NOT THE WAY I WANTED TO FIND ONE-

[Wudnut]

I am new at metal detecting ( 2 months) and i have been trying my best to find some old coins and yet to find one. But i just found my first 2 wheat pennies in the change tray in my truck. Guess that wont be credited to a detector find. However i will be checking my coffee change from know on. LOL

 

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[Tedyoh]

The most common "keepers" found in pocket change are the 35% silver war nickels....look for the large mint mark over the Monticello, 1942-45, P, D & S

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[verbious]

That's how it starts! Soon you'll be digging them up!!

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[sprailroad]

Wudnut, A "Find" is a "Find". Welcome to detecting and this Forum.

 

[Digzit2]

The majority of my old coins have been found in pocket change.

 

[Ammoman]

location location location. Oh...and practice practice practice. Put them together and you have a great formula for success.

 

[ChampFerguson/TN]

That's how it starts! Soon you'll be digging them up!!

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My thoughts exactly! Last week my wife got a 64 rosey back in change. It had a weird (to a noncollector) patina on it so I think that's how the general public missed it. I have a friend who used to work the night shift at a stop n rob and he often had meth/crackheads coming in with silver change to buy snacks. One moron asked if some silver dollars were still good and my buddy 'reluctantly' accepted them at face value. Drugs are Bad mkay?

And as for the detecting part, just follow what Ammoman said. The goodies come to those who persist.

 

[Carolina Tom]

You are in the oldest part of the country. Old coin Mecca. I drive there on vacation, to go MDing!

Try the old parks and schools. Perhaps someone you know lives is an old house, those are excellent places to find coins. Fields where houses once stood are also good.

It took me 6 months to find my first silver coin, now I average just a little better than 1 per week. Most importantly, enjoy yourself... the treasure will show up shortly.


Best of luck to you sir!

 

[Kurios1]

I got a 1952 D wheat in change today. So I can relax tonight in my AC and claim I got a "keeper" and never even broke a sweat swinging in the heat. I see you have the DFX. My first machine as well. I hope you are beginning to understand it. It took me quite awhile to figure it out and I believe I only scratched the surface as to it's true potential. It was too complex for my little mind so I have moved on to easier to set up machines. You are also in colonial country so you should stand a very good chance of scoring some very old coins and relics if you research and get over the old spots. Good fortune to you mate.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Sick isn't it? Woman at the gas station hands me change and I stand there for a second checking it for silver or wheat's and she says "It's right. I counted it." Embarrassed, I reply, "No, no, I'm sure it's right I'm just looking at the dates on the coins." She frowns, I leave. Welcome to the wild world of Treasure Hunting!

 

[against the wind]

Congratulations

 

[Slingshot]

Still a lot of wheats out there in pocket change, a couple of years ago my brother got a IH penny in his change. Coin roll hunters get a lot of wheats and occasionally IH cents, buffalo nickels, silver nickels, and 90% silver coins. I got a shield nickel from a vending machine as change about 20 years ago. Keep digging and checking your change the old coins will come.

 

[SusanMN]

Pocket change finds usually look a whole lot better than the stuff you dig, especially when it comes to pennies and nickels so I consider them not only a find but a good one at that.

 

[Mzjavert]

Treasure hunting is multifaceted. I find treasure in change, eye finds, metal detecting, and coin roll hunting.

 

[dirtdigginfool]

Funny thing, it was a mystery Mercury dime I received back in change a few years ago that got me back into detecting. For some strange reason, it lit a fire in me that still burns! A find is a find, Wudnut..whether it came out of the dirt, a Coinstar or your pocket. Ddf

 

[cactusman]

I think that metal detecting makes you pay much more attention to pocket change. A little while back I received a pristine 1955 wheat penny back in change, a few days ago I picked up three wheat pennies (1952, 1953, and a 1954), by the vacuum at the car wash, and just the other day, while out running errands I found a 1954 Roosevelt silver dime on the sidewalk of all places.

Little treasures are where and when you find them, even if it's by eyesight! Looking and paying attention is how you find all sorts of goodies, both with and without a detector.

 

[cactusman]

I think that metal detecting makes you pay much more attention to pocket change. A little while back I received a pristine 1955 wheat penny back in change, a few days ago I picked up three wheat pennies (1952, 1953, and a 1954), by the vacuum at the car wash, and just the other day, while out running errands I found a 1954 Roosevelt silver dime on the sidewalk of all places.

I'll take finds any way I can get them. -- Little treasures are where and when you find them, even if it's by eyesight! Looking and paying attention is how you find all sorts of goodies, both with and without a detector.