probably still be buried there!

    Quote Originally Posted by Noah View Post
    I got my first one in a pocket spill with three Indians while in Connecticut. Congrats!
    Thanks Tim! Pretty cool! Take'm however we can get'em right!
    Some days you get the corn, some days you get the cob
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lodge Scent View Post
    Wow! Yeah you just hardly ever so those posted. Great find!
    Thanks Jeff! I'm glad I got the chance to post one! I wasn't expecting that!
    Some days you get the corn, some days you get the cob
    ​Oldest coin: ​70 B.C. "Harlow Flyer" gold qtr. Stater
    Oldest U.S. coin: 1814 Capped Bust Dime

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