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Old 04-17-2012, 10:00 PM
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Default My first quality find
After nearly giving up, I found my first 1800s coin.
I was in an old Pittsburgh park and had been hunting for 2-3 hrs, with just tabs being dug. I stopped at a small patch of grass on the way out of the park when I came across this beauty. I also found a small spill of 3 newer quarters within a foot of this.

1892 V

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Old 04-17-2012, 10:02 PM
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Gotta love old coins and how they get the blood pumping. Great job and thank you for your service!

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Old 04-17-2012, 10:10 PM
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Aw !!!!, another pulltab. Guess I might as well dig it just to be sure. Oh wait, what's this?
Great find and good job on being persistant!

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Old 04-17-2012, 10:26 PM
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WOW!!! Awesome find!!!

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Old 04-17-2012, 10:27 PM
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Default Beautiful!
Way to go! I read that the best way to clean these is by soaking it in olive oil. I'm trying that out with my first IH, too.

Congratulations!

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Old 04-17-2012, 10:28 PM
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That a nice looking V! Congrats! Most of mine have been so corroded I could hardly get a date off them! Where there's one, there's often more! Keep at it and happy hunting!

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Old 04-17-2012, 10:35 PM
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Congrats on the V-nickel, it's in pretty decent shape, nice find!

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Old 04-17-2012, 10:48 PM
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nice find I need to find one it's on my wish list

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Old 04-17-2012, 11:21 PM
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Very nice - my first and only V nickel was also an 1892 - found it 2 years ago with my bounty hunter. Locked in at a solid 5c reading.

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Old 04-17-2012, 11:25 PM
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Awesome find Soldier ! Any news on the F2 ?

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Old 04-17-2012, 11:28 PM
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Default nice find
dug lots of stuff in pittsburg,don't go that way anymore

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Old 04-17-2012, 11:44 PM
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Thumbs up Congrad's
Nice find,happy hunting Earl
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Old 04-18-2012, 12:18 AM
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Nice find. I envy you guys in "older" parts of the country.

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Old 04-18-2012, 12:24 AM
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Congrats on saving her. That's a sweet find. I don't always expect to find old coins in some of the places I go but I sure do love it when they pop up. Now go find some more!

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Old 04-18-2012, 12:32 AM
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very nice find, i'm sure thats just the first of many more to come

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Old 04-18-2012, 04:48 AM
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Very nice - my first and only V nickel was also an 1892 - found it 2 years ago with my bounty hunter. Locked in at a solid 5c reading.
Jeffersons, Buffs, V's and Shields all come up as a solid 58 nickel reading on my machine... unfortunately, so do shotgun shells (the old ones)...

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Congrats. I'm still looking to break into the 1800's myself. closest I've come to it is 1900 Barber Dime.

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Old 04-18-2012, 06:14 AM
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Awesome find Soldier ! Any news on the F2 ?
I'm in no hurry to deal with Fisher right now. I'm waiting to buy it's replacement first. I'm leaning towards a Minelab Safari or AT Pro. If a good deal comes up for the Safari, I'll go with it.

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Old 04-18-2012, 06:15 AM
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Thank you all for taking time to reply.
I hope those with this on their wish list get one soon.
HH.

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Old 04-18-2012, 06:21 AM
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That one is is good shape, they don't do well in the soil. Congrats.
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