Very Proud Dad & A Great Hunt For First!!!

[Sooper Dave]

Went out for a quick hunt with the kids after work yesterday. My 9 year old daughter loves to go and has been trying to find her first wheat cent or silver coin. We get started at an old house and the first target I get is a 1902 V Nickel. She needed help with her first signal, turned out to be a .22 casing. My next coin is an Indian, so the old coins are here. I told her to come over to where I was at and look around the trees. So she ask me to come check a signal she thinks may be a nickel, she uses an ACE 250. I go over to where she is at, which is up under a tree that is more like a bush, I check the signal with my Etrac and it's a good signal but shallow. So we pop the plug and it is a nickel... A SHIELD NICKEL!!!! You would have thought we found gold! She blew past a wheatie I say "luck" had a little to do with it, as she was getting up she spots a huge four leaf clover! So after high fives, happy dancing & texting pictures to Mom, I get back to business and found another Indian. Not long after that I get a good signal but shallow and I was thinking aluminum. I cut my plug and pull out a big heavy coin at 2". I thought "No way have I just found my first Large Cent!" Yes an 1842 Largie!!! More high fives and happy dancing was done, more pictures to my wife who loves all the old stuff we find! By now it was getting dark and we didn't find any more coins. I think we could have got back home on the cloud we were riding. What a FUN HUNT! HH David

 

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[RelicHunter97]

Great finds and congratulations to your daughter!

 

[JohnnyMac]

very nice

 

[vpnavy]

Nice finds Sooper Dave!

 

[Wildcat1750]

You have a great hunting partner there for sure!!!

 

[DFW_THer]

Stellar post! Now go get those tiny seateds that you missed...

 

[SusanMN]

Great finds and excellent hunting partner. That is the kind of day that you will both remember.

 

[John_Deere]

Very nice finds! Congrats and HH!!

 

[echodog]

Dave nice finds! I'm taking my 7 year old nephew out this weekend any tips?

 

[JimDon]

How wonderful it is to share your hobby with your daughter and wife.

 

[DJWEHAGE]

That's what it's all about! Great hunt.

 

[oldsalty19]

Great for the kids and kudos to you for getting them interested early......many more good and prosperous hunts to you

 

[Sooper Dave]

Dave nice finds! I'm taking my 7 year old nephew out this weekend any tips?

Stick with the basics. I tell my little one to keep the coil down as close as she can, don't go fast and imagine cutting the grass with the coil. Also to make sure the signal is repeatable. Most importantly is have fun, when they get tired and want to play, let them. They will come back to it after you make some cool finds. I am lucky to have two kids and a wife that enjoys history, old coins & relics. We share the love for this hobby

 

[jekyll23]

Great finds, great story, and you should be proud! HH

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[tinman68]

goodbye nickelodeon and Disney hello silver and gold. Nice hunt

 

[jewelerguy]

great old coins. it's cool that they make your daughter smile

 

[JmCraz8]

 

[Erik in NJ]

Dave - What a wonderful day! Your daughter is adorable and I'm sure it will be a day with Dad that she will long remember! Great job on the nice coins too--those coins are just icing on the cake! My daughter is 5 and my son is 3 and I can't wait till they are old enough to do a bit of detecting with me. I love showing them my finds and my daughter loves to see some of the more ornate items I find already. Best, Erik

 

[NJLargeCent]

Priceless memories unearthed along with the coins--all keepers. Congrats to you and your daughter!