Best find

[stud564]

Just wanderin wat u "iowans" have found so far, for me a 1926 d penny. thats my oldest too.

[seamonkey]

Havent been out much= no luck

[sfinder]

My 3 oldest coins this year are 1883 and 1906 Indian Head pennies and a 1907 quarter.

[stud564]

nice finds sfinder, where did you get those. Get out there sea monkey.

[sfinder]

Found the 1883 in a schoolyard and the 1906 and 1907 coins in house yards across the street from each other. I notice you don't use headphones either.

[Dick from IA]

1908 IH, 1918 Merc, and 1919 Wheat for me, Stud.

2 of them in the woods and one at an old torn down housing developement.

DFIU

[Larry in Iowa]

Not too bad this year here in Iowa. 2 gold rings, 1 silver ring, several IH, 1 barber dime, couple mercs, and just recently a 1934 walking liberty half, which may not be worth as much as the gold rings, but it's still my favorite find this year. Something about the way a silver coin comes out of the ground, especially a half dollar,

[cheezinoot]

I found a 1899 IH at the site of an old schoolhouse. Other than that a few wheats.

[raidersfans4]

found an 1865 ih at the va here in knoxville, raider

[MAINE HILLS HUNTER]

1911 wheatie was my oldest actual coin but my silver was all from the 40's-62.

For anybody who might be interested I just started a group on meetup.com called Des Moines Metal Detecting. You don't have to live in Des Moines, just close enough to make a meeting or group hunt once a month or so. I don't have an meetings scheduled yet. I want to make sure there is enough interest before I schedule a meeting. If you are interested go to meetup.com and search for Des Moines Metal Detecting.

Eric

[Survivor Kid 909]

Well, my best find has been an old farriers tool, used to clip horse hooves. Plus the local ghost town where I voluntear at the muesam there.

[thebratguy]

for 2007 my keepers were:
44 WL half
45 Merc
no date buffalo nickel
6.5 wheats, 1919 the oldest, and yes one was cut in half. never found the second part
1 silver ring
1 silver pendent

[sfinder]

My oldest find for the 2007 season was an 1864 Indian Head penny.

[dogcaught]

My oldest find came today, 5 feat away from my house, 5 inches in the ground, in the form of an 1867 Shield Nickel.

JJ in CB, IA