Old Mansion

[Coin Striker]

Well, I got permission to detect this old mansion from the early 1900's in a very rich neighborhood. There is a signed picture of Winston Churchill on the dining hall because he actually ate dinner in that very house. I spent 7 hours detecting the entire lawn area and every place I could imagine. I only found $3.87 in clad and (1) lonely 1944 wheat penny. I am totally depressed!!! Why can I not find SILVER!!! AAAHHHH

[coin chaser]

I feel your pain! I have hunted some houses from the 20's and 30's and no silver only clad and very little clad at that. I guess the old farmers were very frugal with their money, guess i will just keep looking!

[Laurie Suz]

It is depressing when you go to the trouble of getting permission to MD an old home, and then walk away with just a wheat or two. That's happened to me many times, but every once in a while, something really great pops out of the ground and makes it all worthwhile Keep trying. You'll get that silver

[Rjfjedi]

It sometimes takes going over an area a few times before you hit something. Try walking and sweeping in the opposite direction then you did. Try all the different possibilities you can. I am sure there are more then a few dollars in clad, unless it has been dectected and cleaned out by someone else before you. But I would keep at it and try different walking patterns and see if that helps. Let us know how that works out for you.

GOODLUCK!!!

[IMShooter]

winston churchill the PM of Great Britain? or winston churchill the writer? When I snagged some books by Winston Churchill I was in my glory, then realized it was from the writer and not THE Churchill....

where's that mansion at? Living in Clarksville for quite a few years and working in Lowell during that time, would be cool to try to remember which house.

either way, nice score on the permission.

[filmiracle]

I too feel your pain. I love doing research and hitting a very promising spot, only to find junk clad... and then one or two wheaties. Where there are wheats, there must be silver... but I never find it! (Yeah, that was my hunt last night )

[Irons]

I never find silver coins where I think they should be, and I have found only 10 silver coins altogether!

People just didn't lose a pocket full of silver back in the day like folks throw clad around today, silver coins would buy a lot of stuff in thier era.

That silver quarter and merc dime was a half a tank of gas, a rip roaring saloon visit or a weeks worth of groceries.

If you find any silver, the person who lost it more than likely went back and looked for it. It was truly lost.