First day detecting

[cpman]

I've practiced in my yard and watched a bunch of youtube about my at pro. Time to give it a whirl. Great weather in Pittsburgh today, so I hit a friend's buisness property (used to be a school) to practice and hopefully find something. Much to learn, the area had lots of trash and ground was hard to dig with small hand shovel. I found a 1980's penny and a small token of some sort (don't think it's that old). Its a start. Can't wait to get back out, only covered small area.

 

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[PowerDubs]

Welcome

 

[Greastart]

Welcome home! You're gonna like it here.

Nice job first time out. Gratz

 

[Murray8144]

awesome - hope to see more finds from you - welcome to the machine

 

[markp]

Good start, looks like your hooked now, like the rest of us.

 

[parsonwalker]

Good start, looks like your hooked now, like the rest of us.

Ditto. And any coin on your first trip out is a good start!

 

[mpd565]

Welcome from kentucky

 

[trapperart]

Nice finds congrats

 

[idahotokens]

Nice token! It is not listed in Aqua's Pennsylvania Merchant Tokens book, nor is it on tokencatalog.com - It is probably from the tavern of somebody with initials I. M. C. and that may be a bit difficult to determine. Local records may help. What is on the reverse? Please consider posting pics of both sides on tokencatalog where more eyes can see it and perhaps identify who and what.
John in the Great 208

 

[Texas Ed]

Awesome start with the ATP & Congrats!!!

 

[cpman]

Thanks for the feedback. The token back was smooth with no marking. Wealth of knowledge available from everyone on this site.

 

[neodetectorist]

Oh you will learn. Good finds and nice token.

 

[Davers]

A Good start . & Keep-em coming....

 

[thrifty76now]

Hey,that is a start to a hobby that is addictive. Now if that is an old school ,go back and give it another try.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Nice hunt! Have fun and enjoy the hobby.

 

[digger460]

Any tokens a good token. Congrats on your first hunt. Are you using the 5 x 8 coil in them trashy area's. Well worth it for separating the good from the bad. Welcome to the addiction

 

[Loco-Digger]

Welcome to the obsession. The more you swing, the more you find.

 

[Scrappy]

You're well on your way cpman. Keep at it and you'll definitely find some great stuff. Remember it's not the glaringly obvious hard signals you dig necessarily, it's the deep chirps. Go for "old ground" and swing slow. Good luck

 

[basque-man]

Good luck!! If your at an "old school", The wheat pennies should start popping out of the ground!!!

 

[CladiatorMax]

Nice finds, when you have the capability to find treasure, digging everything becomes fun with a lot of mystery, how cool is that? Keep on keeping on, cool finds, thanks for sharing.