Cool find my friend! Makes *ME* jealous! <smile> I rarely if ever find older coins. And the larger coins I find are all newer as well. I'm not complaining though.
On the opposite side of the house I had to dig out what I thought was a spring but was really just an old busted pipe. During this dig, before it got serious, I found the following in the dirt pile as I scooped it out of the muddy hole:
1928 Mercury
1934 Mercury
1936 Mercury
1936 Wheat
1904 IH
I was still looking but the pipe actually burst and I had to handle that.
I don't own a metal detector...well...I have one but it's a freaky thing.
Bounty Hunter something. Wiring is screwy.