If Nate can do it then so can I

Well Nate went out to hunt a particular spot but all the people at the place he wanted to detect prevent this. So he went to the local "hunted out" school. He came home with a silver rosie and a merc. Wow, I thought, if he can do it then shouldn't I be able to at least find one? Turns out I was right. I found the Silver Rosie in the same hole with the 1959 penny.

After 5 years - oldest coin yet!

We had Easter at our house this year. A few days afterward I had to return the table I borrowed to my mom. Since the weather was decent I figured I might as well do a little detecting. I started in the back and fairly soon found a wheat penny. This was surprising but then I found another penny. I dug some more junk in the area and as I was about to leave the thought struck me: “If I found this stuff in the back maybe there might still be some finds in the front where we found all the good stuff”.
Sure enough, after 5 minutes I got a good signal, dug it and couldn’t believe I found a Large Cent.
1835! Wow, I thought, after 5 years we just now find the oldest coin!
The back doesn’t look to good.


Here is the spot where I found it (in the center of the four flags). All the red flags mark iron signals. That is why we missed it all these years - iron masking. The Large Cent itself was within a few inches of a nail.


Some other stuff from another hunt at my moms:

Nice Large Cellar Hole found

Dan and I hunted a couple weeks ago. Per our usual methodology we were investigating potential cellar holes. We finally found a decent one:



The first time there Dan concentrated more on an area that produced lots of wheats and a Mercury Dime for him. Here is what he found:



The second time back he concentrated more on the areas right around the old foundation. He found some neat stuff (sorry no pics).

Here are my finds for the two trips:

Some crusty wheats and an IH:



The IH is pretty beat up:


Found a pill case?


An interesting “Brother” pin. Probably has some age to it.

Back side:


An 1892 Thimble:



Some junk:


A cool cheap old ring:






Dan and I kept finding these octagonal shaped tacks. We wondered what they were. Then I found one pounded into a piece of slate roofing. Also found a couple flat buttons:


Lastly, the other day I had to just do twenty minutes at the LC site after work. Found a wheat penny and this nice old little button:


Cleaned it up and it has some lettering on the back:

Canadian $2 with some silver

I took off a little early from work and went to my favorite old park. I concentrated on an area we have not hunted that much. It's in the woods and a lot of junk is too be found. I found a wheat penny or two but mostly trash. Moved over to the old sledding hill and found a 1940 Mercury Dime. The dime was just under the surface. Also was cool to find the Canadian Two Dollar coin. This didn't come from the old sledding hill but rather by some picnic tables. The coin wasn't even buried – just under some leaves.

Fourth V Nickel this year

Another couple hunts in the cool crisp fall air. The first time to the park I got a neat token and a silver war nickel.





Next time back I got the 1896 V Nickel.



My fourth V Nickel for the year. Pretty beat up but still a clear date. Also got a bunch of early wheat pennies. 1912, 1917, four 1918's, 1925, etc. Nate found a couple Indian Head Pennies but I didn't have such luck.

60's Clam Bake

I stopped after work at a park I have hunted pretty much. The weather was beautiful and with the growth down I just wandered around enjoying the colorful foliage and fresh air.


I ended up hitting a spot neither Nate and I had previously detected. From the finds it appeared to be the site of a 1960's clam bake. I found clam shells, foil, a silver plated fork, beer can lids and period coins.







Although not that old it was cool to put back together the event that generated the coin finds.

Road trip with Dan

Dan and I hit the road today. We were in search of some new sites and had at least 3 old abandoned/torn down school sites to hunt. We ended up hitting two schools from the twenties, two from the thirties and one from the 1800's without much to show for it. Still was fun to be out and hitting some new spots.

This site would have produced more if the dozier hadn't recently pushed all this clay over the original ground.




1923 but not a lot of land.



The Old Schoolhouse.



Nothing really special here although the button I believe could be silver and is old: