My first time detecting i found a 1898 indian head penny

bearkiller1030 · Jul 13, 2009

Well thanks to tomharris76 and vanoldschool for getting me into this hobby. Tomharris76 came up on saturday and went metal detecting with me. I just bought a bounty hunter time ranger from him so I thought i would try it out. Before we got started Tom said to me I would kill for an indian head penny today. We went to a near by park and my first coin was a 1971 half dollar and we found other newer coins. We left there and went to an old abandoned house i knew of and found junk. We got back in my truck and seen a farmer in a field and stopped and asked him if he knew of any old homesteads we could check out. He thought for a second and said well when i was growing up in the 1960's i could remember an old house being tore down. So he pointed us in the direction. When we got there we found broken glass jar lids. We searched for a while and found junk then went into some nearby woods and found nothing. Tomharris76 said lets go back to where those jar lids were and look some more. When we walked back over there we were only detecting a few minutes when i got a signal. I then dug up a coin and wiped off the dirt and seen an indian head and yelled "OH YA". Tom looked over at me and asked what did you find? I said it is a indian head penny from 1898. Tom came over and looked and said right on thats a good way to start detecting. Well im hooked now. And i'm sure in my wifes head she's still hearing me talk about it because i think i have told her the story 100 times. Sorry no pics still trying to figure out the camera.

Cappy Z. · Jul 13, 2009

Well im hooked now..(bearkiller1030)

Welcome to TN.

ModernMiner · Jul 13, 2009

Way to go on the IH BK. :icon_thumleft:

I still remember my first IH too (1874), and I still love finding them. Great design.
Congrats & welcome to TN.
Looking forward to seeing future posts,
MM

davew0710 · Jul 13, 2009

Welcome to T Net.
What a great way to start the hobby. Hope you do just as well in the future. HH

bearkiller1030 · Jul 13, 2009

davew0710 said:
Welcome to T Net.
What a great way to start the hobby. Hope you do just as well in the future. HH

thanks for the welcome

Michaelangelo · Jul 13, 2009

What a sweet first find!! Know you're hooked now.

washingtonian · Jul 13, 2009

Thats a fabulous way to start! You should post some pics I'd love to see the coin

Detectingfreak · Jul 13, 2009

Welcome to treasurenet! Very nice find! Took me almost 1 year to find my first.

vanoldschool · Jul 14, 2009

ahh yes now whats your next goal?? great find!

Tank69 · Jul 14, 2009

Congrats

& welcome to TN.
start takin pics

bearkiller1030 · Jul 14, 2009

vanoldschool said:
ahh yes now whats your next goal?? great find!

Well i'm hoping my next find is silver. Does anyone know where to go around skagit county?

bearkiller1030 · Jul 15, 2009

bearkiller1030 said:
Well thanks to tomharris76 and vanoldschool for getting me into this hobby. Tomharris76 came up on saturday and went metal detecting with me. I just bought a bounty hunter time ranger from him so I thought i would try it out. Before we got started Tom said to me I would kill for an indian head penny today. We went to a near by park and my first coin was a 1971 half dollar and we found other newer coins. We left there and went to an old abandoned house i knew of and found junk. We got back in my truck and seen a farmer in a field and stopped and asked him if he knew of any old homesteads we could check out. He thought for a second and said well when i was growing up in the 1960's i could remember an old house being tore down. So he pointed us in the direction. When we got there we found broken glass jar lids. We searched for a while and found junk then went into some nearby woods and found nothing. Tomharris76 said lets go back to where those jar lids were and look some more. When we walked back over there we were only detecting a few minutes when i got a signal. I then dug up a coin and wiped off the dirt and seen an indian head and yelled "OH YA". Tom looked over at me and asked what did you find? I said it is a indian head penny from 1898. Tom came over and looked and said right on thats a good way to start detecting. Well im hooked now. And i'm sure in my wifes head she's still hearing me talk about it because i think i have told her the story 100 times. Sorry no pics still trying to figure out the camera.

curbdiggercarl57 · Jul 15, 2009

Breaking the 1900's barrier is always a good way to start. Kudos!

spartacus53 · Jul 15, 2009

Great find. Way to go; like a great shot in golf, that find will keep you going back for more and better items. My first few times out I was lucky to find a few clad coins and a ton of pop tops.

tomharris76 · Jul 15, 2009

I'm still in awe of how your first time ended up. Just so everyone knows the pic of the IH doesn't do it justice. When I saw it straight out of the ground it looked like someone dropped it yesterday. Nice job, let's get together again.

Deno · Jul 15, 2009

This is a great hobby, congratulations. Go back over that place, odds are it's holding more.

bearkiller1030 · Jul 17, 2009

Deno said:
This is a great hobby, congratulations. Go back over that place, odds are it's holding more.

I'm going back after they harvest then i will go back again after they plow

bearkiller1030 · Jul 17, 2009

tomharris76 said:
I'm still in awe of how your first time ended up. Just so everyone knows the pic of the IH doesn't do it justice. When I saw it straight out of the ground it looked like someone dropped it yesterday. Nice job, let's get together again.

Ya i need a different camera that was taken with my cell phone. Believe me im still in awe myself i carry it in my wallet all the time.