Silver Quarter and Trespassers

I am always on the lookout for places to detect.  I found one and went through the land owners to get the proper permission.  Showed up at the site later that day and there are two guys detecting on it.  I didn't talk to them, but they left right after I got there.  I guess they saw an opportunity to detect a newly mowed lot where an old house used to be and decided to see if they could get away with it.  It was also obvious that the site had been detected before, but I still managed to pull two good coins.  A 1919s wheat cent and a 1934 Washington Quarter.   

First Frankin Half

Got out out for a few hours the other day and freestyled.  I didn't have a site to go so I headed to an area that I have always wanted to detect around. I drove around until I found a site, saw some folks to talk to, and got permission to dig.  I guy I talked to said the area had been detected before so I concentrated in areas that they might have missed.  The strategy paid off.  I found my first Franklin 1/2 Dollar.  It is a 1951 with no mint mark.

I also found a 1943 Mercury Dime.

 

My better finds also include:

• 3 1950s wheat cents
• 17 modern cents
• $2.00 in clad quarters
• 1964 nickel
• A ring (not silver)
• A old fuse
• 7 clad dimes
• Glasses
• A key (I always seem to find keys)
• I also found lots of iron rings, a reigns guide, lots of iron chunks, and foil/aluminum.

The Franklin 1/2 and the Merc.

Finds from recent metal detecting hunts

1897 Nickle

1941  Quarter, Wheat Cents, clad change, a token, a couple of keys, and some jewelry.

1894 Indian Head Cent, 1956 Wheat Cent, Tokens (1 generic and 1 from the 1968 Mardi Gras), a key, and clad change.

Looking for sites that we can metal detect

We are looking for sites to metal detect in the East TN/SW VA area.  If you have some land, an old house, or an old house site that you would allow us to access we would appreciate it.  Email me at outdoorswithbill@gmail.com.

Thanks!

Bill

1923 D Peace Dollar

Found a 1923 Peace Dollar today!

Got a great hit and when I turned the plug over I saw the edge of a big coin!

 Here is me getting it out of the plug.

 Once I got it out of the plug I saw it was a Peace Dollar

 1923 D Peace Dollar!

I also found a silver nickel - 1943 P, several wheat cents, a nice knife, ball bearing, lead soldier,  religious medal, a dog tag, and a bunch of change.

 

More 2015 Metal Detecting Finds

The first good find of the day - 1943 Quarter:

The next good find - a Mercury Dime:

The third good find - Another Mercury Dime. I kind of missed when I dug, but if you look closely you can see it near the middle top of the picture.

The finds for the day were:  One large gaming token,  one silver quarter, two mercury dimes, one silver Roosevelt dime, one buffalo nickel, seven wheat cents, about $2 dollars in clad change, one 7mm - 08 round, two bullets, a button, one broken watch, two cars, and one shotgun shell.

1942 Silver Quarter

One of my favorite coin finds is a 1942 Silver Quarter.  I just think it is a neat coin and I like how it came out of the ground.

It also cleaned up really nice and has some good detail.

Metal Detecting Finds from Recent Hunts

From a 1930s/40s House:

Hand Made Key

1893 Liberty Head Nickle

From a 1910 House:

1943 Liberty/Mercury Dime

From a 1917 House:

1906 Barber Dime

Group of Coins from the 1910 and 1917 houses.  The two items on the far right are tokens.  The wheat cents range from 1916 to 1958.

Metal Detecting - We found SILVER!

It finally happened.  We found a 1913 Barber 1/2 Dollar using our AT Pro.  The initial hit was in the high 80s, but when we turned the plug over and scanned it it went into the 90s.  Here is the coin in the plug. 

We also found an 1892 Greek Lepta coin, second from the left with the hole in the top, and several 1940s wheat pennies and a couple of tokens.  The token with the hole in the middle is for a dry cleaner the other is for shoes.  I hit the one for shoes with the shovel a couple of time and really messed it up.

We got some other strong signals that we tried to dig, but the ground was frozen.  We will go back and dig those when it warms up.