My sister has a nice little house that was built in 1953. I had already gone over the yard with my dad's Whites' XLT, but I wanted to try it again with my new Minelabs E-trac. She gave me the green light so I searched it for about an hour and come up with these coins. 3 of the coins are from the 40's: 1947 wheat penny, 1945 wheat penny, and a 1942 nickel.
I got a little excited about the 1942 nickel. ( here comes a little history/coin lesson). You see, in October of 1942 the US started minting nickels without any nickel (the metal). Nickel was needed for the war effort (WWII). Instead these nickels were made with 56% copper, 35% silver and 9% manganese. I was hoping that this would be one of those "War Time Nickels". It wasn't. War Time Nickels were minted from 1942 to 1945, and the way you tell the difference is the mint mark was placed over the top of the Monticello on the back. This nickel had no mint mark :(
Sample of War Time Nickel with mint mark:
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