Silver nickel test.

I went to post this on the Silver nickel thread but it says I already did.

Silver nickel test. These are 54 silver nickels all found at the same site with-in a 15 foot area. Except for water, these haven't been cleaned in anyway. Here is the breakdown of dates and mint marks:

54 total silver nickles.

1942 P:7

1943 D:1
1943 P:23
1943 S:2

1944 D:1
1944 P:5(1 dented flat on it's side)
1944 S:1

1945 D:1
1945 P:10
1945 S:4

Using the Equinox 800 all metal mode. Each nickel was waved two separate(5 second interval)times on the top side of the coil at about two inches. A typical nickel TID number reading on the Equinox 800 is 13.

D mint mark:

1943-14

1944-13

1945-14

S mint mark:
1943-1@15 1@16

1944-17

1945-1@13 1@14 1@16c1@18

P mint mark:

1942-2@12 5@13

1943-12@12 9@13 1@15 1@16

1944-3@13 1@14(dented one) 1@19

1945-1@13 2@14 1@15 1@17 1@18 2@19 1@20 1@22/23

Summary(My speculation):
If the proposed theory is that more silver content was added to the coins than others, it would seem that the year 1945 at the Philadelphia mint would of been the most likely place and time it would of happened. You can also speculate that all the mints in 1945 might have been getting short with copper. Another theory can be that they had more silver than copper and at the end of the year, they used more silver until the copper shipment came in.

The 1944 P reading a 19 might have been at the end of the year entering 1945.

Notice 1942 and 1943 P a combined total 28 nickles(51.85%) read 12 and 13.

The condition of the nickels didn't seem to affect the TID as some that read high were just as worn as some that read 12/13.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/17/2018 03:15PM by Beyonder-Pa.

Diligent!

Your speculation/knowledge as to why all these war nickels came to be in a 15 foot square area?
Assume non-war nickels were also found there as well as other denominations?

Wayne

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ncwayne Wrote:
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> Diligent!
>
> Your speculation/knowledge as to why all these war
> nickels came to be in a 15 foot square area?
> Assume non-war nickels were also found there as we
> ll as other denominations?
>
> Wayne


It was an old picnic/amusement park area. There were hand fulls of coins that came out. I posted a while back about it. A couple of hundred silvers and IDK how many wheatsa lot of buffalos and some non war Jeffs.

I admire your diligence and appreciate your time and effort.
Thank you for an interesting post.

Up to my ____ in Pulltabs, Grant



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/17/2018 09:36PM by Up to my ____ in Pulltabs, Grant.