My dad recently passed away my mom knows I like detecting so she gave me all his little odds he found in his change over the years. My fav is the rock with a smiley face he always showed me as a little kid.
I am sorry for your loss. My mother died a couple months ago and as we are cleaning her house we are finding the same things - a few silver coins, a few odd semi collectible things and lot of rocks with faces. Not going to get rich off of our inheritance but treasured finds non the less.