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pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 5,899 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I usually don't have much succes with the nickels like Dock does but I found 9 yesterday and 14 today. That beats last months total. Yesterdays were underground and todays were in the grass along with dimes. We had cool weather for a change and that made it just pretty nice to be out.
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  • aj2525raj2525r Posts: 120 ✭✭
    Very nice!

    Someday...someday I'll get me a metal detector....
    I still call my accumulation my collection!
  • DockwalliperDockwalliper Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭
    My nickel totals for the last few years.
    2002.......49
    2003.....208
    2004.....295
    2005.....509
    2006.....661
    2007.....368
    2008.....190
    2009.....327
    2010.....381
    2011.....235(so far)
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is some pile of nickels.... save the war nickels.. silver is really hot right now, and will be for a while. Cheers, RickO
  • DockwalliperDockwalliper Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭
    Over 3200 nickels. Only 2 were silver. 5 Buffalos, 1 V nickel.
  • pcgs69pcgs69 Posts: 4,331 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice haul of nickels dock!

    Right now it's a battle for me between which I find less of, nickels or quarters. Got 118 nickels right now and 109 quarters for the year.
  • DockwalliperDockwalliper Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Nice haul of nickels dock!

    Right now it's a battle for me between which I find less of, nickels or quarters. Got 118 nickels right now and 109 quarters for the year. >>



    As of today I have 240 nickels and 278 quarters. I bet PPC is over 500 for quarters.
  • mr3holesinonemr3holesinone Posts: 444
    A couple years ago I detected on the University of Rolla campus and found two war nickels about ten feet apart. I also found a couple Mercury dimes nearby. It was hard detecting. Grass roots were tough to cut through, ground was hard in late July and objects were deep.

    I remember there are old buildings from turn of the last century. It is easy to imagine a century of students dropping goodies in the quadrangle. When you look at the buildings and the ground close to them you can tell dirt has been added through the years. You know good stuff is there to be found but you just can't get at it. I think they have added a lot of soil to the grounds making it difficult to get at deep targets.
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    1. 7-17-81 Warrenton GC Driver 310 yards 7th Hole (Par 4)
    2. 5-22-99 Warrenton GC 6 iron 189 yards 10th Hole
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    4. 9-19-99 Country Lake GC 6 iron 164 yards 15th Hole
    5. 8-30-09 Country Lake GC Driver 258 yards 17th Hole (Par 4)

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  • JamesMurrayJamesMurray Posts: 4,036 ✭
    The first coin i found in the US other than modern was a 1913 Buffalo , it's clearly dated and seems it would have been in decent condition but it's black as coal.
  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 5,899 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Check out Docks yearly nickel totals. image
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    Lafayette Grading Set
  • DockwalliperDockwalliper Posts: 1,169 ✭✭✭
    Since you dug up an old thread I have to update.

    2002.......49

    2003.....208

    2004.....295

    2005.....509

    2006.....661

    2007.....368

    2008.....190

    2009.....327

    2010.....381

    2011.....319

    2012.....321

    2013.....243

    2014.....182

    2015.....165



    And since this thread was first posted I'm sure PPC's nickel totals have increased to the point where they surpass mine.

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