What was your first find?

[jf504mp]

My first find was a dime in the gravel out in front of my next door neighbor. I had a cheapy that had a read and green light on it....it is broke but I still have it...

 

[lonesomebob]

A rusty old jacknife

 

[Gunrunner61]

A pulltab ....Then a few feet from there a zinc

 

[nsdq]

fer 2011 a 14k gold ring,,,,,,,,2008 75 indian heads in a nice pile mud under a fire escape in ambush mode

 

[history hunter]

I wish I could remember, but it was in 1969 and I was 4 1/2 years old with my jetco mustang MD.

 

[lost hunter]

deer ticks

 

[bluehunter1973]

A Morgan silver dollar next to river. In early 80's when i was 10 that got me hooked

 

[jimmatt_43]

Don't remember the first piece of scrap but my first keeper was a modern nickel.

 

[wwwtimmcp]

a 1918 bank token for 1/2 percent extra interest on any deposit, back in 1986.

 

[nsdq]

deer ticks

they gots to eat tooo

 

[Bbchevelle]

About five pounds of cut nails, a '45 Merc and the fact that Advil doesn't work for me

 

[Woodsman99]

25 cent piece, non silver but I didn't care. I was hooked

 

[kevkirki]

stinkin lincoln in the back yard...have to start some where

 

[flakefinder]

A clad dime form the school yard behind my house, just over a year ago, now all I think about is metal Detecting and I thought gold fever was bad !

 

[BosnMate]

It was way back around 1965, and I was working on a ranch in Nevada, there were several finds, but I don't remember which was first. My machine was a Whites BFO and either I didn't know how to use it, or it didn't work very well. Probably a combination of both. Those first finds were many times on top of the ground, but I wouldn't have been out there to find it if I didn't have that machine, so that was a plus. I found a 1860's era general service button, square nails, a couple of gun parts, powder cans, on still full of black powder. I was looking for relics because the ranch was located where pioneers using the California trail camped. Other top of the ground finds included a hard rubber louse comb and broken doll parts. I did find an ox shoe and a spoon that were under the ground.

 

[Scottso]

a nail

 

[ky.rebel]

my first detector was a jetco mustang from western auto,my first money find was a 1960 D nickel.Found it beside a barn in spring of 68. in DryRidge,Ky. Have had a truck load of fun since then and found a lot more,but that first find got me hooked and I still have it in one of my treasure boxes.This is a great hobby. H.H.

 

[old digger]

A 1882 morgan dollar within twenty min. of buying my first detector. Old digger.

 

[crankyolman22]

Mine was a horse shoe, Then a Pepsi can, then finally a zinc penny (One of only 3 coins, all pennies, to come out of my yard)

 

[matt092079]

Just a random piece of metal. Not long after that an Indian head. That got me hooked for sure.