oneguy Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Cabin Fever said: That 3 leg is a beauty Oneguy.. How are you cleaning your Nickels? Thanx guys!!!!! I use steel wool first, then depending on how pitted the nickel is depends on if I take it further? If not pitted too bad I'll then scrub by hand with an abrasive like Comet or Bon-Ami. If not pitted and in real good shape (for a dug nickel) then I might QUICKLY run some Santeen with a Q-tip on the coin trying to lighten up the field of the coin...coin has to be in REAL GOOD shape before the Santeen as it'll really ruin the looks of a badly pitted coin so be careful........... Here's the best looking 1910 V nickel I've ever dug so it can happen. I did use steel wool and a little Santeen on the coin. It was found under a Doug Fir tree in a pile of needles and for some odd reason was in exceptionally great shape? A rarity for sure...... Unfortunately my Etrac just sits and I'm not sure whether to keep it or sell it? I'm so far out in Podunk and have to travel too damned far to coin shoot so I switched to prospecting the yellow stuff closer to me instead. Hate the big city and the crap that goes with just being there, hate door knocking, hate people in the parks giving you the stink-eye or calling cops, etc. I truly love and miss coin shooting but I'm better off out in the brush chasing the yellow metal by myself with nobody around to bother me...... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabin Fever Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Very nice.. I’ll do some experimenting with some your techniques.. I have pretty much just used the steel wool but you are getting some good results with what your doing.. Your V Nickel story reminds me of a 1937 Buffalo I found in an old park, just under the grass roots but sitting on top of a large tree roots.. Because It wasn’t in the soil I just had to rinse it off with water. Looks like it had been lost that week.. Here it is.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm S Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I only dig when I get a solid 13 on my Equinox. I have tried a few times when the signal was mostly 13 but maybe bounced to 14 on occasion but each time it turned out to be a tab. It seems as though on some days I hit a lot of nickels and other days none. It could be the moisture in the soil or even the park I am hunting but the park I been working I have only 2 nickels out of $40 in clad. The funny part about this park is I only get maybe one penny for every ten dimes or quarters. Unusually low penny count. The last two hunts totaling $12 in clad I have found 2 nickels and 11 pennies. Due to an Easter Egg hunt I am going to a hunted out soccer field where I have found a lot of nickels but I may have hit it one to many times recently because my last hunt only produced about $2.50 My reason for digging nickels is because of the gold rings.. I have never found a nickel older than say 1950. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB_Amateur Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 19 hours ago, oneguy said: Only nickel I've ever found that had any value above 5 cents was this 3-legged Buffie in good condition for a dug nickel. Even after using chemicals and abrasives on it to clean I still "think" I might be able to get 50-$100 for it possibly on that auction sight? You might want to grade that (in the long run pay a professional service to do it) since I think your value estimate is rather low. To grade yourself: https://www.pcgs.com/photograde/#/Buffalo/Grades One thing to note from the reverse photo you showed is the horn detail. This looks to me like close to a full strike. I don't know the likelihood of a full strike on the 1937-D 3-legged variety but if it's like typical Buffies that would add considerably to the value. Yes, cleaning (because of scratches and potentially change to unnatural color) does reduce the value but from the photo you show it's still quite attractive. Assuming it's authentic (probably easier to larcenously alter than many similar error coins...) don't even think of accepting $100 for this coin (unless you want to sell it to me ). This is the kind of coin I can only dream of finding. Great job! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneguy Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 2 hours ago, GB_Amateur said: You might want to grade that (in the long run pay a professional service to do it) since I think your value estimate is rather low. To grade yourself: https://www.pcgs.com/photograde/#/Buffalo/Grades One thing to note from the reverse photo you showed is the horn detail. This looks to me like close to a full strike. I don't know the likelihood of a full strike on the 1937-D 3-legged variety but if it's like typical Buffies that would add considerably to the value. Yes, cleaning (because of scratches and potentially change to unnatural color) does reduce the value but from the photo you show it's still quite attractive. Assuming it's authentic (probably easier to larcenously alter than many similar error coins...) don't even think of accepting $100 for this coin (unless you want to sell it to me ). This is the kind of coin I can only dream of finding. Great job! PM me if you want the coin for $110 ($10 extra to cover ins. & ship)..... I have a couple other pics I can send of the coin. I also did some research after I found the coin and from what I read they say that the way to determine a real from a fake is to look for the "stream" where it looks like the buffalo is peeing that was caused by bad dies (common on the real 3- leggeds)? Mine has the "stream" and also a dug coin so I highly doubt a fake? I also understand grading and dabbled in coin collecting for many years before I realized the difference between the Grey Sheet price and the retail price (I think coin dealer premiums are WAY too high, etc.). Coin is a dug coin so you have enviremental damage, cleaning damage with physical and chemical. But yes....the coin would have been a damned nice coin had it not been in the ground? The obverse looks pretty good also. If you can make a buck off it...fine with me? I have nobody to will my stuff to and all my coins would end up getting sold for nothing to a dealer in the end anyways? Here's another....see the "stream"...???? Coin was dug in Missoula, MT........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneguy Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 chuck....PM sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathray Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 I like finding shield nickels. I dig nickels, because I dug everything but small iron. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasatchau Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 1195 nickles last year. one war nickle, another dozen or so keepers, but no buffs. However, I recovered four gold items at nickle range totalling 19+ grams gold content. For me digging nickles is well worth the trash/nickle ratio. Gotta do your own thing! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OregonGregg Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 I like Nickels, especially if its the only old coin ya found for the day. Beats going home skunked Went out a bit with Monte today and a nickel was all I was able to snag. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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