In your yard!

[newgoldfinder]

So with the ground to hard to dig I decided to look for good, old places to metal detector when its warmer and discovered that my on back yard would be a good place to look. The house itself is over 90 Years old and that got me thinking. If some was to lose ONLY 10 coins a year since the house was built then there would be near about NINE HUNDRED coins in my yard, and that's only ten coins a year. what if more was lost? Anyways what about you? Have you ever found any notable items in your backyard? Tell us about them. And if you have not looked DO IT. Who knows what kind of treasure has been under you feet for all these years.

 

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[luvsdux]

I've found a moderate amount of older clad in my yard over the years, but the most interesting find was a 1942 Philippine Centavo. As the location is 5 miles from town with no sidewalks and 75 or more yards from the county road, I really had to wonder how it got there.
luvsdux

 

[worldtalker]

After 30 years all that's in my backyard is bottle caps! Be some cussin if

anyone in the future checks it!

God Bless

Chris

 

[SusanMN]

My house was built in late 50's but I've given it a once over with each new detector. Lots of mason jar lids and nails, but also a couple of silver dimes and a whole lot of pennies.

 

[Bitpusher]

I live in an apartment complex - I've given up hunting the grounds.

All I find is construction debris. There are some areas that I know for a fact didn't see earthmoving equipment (old aerial photos), and the workers apparently just chunked bits of metal and stuff out into the woods.

 

[65chevy]

I found 1good coin in my yard don't know how it got there my house is only 25 years old but this was on top.

GOD BLESS!!!

 

[Showtime2385]

My house is 114 years old but nothing good hiding in the yard, must have been pinching there pennies pretty hard

 

[gunsil]

I found an 1856 seated liberty dime in my yard with my eyes when they ran a sewer connection pipe in around 1960. I have found several 1940s silver coins with my MDs, and an 1800s crotal bell on the surface in the woods right behind the house last year. There are the remains of a model T Ford rotting away down the hill behind the back yard. Newgold, I think you are dreaming if you think there might be 900 coins in your yard. As time goes further back coins were worth more and people looked harder for them. I mean if you were working for a dollar a day and dropped a quarter, you'd be much more likely to look harder for it than if you dropped one in 1960 and making 30 dollars a day. Also, I believe children are and were a major cause of lost coins, and as you go back further in time they didn't often have any coins in their pockets. Another point is that although there may be a nice lawn there now it is likely that there was just packed dirt 90 years ago since having nice lawns is a fairly modern concept. Easier to find your lost coin on dirt than in grass. I have hunted many yards in the last forty years, many well over 100 years old, and never really found more than 10-20 coins in a yard. I do think everyone should hunt their own yards, especially beginners, since there are many nice coins and relics found in yards, and they are the best places to practice and perfect digging and covering holes so there is no sign one did so. Funny thing I have found is that when hunting old mansion yards I usually find less than hunting a more modest home site. I guess those rich folks didn't get that way by losing things. Another point about older yards is that they were often landscaped, graded, or re-sodded several times over the years, scraping away coin bearing soil, or burying coins deeper than they can easily be found. My father had the back yard here terraced and there is a couple of feet of dirt added over the original back yard where the outhouse used to be.

 

[newgoldfinder]

Lol. Well I figured if Im going to dream I might as well dream big.

 

[Vizzio]

My very first find with my F2 was an 1876 seated dime in my own back yard. I didn't believe the sign on my neighborhood that said "Established 1869." I sure do now

-Randy

 

[Matt1344]

Found a Merc. Dime in my front yard on second dig with a total of 2 minutes of metal detecting experience to my name. I was thinking, "Wow, this metal detecting stuff is going to be easy!!" Took probably another 40 hours to find another silver dime after that. haha

 

[Dan]

found a mercury dime, few Rosies and an old boy scout button, skeleton key.. back yard is a great place to hunt. I have to start on the front yard.

 

[maxpower]

find stuff all the time sometimes by accident!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Clad and metal trash in my yard, but I did find a Rosie when I hit it it with the M6!

 

[Rookster]

Found a 1912D Barber dime 8 steps from my kitchen window. I tore down the old house place and built on the land. Since I have found wheat pennies and just yesterday found an old button 6" down that I had passed for trash. I was using my Fisher and passed over the target and BAMB an 83 mixed with the 53. Old button. Good luck.

 

[rabbid-digger]

1947 walker I'm great shape

 

[punkass761]

I found a cache of 68 clad coins in my front yard a couple huge casino dollar coins in my back yard and a gold religious pendant with 1830 date on the front and tons of old rusty nails and really long pieces so rebar and an old rifle bullet

 

[Markomyt1]

I found an old military button.

 

[airscapes]

French coin in front yard, toy truck and silver ring crushed by stump grinder in the back yard.

 

[Debbie Alexander]

I think I may have found some Rev. war buttons that I dug up, along w/many bullets and round balls in my yard. The history of it all! I need identify the buttons though.