I want to find older coins. It used to be if the coins were deeper than three inches I would just leave them. Now I want to find coins that are deeper because the deeper you go the older they are. Now because I am hunting in public parks I usually don't find any old coins, but Saturday I pulled three wheat pennies out of the same hole. They were about six inches deep. I was feeling pretty good about my coins until I started looking at my Dad's finds. He had a nickel that was so dirty it showed no detail at all. I rinsed it and took a look at it with the magnifying glass and could barely make out a 907. The placement of the date was different than both the Jefferson and Buffalo nickels. A quick Google search reveal the nickel to be a 1907 "V" nickel. That was exciting! Brushing the coin with my toothbrush and water eventually removed most of the dirt. I would have to say this nickel was way better than my three wheat pennies.
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