WOOOHOOO First old coin. Wheat Cent in my FRONT YARD

[1996]

I'm pretty familiar with my MD now, better than when I first got it anyway, so I went to this park that has turned up some clad for me in the past. I got out there and turned right around and went home. Just too, dang, cold. Sat around all evening with nothing to do, and decided to check my front yard, which I have only scimmed over in the past. I found a clad quarter right off the bat, but to make a long story short, pulled my first old coin, at about 6 inches, right next to the sidewalk. It's a wheat penny, looks like 1956, but when I saw those wheat ears on the back, I let out a rebel yell. Hell yeah! Pitch black out there now, but I'm going to try again tomorrow in the light.


Added a scan. The cent isn't as bad as the scan, but it is pretty bad.

 

[Captn SE]

It's a wheat penny, looks like 1956, but when I saw those wheat ears on the back, I let out a rebel yell. Hell yeah!

Wait til you find your first silver coin.

Congrats on your first wheatie. They're always fun to dig, and a good sign that silver coinage is almost certain in the area.

HH,
CAPTN SE
Dan

 

[tymcmurray]

Congrats. Keep it up and they just get older and older!!!

 

[1996]

It's a wheat penny, looks like 1956, but when I saw those wheat ears on the back, I let out a rebel yell. Hell yeah!

Wait til you find your first silver coin.

I know. We'll see.

 

[Jim 2.0]

I'm glad for clad but a wheat is neat!

HH, Jim

 

[johnnycat]

Yeah, wait for that first silver. I haven't forgotten when I found my first silver and I bet you won't either when you dig it up.

 

[KinjoVT]

Congrats! I remember finding my first one, and was excited.

 

[pickman]

Congratulations on your first wheatie.

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

1996,

big CONGRAT on that first wheat;

Hope many more.

have a good un.......
SHERMANVILLE

 

[dfx willy]

ahh your first wheat kinda like your first girl! theres gonna be many more to come so hold on for the ride. congrats. willy.

 

[ivan salis]

eating your wheaties will make you big and strong so you can find silver --- if your finding wheaties --then you are at a spot where silver can be possibly be found as well since wheaties ended production in 1958 * when the dimes , quarters and halves were all 90% silver.

 

[Detectingfreak]

nice job on your first wheatie! It gets easier after awhile!

 

[crazyjarhead]

Great start. Good luck and happy hunting

 

[1996]

Thanks for all of the good tidings of great joy. I just hit the old front yard again. Sorry I have nothing better to report, but I came out with 36 cents; all new. I had a really good dime signal, and got down about 4 ", and hit solid asphalt. The old ace 250 said I still had 2 " to go. I went and broke out a big shovel, since I am in my front yard and only had to go get one out of the garage. After a while, I popped out a dime that I had bent the crap out of, but hey, at least it wasn't silver. I figure there is silver out there, but i am going to have to use a better, or bigger shovel than my $7.00 Ace Hardware special.

 

[silverfreak]

Congrats on the first oldie. I know you will have many more to come...so hang on for the ride

 

[phantomfinder]

WTG , Great find......

 

[kdismuke1]

CONGRATS.