Nickel Trifecta... plus met my silver goal for the year!

This morning I drove about an hour south of here to hunt with a detectorist from another forum. We tried 3 different spots near his home town and found a lot of clad, but old coins were elusive. The only relatively old coin I could muster was a 1952 Jefferson Nickel. I also found a ring that turned out to be silver plated junk, and he found a .925 silver toe ring. Nothing too eventful, but it was nice meeting a new person to hunt with.

On my way home I decided that I just couldn't bear the Silverless Drive Home of Shame so I decided to stop at my lucky school one more time to see if the recent rains have made it possible to find more there. As it turns out, the rains must have helped because I made some halfway decent finds!

I'm starting to get a lot better at finding nickels. Right off the bat at the school I found a war nickel, which was a first with my E-Trac. Not three minutes later and about 5 feet away I found a Buffalo Nickel, which was another first with the E-Trac. I ended up finding a total of 10 nickels today which is the most I've ever found in a day by far.

I also pulled three more silver dimes from the school which was a nice surprise. I was starting to wonder if I had found all of the silver there in previous hunts, but the rain and moist soil helped to expose more. I ended up with two Mercs and a Rosie.

As I pulled up to the school today and parked my car, I noticed a sidewalk tearout in front of an old house that is across the street. They had cut down two huge old trees and took out about 20 feet of the old sidewalk. Right before it got too dark I went over to the sidewalk tearout. I only got one coin signal, but it was a very consistent 12-13 and ended up being a 1909 V Nickel which completed the nickel trifecta. Not as exciting as a trifecta of silver coins, but hey, I'll take it.

I went back to the school yard and found a small sterling silver ring right before it got too dark to hunt. The silver dimes gave me my 49th, 50th, and 51st silver coins of the year (52 if you count the war nickel) which put me over my goal of 50.

Here are my finds for the day:


Here is the nickel trifecta. The V Nickel has great detail:



Here are the silver dimes:


And the silver ring:

Nice job Tony. Congrats on getting 50 silvers! I think you should try for 75 before year end. You've got an e-trac so it's very possible. All you need is a couple big spills like IllDigger finds and you'll be good to go! Best wishes and HH, Dave.

That is a great hunt Tony . Congrats on the nickel trifecta ,the sweet silvers and the cool ring and hitting the 50 Silvers .Great pictures too erfect10: thumbsup01.The Silverless Drive Home of Shame is one I have become very familiar with !! rofl

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[move] :cheering: :happydance01: <: happydance02[size=24pt]Congrats on 50 silver coins Tony :cheering: :happydance01: <: happydance02[/move]

WTG on looking the Silverless Drive Home of Shame in the eye and defiantly overcomming it |) |) nice save eace:

Dan

Great job as usual. thumbsup01 I only have one silver to go to meet this years goal. My goal is ONE! rofl Thanks for the post. erfect10:

very nice day , i very seldom find nickles i know the numbers and when its on it , its a nickle for sure , great finds eace:

Wow what a day happydance02 Keep going over those old areas on a different day, those deep silver dimes can hide the first time around.

Man, that is one great day. Great digs and congats on the silver and nickel trifecta!

Great job on the coins Tony!

I am not worthy. YOU are the man! Great finds as always. Congrats!

Congrats on hitting your silver goal, nice work (fun).

Thanks everyone! I found several wheat cents today (Sunday) and a couple more silvers at a park. I tried three different spots but only the park was paying off today. What a beautiful fall day, sunny and 70 degrees! I love detecting this time of year, even if I have to use my coil to sweep leaves out of my path. lol

:wow: That to show all of you there is no such thing is Hunted out ! Great story Tony!

Nice going once again Tony . thumbsup01 thumbsup01 I'm thinking your first Seated is going to show up real soon . :yes:

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Great finds Tony! erfect10: Way to avoid that drive home of shame lol

The one time I tried a sidewalk tear-out that was in front of a house, the homeowner kicked me off the property within five minutes. :-\

eace: eace: eace: Great job hitting your goal Tony. Getting 50 silvers is a tough thing to do now days.
You have really been doing well at that school. It's great to have a 'go to' spot to save the day.
That's a very nice looking nickel spread you have there. :smitten:
Congrats.

Tony Two-Cent link=topic=7528.msg86643#msg86643 date=1319335696 said:

On my way home I decided that I just couldn't bear the Silverless Drive Home of Shame

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lol lol lol Now we have an official name for the drive we all experience from time to time... thanks to Tim. rofl

Tony, congrats on the trifecta and especially on meeting your year silver goal. I am thinkingn that I have no change of meeting mine unless I secure a super hot spot to detect. Again, very nice hunting.

nice hunting Tony and great finds,wtg.