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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;der_meister77, post: 582630, member: 6402&quot;]Well here it is.&nbsp; Most of you were so optimistic in your guesses!&nbsp; I only wish I could have found a colonial copper or a two cent piece....</p><p><br /></p><p>The reality is much more humble.&nbsp; I found a 1936 nickel.&nbsp; When I dug it up I had no idea what it was except that it was the right size to be a nickel.&nbsp; Only after cleaning was I able to finally made an identification.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anybody else on here metal detects you would know that finding nickels through all the junk out there like pull tabs and foil wrappers is a bit more challenging than finding other coins.&nbsp; In my three or four years of detecting I have found only a handful of nickels and this is the first buffalo.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found this coin in a park that opened in about 1937.&nbsp; This could have been one of the first coins lost there!&nbsp; Notice how the corrosion is pitting the surface of the coin after 60-70 years in the ground.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse:</p><p><img src="http://kmq10w.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p7Jnb_xGUsUvWAEURd_HCLjlMxIjrW9ij4GvuKjLh2HOmc-VMSyuLnJYvv4OU3MFyThNaWB0emGqrNP-7_tHqzw/obv%20after.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse:</p><p>&nbsp; <img src="http://kmq10w.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pOu7ZAwe9ROKxWPlaQYpGj0FFZogRPp62Jt-cKbYN8hIESbBuGT37OXROZvqAWOaGxTIgDiYTtHB_ERfDZVJPkg/rev%20after.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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