Old farm house yields silver and......rouge?

Imnengr · Mar 21, 2010

Got the opportunity to detect an 1890s farmhouse with my 12-year-old son. There was a persistent, biting cold wind, so we only got a couple hours in before we were frozen. We didn't find the pre-1900s coins we were hoping for, but we did find two silver quarters and some interesting historical stuff. We each found a 1920s flapper-era compact at about 5 inches deep. The red one says Walgreen Co. on the back. The compass/magnifier combo got my son pretty excited (which was good because he was angry at me for finding both pieces of silver). Also found 11 wheaties (1940s, 1950s) and some clad. Today was the first real test of my new Minelab 705, and it didn't take me long to learn its language. When you hit coins, you definitely know it. The Ace 250 kicked butt on the coins as usual, so my son was busy digging most of the time. All in all, not a bad day. I hope to go back, as I am certain there is much more silver waiting.