1936 d Buffalo nickel

spittfire · Aug 27, 2006

Hey there! I am new to the art of MDing but today was really great! I had been working an old school yard which was closed in the eighties and now is a church. I was in relic mode with my DFX and got a lot of trash iron and nails, changed to coins and jewelry and started getting coins. My first coin was a buffalo nickel which after soaking in OO finally got to see some detail. It has the "D" on it and I am pretty sure it only has 31/2 legs.
I looked it up but cannot grasp the lingo to figure out if it is worth anything. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance for any help!

leakinbattries · Aug 28, 2006

Nice find !! LB

Cherry Picker · Aug 28, 2006

Great job.

laxmaster92 · Aug 28, 2006

Post pics! IF it really does have 3 and 1/2 legs your looking at 250.00 and^^^^

spittfire · Aug 28, 2006

Alas, I was on a high for 24 hours but after soaking and cleaning the 4th leg appeared! But I will always remember the feeling of euphoria, short lived as it was!!!! I still have a buffalo nickel and that is too cool, thanks for the responses back! I will try to scan it as the camera I have will not pick up detail as well as I would like. HH!

spittfire · Aug 28, 2006

Here are the pics I scanned!

roadrunner_426 · Aug 29, 2006

Pretty good shape with a clear date..Congrats ! Roadrunner_426

spittfire · Aug 29, 2006

I guess for being that old it is, is there anything I can do to improve the quality?

roadrunner_426 · Aug 29, 2006

I've yet to find one with a readable date..as for making it look better, you might do a search in the "Cleaning Finds" section of the forum..somebody's probably done a post on nickels.. HH Roadrunner_426

beerdoodle · Aug 29, 2006

aint a whole lot you can do to improve it, and the value isnt that much anyhow, but a good find and if your hitting those, the gold jewelry will soon follow....................

spittfire · Aug 30, 2006

I went out last night after a shower (rain) and picked up a couple more wheat pennies. I was surprised at how good they looked. I guess I am hooked as I am now going through my change jar! HH!

SteveMN · Aug 30, 2006

Sorry to hear about the 4th leg spittfire. I have yet to find a Buff. Keep up the good work.

OkieDigger · Aug 31, 2006

Yeah, that one is in bad shape, but at least you can read the date. I've found three buffs this year and none have a date

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