1918 SLQ and a milestone on War Nickels

Went out for several hours on Saturday morning and had a good hunt. Since 2012 when I got back into the hobby War Nickels were a pretty good target over the years. Saturday I hit 99 and 100. Funny thing as I found them back to back along with a 1940 Jefferson. Not a coin spill but in the same general area. Also, got a pretty nice SLQ (#20 since 2012) that has a pretty nice date "1918". Wish it would of been a "D" as I could of used that for my set. Finished the day off with a "23" Merc, 7 wheats and enough clad to cover gas ($5.83). Now I just need 1 Rosie to hit a milestone on those, but they are turning into a tough find. Got a little warm today but a great morning to be detecting. Keep swinging Wisconsin Digger.-

Congrats on a great hunt. That SLQ is Nice! Also congrats on the milestone. And I agree, finding any silver is getting to be a challenge especially in our region. Have to laugh I guess when Mercs are much easier to find than Rosies.

Congrats on the great SLQ! Do you have the entire war nik set besides the errors coins?

Congrats Dave. 100 War Nickels, :wow:
I can't even imagine finding that many in just a few years:envious:
Very nice SLQ as well!
Am I correct that most of your silver comes from parks? Thats even more amazing.
I always enjoy reading your posts, keep em coming.
GL&HH Don

Parks, schools and old Churches is about all I hunt but I plan on hitting some water this year. I have some neat spots researched but waiting for the water to warm up and I think we are there. I need your training seminar on door knocking. WD

You know Ive never even bothered to see. Ill have to pull them out an see. I know there is 1 S MM that is harder to get when I was a collector back in the day. Ill check today and let you know. Although I can say I ve found over 450 Mercs and have never found even a semi key date coin so I am guessing I dont have them all. WD

WOW...100 war nickles is a huge milestone. Not to mention that 450 mercs ain't to shabby either.

Bucknut asked how many sets I had of the War Nickels and I have never bothered to check. The result was "1". I did however have 48 of the 43 P ones. Thx for the idea Bucknut. WD

That's Alot of silver nickels.. it's been a few years since I dug one. I get them mostly in my pocket change !

Congrats on finding 100 War Nickels! That is amazing. I have only found 30 of them.

That 1918 SLQ is a beautiful coin. Nice that the date is still legible. I never get tired of seeing SLQs on the forum, such a wonderful old coin, and you have found 20 of them!

Good job! :clapping:

wisconsin digger said:

Bucknut asked how many sets I had of the War Nickels and I have never bothered to check. The result was "1". I did however have 48 of the 43 P ones. Thx for the idea Bucknut. WD

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That's cool! I completed my war nik set last year...just lucky I guess to get it with about half the war niks that you have dug. Yeah most of mine are 1943 P's too.

Grats on the finds and the milestone. I can at least say I have found war nickels, but no where close to what you got. I think I have 2 or 3.