1954 wheat penny while metal detecting.

[jnicholes]

I was out metal detecting in my yard again today. As I was walking, my detector went off. After pinpointing the position of the object, I dug one scoop with my small shovel. I couldn’t find anything, so I detected again. It wasn’t there anymore. Then I looked around in the dirt I removed. Nothing. I decided to detect again, and the object was detected in a different spot a few inches away. I knew then I dug it up, I just had to find it.

In the end, I found it, a nice 1954 wheat penny!

My first wheat penny while metal detecting!

Jared

 

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[ArfieBoy]

Congratulations!

 

[villagenut]

Where there is wheat, there is often silver. Keep at it

 

[jnicholes]

Where there is wheat, there is often silver. Keep at it

Yeah, that’s what I was thinking.

So far, I have found one quarter, one nickel, five dimes, and eight pennies on my property.

Only one coin is a wheat penny. No silver yet. Closest I came was a 1966 dime.

I’m going to keep looking later.

I’m also going to start a new thread on the general discussion about all the coins I found so far.

 

[Sandog]

Way to go jnicholes. Your yard is producing some good stuff.

 

[Blackfoot58]

Good job! Are you using a Simplex?

 

[jnicholes]

Good job! Are you using a Simplex?

I’m sorry, I have no idea what that is. This is the detector I am using.



I got it at hobby lobby, just to see if I would like it. I decided to started with something cheap before I get into the expensive equipment.

 

[pjad57]

Keep swinging!

 

[Digger RJ]

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I was out metal detecting in my yard again today. As I was walking, my detector went off. After pinpointing the position of the object, I dug one scoop with my small shovel. I couldn’t find anything, so I detected again. It wasn’t there anymore. Then I looked around in the dirt I removed. Nothing. I decided to detect again, and the object was detected in a different spot a few inches away. I knew then I dug it up, I just had to find it.

In the end, I found it, a nice 1954 wheat penny!

My first wheat penny while metal detecting!

Jared

Nice!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Sandog]

I’m sorry, I have no idea what that is. This is the detector I am using.



I got it at hobby lobby, just to see if I would like it. I decided to started with something cheap before I get into the expensive equipment.

Many of us started with Bounty Hunters. I found a nice 1715 artifact with my BH Time Ranger on a Ft Pierce beach.