z118
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My in-laws had us over for dinner last night. They live in the city of Rochester in a house built in the 30’s. Their yard was one of the first places I thought to detect since they raised 6 kids there and I knew for certain that it hadn’t been detected at least since the 70’s when they moved in. I had tried it out once last November, but at the time it was very cold and raining a little. I found two clad coins and a Tootsie Toy die cast car from the 60’s. Almost as an after thought I decided to give it another whirl last night.
Where to begin! I started in the back yard. My mother in law wanted to see how the detector worked as she just retired and is thinking of getting one. I found a clad nickel right away. She then headed into the front yard with my son. Still in the back yard I hit a nice signal and popped a wheat. Then I moved into the front yard, where I immediately found two more wheats. I knew there HAD to be silver. Slowing me down was the fact that someone had recently somehow peppered the front yard with Lincoln pennies. Finally, I hit a nice signal that I knew was deeper then the rest. I knew INTANTLY when I saw it in the hole that it was silver. So clean! I couldn’t believe it. My first silver – a winged liberty head dime. I nearly peed my pants!
I kept pulling more clad pennies, until I found a war nickel and another winged liberty head. I also found a very cool button, an ornate key, a fishing weight, and a spoon head that had been pounded flat (I’m guessing for a wind chime).
There is a write on the button at:
http://www.tomstreasures.com/find.html
When it started getting dark I headed into the back yard, where I found a bit more clad and two more Tootsie Toy cars from the 60’s.
Total for the evening was:
15 wheat pennies!
1 war nickel
2 winged liberty head dimes!
71 Lincoln cents
4 clad nickels
8 clad dimes
2 clad quarters
I guess it really is all about where you look. I mostly detect schools and parks. Some are old, but I get the feeling they’ve been hit before. This was the first piece of old ground that I’ve detected (besides my own yard) that I know had not been done before. I found 3,882 clad coins, 34 wheats, two IH’s, and three foreign coins before my first silver! What a fun hobby this is!
As always, thanks for looking!
Where to begin! I started in the back yard. My mother in law wanted to see how the detector worked as she just retired and is thinking of getting one. I found a clad nickel right away. She then headed into the front yard with my son. Still in the back yard I hit a nice signal and popped a wheat. Then I moved into the front yard, where I immediately found two more wheats. I knew there HAD to be silver. Slowing me down was the fact that someone had recently somehow peppered the front yard with Lincoln pennies. Finally, I hit a nice signal that I knew was deeper then the rest. I knew INTANTLY when I saw it in the hole that it was silver. So clean! I couldn’t believe it. My first silver – a winged liberty head dime. I nearly peed my pants!
I kept pulling more clad pennies, until I found a war nickel and another winged liberty head. I also found a very cool button, an ornate key, a fishing weight, and a spoon head that had been pounded flat (I’m guessing for a wind chime).
There is a write on the button at:
http://www.tomstreasures.com/find.html
When it started getting dark I headed into the back yard, where I found a bit more clad and two more Tootsie Toy cars from the 60’s.
Total for the evening was:
15 wheat pennies!
1 war nickel
2 winged liberty head dimes!
71 Lincoln cents
4 clad nickels
8 clad dimes
2 clad quarters
I guess it really is all about where you look. I mostly detect schools and parks. Some are old, but I get the feeling they’ve been hit before. This was the first piece of old ground that I’ve detected (besides my own yard) that I know had not been done before. I found 3,882 clad coins, 34 wheats, two IH’s, and three foreign coins before my first silver! What a fun hobby this is!
As always, thanks for looking!
Nice finds!
