CTX 3030 riddle:When is a 12-13 not a nickel?

When it's a zinc penny? How the hell did this read so low? After i dug it I checked the hole and plug nothing. So I thought it was some low conductor I didnt find, I rescan the penny and 12-13 again,air tested! Interesting for sure.

Bey

I have a War nickel that reads 12/37 all day long. It's in nice shape too. I can't figure that out either?

Kenny
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Can't say I've had one read 12-13 but I have had them in the 20's and all the way up disguising as a quarter at 12-45. Did dig one yesterday that was wrapped in gold foil..... someone having fun with the water hunters.... I got a laugh out of that one.

Cliff

It did have a few small "bite marks" in it but it was mostly intact. Possibly the shape of it caused it to be so low IDK.


Bey

khouse Wrote:
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> I have a War nickel that reads 12/37 all day long.
> It's in nice shape too. I can't figure that out
> either?


Because it's 38% silver = it reads higher than most at 12/13

check what a shield nickel reads at once = not the same as jeffs, buffs, and V's

I dug a war nickel with etrac that read 12-40 in the ground. On top of the ground reads 12-17. The mixing on them not an exact science back then.

Sea water corroded zinc pennies can read from 12-37 to as low as 12-01. But once they get down to the single digits, you can easily see the corrosion.

The one that you have, 12-13, probably shows signs of cracking, bubbling, or lifting of the outer shell.
I have found quite a few of these at beaches over the years.

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I've had that to happen to me too, war nickel reads a little high but out of the ground it reads as a regular nickel, 12-13.

Those zinc pennys always keep you guessing. When I dig iffy signals its almost always a zincoln.

Yea it is bubbled and peeled a bit with bite marks in it.

Bey

May not be applicable but a deep nickel can read in the high coin range...Dug a few when cherry picking high coins and discing out nickel. Once on the ground read like a nickel...Nature of the beast I guess and not a war nickel...

MichiganRelicHunter Wrote:
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> khouse Wrote:
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> > I have a War nickel that reads 12/37 all day
> long.
> > It's in nice shape too. I can't figure that
> out
> > either?
>
>
> Because it's 38% silver = it reads higher than
> most at 12/13
>
> check what a shield nickel reads at once = not the
> same as jeffs, buffs, and V's
I've dig probably 4 war nickels a year and all read around 12-13 just like the regular Jeffs. I know they are 35% silver but never had one read anything other than 12-13 maybe 12-14.

Kenny
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