My 1st 1/2 Year detecting new to the hobby gonna be tough to beat. Pics

[lonelyduckhunter]

My buddy (bartman) got me into this fun hobby back in May even loaned me his spare detector (Ace 250) which I still use and all I can say is wow. I had a terrific 1st year

Totals
66 Silver Coins
1 Seated Quarter 1856
2 Standing Liberty Quarters (oldest 1925)
2 Barber Quarters (oldest 1898)
17 Washington Quarters (oldest 1935)
1 Half Dime
9 Barber Dimes (oldest 1902)
17 Mercury Dimes (oldest 1919S)
9 Rosevelts
79 IHP (oldest 1865, Best was a 1877 )
8 War Nickels
8 V Nickels
Over 500 wheat pennies best one was a 1909 VDB
Numerous Buffalo Nickels
Numerous Foreign Coins (Oldest was a 1875 Chinese cash coin)
King George II Copper
1817 Matron Head Large Cent
Few unidentifiable coppers
Numerous trade Tokens & Picker Tokens
17 pieces of silver jewlery
3 pieces of gold jewlery best being a 14k Tennis bracelet
Numerous buttons and dog tags
$413.76 in clad
lots of misc items buckles, swordfish harpoon head and such and even a modern nickel cache in a medicine bottle.

To say I had a great year would be a understatement and believe it or not most of these finds came out of a park. Joined a club and made a few new friends. I love the hobby and hope I can beat this years finds.







My best find was this 1877 IHP which graded VF20 heavily corroded by Anacs



Some important things I learned my 1st year

Pinpointers allow you to dig more targets
Public spots produce big time
If in doubt dig it
Slow and steady wins the race
clad can be deeper then old silver dug numerous old coins shallower with clad underneath them.
Love the Ace 250
Good hunting to all in 2010

[washingtonian]

Great 1st year. Better than my first 2 years combined

[Bartman]

Congrats on a great year Richard. It looks even more impressive when it is laid out like that.

[seger98]

Pretty darn impressive first year. What's more impressive is you know where to go to find the seated coins & all those IHP! Congratulations..

[Iron Patch]

Yeah might take a while before you knock off that 77 indian as your best. But it will be fun trying.

Here's one to add to your list.... Good research, and private property often means untouched site.

[BandB1]

Heck of a good 1/2 year of detecting, Congrats!

Hope this year is even better for you.

Good luck,
HH.

[Mental Granny]

I don't think I've done that good in all the years I've been detecting ! GREAT!!

[Dman]

Looks like you had a great year. Congrats

[Goes4ever]

looks like you found one heck of a park if you found all that with your ace!

[sniffer]

oh oh, we got another one hooked for life. LOL

[Knightwalker]

Very cool yearly finds.
HH in 2010

[surfin]

Awsome for the first 1/2 year. I can wait to next year for ya.