AirmetTango
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I spent a couple hours at an old 1920's school site that's been demo'd and is now largely a park. Some of the school walkways still exist though, so I mostly spent my time running the detector along the edges of those walks. I found mostly zincoln pennies, but I was still pleased with the hunt, mainly just because it was my most productive since getting into detecting last month 
Other than some trash, I found 7 zincolns total, a clad Rosie dime, a 1960 Lincoln penny, a plain key, and a couple other interesting bits (pictured below).
I was amazed at how poorly they (the new pennies) fared for being underground for a relatively short time. They're all very badly corroded: I can only read the dates on two, and the rest I literally can only tell they are pennies because you can barely make out the columns of the Lincoln Memorial rising through the blisters, pitting, and corrosion on the back. In contrast, the 1960 D Lincoln I found was in much better shape - am I correctly learning that the newer zinc pennies are just far more susceptible to degradation underground? The second picture shows the drastic difference in condition between the newer and older pennies.
Anyway, the 1960 penny is a keeper for me, since it's now my oldest find so far Not sure what the dart looking thing is, but was a pretty neat find for me, too.
All in all, I had a fun hunt despite the somewhat lackluster finds, and I'm learning a lot about the detector with each time out!
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Other than some trash, I found 7 zincolns total, a clad Rosie dime, a 1960 Lincoln penny, a plain key, and a couple other interesting bits (pictured below). I was amazed at how poorly they (the new pennies) fared for being underground for a relatively short time. They're all very badly corroded: I can only read the dates on two, and the rest I literally can only tell they are pennies because you can barely make out the columns of the Lincoln Memorial rising through the blisters, pitting, and corrosion on the back. In contrast, the 1960 D Lincoln I found was in much better shape - am I correctly learning that the newer zinc pennies are just far more susceptible to degradation underground? The second picture shows the drastic difference in condition between the newer and older pennies.
Anyway, the 1960 penny is a keeper for me, since it's now my oldest find so far
Not sure what the dart looking thing is, but was a pretty neat find for me, too.All in all, I had a fun hunt despite the somewhat lackluster finds, and I'm learning a lot about the detector with each time out!
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