Backyard finds

[NWGA-RelicHunter]

I've been away from the hobby for a while (had to sell my previous collection of coins/relics & detector due to financial problems) but recently decided to get back into metal detecting because my wife and I are in the process of purchasing a new (old) home which was built in the 1870s. So I picked up a used XLT off of ebay (same machine as I had before). We won't be moving to the 1870s home for atleast another couple of weeks, so I decided to detect the lawn of my current house while we're waiting. Its not extremely old (built sometime in the 1940s I think) but it did yield a few pieces of silver and several wheaties!

My first signal got me pretty excited as it showed to be a quarter at 5".. I thought for sure it would be silver at that depth, but nope. It was a 1980something. After hunting the yard for about 20 minutes and digging several modern clad coins at depths of 4 to 6 inches, it became apparent to me that for some reason everything is deep in this yard. I'm not sure if they added new top soil or what, but I wasn't finding anything at less than 4". So I switched to one of my custom programs to get more depth, and sure enough I started popping out older wheaties at 7 to 9 " deep. Then came 2 silver rosies in the same hole at about 7" and a few more wheats later came another rosie and a merc both within a few feet of eachother. Plus about 30 clads and a few whatnots that I haven't a clue as to what they are. Anyway, nothing really old but it was fun! Now I'm even more excited about detecting the yard of the 19th century house!

 

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[sscindercoop]

Nice finds

 

[Stumpbreaker]

Let us know when you do detect the new yard, nice finds.................

 

[Tank69]

wtg sounds like a good hunt , nice finds

 

[allen]

wtg on the sweet silver
and other nice finds

 

[bucksguy81]

nice finds!!!

 

[kimsdad]

Glad you're back in the swing of things!

Congrats on the nice finds and on the new house!!!

 

[spartacus53]

WTG on that practice run I hope you have more and better finds at your new home. Good luck.

 

[trhunter1]

Nice finds! I can't wait to see what you pull from the next house!

HH trhunter1

 

[TimTrac]

Very nice finds... I thought about buying a 19th century house just to metal detect... Don't care about the house itself as long as there is a lot of ground....

 

[NWGA-RelicHunter]

Thanks for the comments guys.

Very nice finds... I thought about buying a 19th century house just to metal detect... Don't care about the house itself as long as there is a lot of ground....

My wife accussed me of doing just that. We looked at several (mostly modern) homes before picking this one, and the ol' lady swears the only reason I like this one so much is because I want to metal detect the lawn.
Shhhhhh... Don't tell her I said so, but...... she's right!

 

[hikeinmts]

ssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh my wife guessed the real reason, while I was stationed at Ft. Lee, and wanted to buy in the old
Hopewell area......she was smarter than I thought.
Well, you took some nice silver with you, and you've got to find silver.....maybe some GREAT BIG SILVER in the new
uuhhhhh old house. Have a good time hunting, and ...... for a few of the finds, I can be bought to keep quiet.

 

[NWGA-RelicHunter]

ssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh my wife guessed the real reason, while I was stationed at Ft. Lee, and wanted to buy in the old
Hopewell area......she was smarter than I thought.
Well, you took some nice silver with you, and you've got to find silver.....maybe some GREAT BIG SILVER in the new
uuhhhhh old house. Have a good time hunting, and ...... for a few of the finds, I can be bought to keep quiet.

You might be a metal detectorist if..... you buy an $90,000 140 year old home just so you can search the lawn for old coins that probably aren't worth any more than $9.

 

[hikeinmts]

ssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh my wife guessed the real reason, while I was stationed at Ft. Lee, and wanted to buy in the old
Hopewell area......she was smarter than I thought.
Well, you took some nice silver with you, and you've got to find silver.....maybe some GREAT BIG SILVER in the new
uuhhhhh old house. Have a good time hunting, and ...... for a few of the finds, I can be bought to keep quiet.

You might be a metal detectorist if..... you buy an $90,000 140 year old home just so you can search the lawn for old coins that probably aren't worth any more than $9.

Well, if you find enouf of the $9.00 coins.................