First time to ever metal detect

[jlb783]

I went into my backyard to test my new bounty hunter outback metal detector, and I found a couple of copper pennies, a little bit of copper wire and a knob off of a cabinet or something like that.

 

[ivan salis]

cents (the us does not have pennies --but we americas call em that as a hold over from english colonial days) new "junk" type copper coated zinc cents made after 1982 are nick named "zincolns" short for zinc lincons and nobody likes em they are eatten up badly once lost in ground -- "clad " is a term normally used for coins that used to be 90% silver in 1964 and before but were changed to a copper core with a shiny silver looking "outer coating" stamped on them (if you look at the side edges of these coins you can see the copper core )--coins like dime , quarter and halves* (after 1970 -- from 65 to 70 they were 40% silver still)--- since clad has no silver value and is of recent date it is basically though of as spending money / pocket change by most detectorist.

 

[jlb783]

Thanks I know about the US not having pennies but im just so use to calling them pennies.

 

[ivan salis]

like I said---its a hold over from english colony days * the british used the penny , half penny and farthing copper coins -- for brits more than one penny is called "pence" -- oddly only americans use the term "pennies".