God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
Went detecting for about 90 minutes at a vacant lot within walking distance of my house. Two wheat cents were the only old coins that I found. This was my first time detecting in over two months.
Getting out is better than not getting out. I haven't gone detecting in a year and who knows when I'll be able to again.
@Bayard1908 said:
Went detecting for about 90 minutes at a vacant lot within walking distance of my house. Two wheat cents were the only old coins that I found. This was my first time detecting in over two months.
@pcgs69 said:
Getting out is better than not getting out. I haven't gone detecting in a year and who knows when I'll be able to again.
@Bayard1908 said:
Went detecting for about 90 minutes at a vacant lot within walking distance of my house. Two wheat cents were the only old coins that I found. This was my first time detecting in over two months.
I started again this year and have to keep/stay on level ground for now. I do hope you can get back out 👍🙂
@pcgs69 said:
Getting out is better than not getting out. I haven't gone detecting in a year and who knows when I'll be able to again.
@Bayard1908 said:
Went detecting for about 90 minutes at a vacant lot within walking distance of my house. Two wheat cents were the only old coins that I found. This was my first time detecting in over two months.
I started again this year and have to keep/stay on level ground for now. I do hope you can get back out 👍🙂
Today I had an appointment with a specialist doctor about 40 miles from my home. I decided to take the day off work and do some metal detecting in that area before and after my appointment.
In the morning, I went to a site where I found a number of silver coins about five years ago. Today I managed to dig up a 1960-D dime and seven wheat cents at the site. I then visited two more nearby sites that were no good.
After finishing my doctor's appointment, I bought an electric bike from a nearby Craigslist seller and then proceeded to one final metal detecting site. At the final site, I dug a damaged 1918-D Mercury dime and three more wheat cents.
I've barely done any metal detecting this year and hadn't dug a Mercury dime all year before today.
Good to see you’re still getting out there, albeit on a more limited basis. I’ve slowed down my outings also, to @ once every couple of weeks lately - life obligations happen. Hopefully you’ll be getting out more frequently before the cold winter weather sets in. Looking forward to seeing the pics!
The weather was beautiful yesterday, sunny with highs in the 60s. I decided to take off work and do some detecting before winter arrives. I visited a few Chicago parks, most of which were no good. I started at the park where I found a Mercury dime last month; but, all I found were a couple of dogs that insisted I pet them.
I managed to find a 1946 dime at one park and a wheat cent at another.
Shortly before I found the 1946 dime, a local resident approached me and said, "I've seen you here before." When I told him this was my first visit ever, he said that somebody else regularly detects that small park and he assumed it was me. Apparently the other guy looks for recent drops in the playground area.
It was beautiful weather today and I took off work to do some detecting with my favorite Etrac. The site I wanted to hunt today had the gate locked, and my backup site was also unavailable. My third choice of site wasn't bad though: 1917 Mercury dime, 1963-D dime, and 1947 quarter. I also dug 6 wheat cents.
The Mercury dime was shallow and I believe it had been missed by me on previous visits to this site due to masking. The signal was 23-45, which is extremely close to where I filter out iron on my Etracs. The obverse of the coin is almost completely covered in rust. I presume that whatever iron object had been masking the coin finally rusted away enough for it to be found.
The weather has turned cold and my season is over. I had a great 2025 in every area of life except metal detecting. I only found 9 silver coins this year. I was so busy with seemingly more important matters all year that I didn't do much detecting in 2025.
Old nickels represent a surprisingly large percentage of my finds this year. I interpret this as meaning that my regular sites are largely hunted out with few high tones remaining. The finds break down as follows:
Silver:
2 Mercury dimes
4 Silver Roosevelt dimes
1 Silver Washington quarter
2 War nickels
A very small quantity of silver jewelry
Obsolete non-silver coins:
8 Buffalo nickels
1 George VI Canadian cent
Approximately 27 Wheat cents
Although this was my least productive year of silver finds since I started this thread in 2014, I still enjoy metal detecting. I just couldn't make it a priority this year.
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Back to the same site again today: 1935 Buffalo nickel and two wheat cents with my Equinox 600.
Never mind, I proved myself wrong.
God bless all who believe in him. Do unto others what you expect to be done to you. Dubbed a "Committee Secret Agent" by @mr1931S on 7/23/24. Founding member of CU Anti-Troll League since 9/24/24.
Went detecting for about 90 minutes at a vacant lot within walking distance of my house. Two wheat cents were the only old coins that I found. This was my first time detecting in over two months.
Getting out is better than not getting out. I haven't gone detecting in a year and who knows when I'll be able to again.
I started again this year and have to keep/stay on level ground for now. I do hope you can get back out 👍🙂
Hopefully you can share some good finds and can get some quality hunts in
Today I had an appointment with a specialist doctor about 40 miles from my home. I decided to take the day off work and do some metal detecting in that area before and after my appointment.
In the morning, I went to a site where I found a number of silver coins about five years ago. Today I managed to dig up a 1960-D dime and seven wheat cents at the site. I then visited two more nearby sites that were no good.
After finishing my doctor's appointment, I bought an electric bike from a nearby Craigslist seller and then proceeded to one final metal detecting site. At the final site, I dug a damaged 1918-D Mercury dime and three more wheat cents.
I've barely done any metal detecting this year and hadn't dug a Mercury dime all year before today.
Good to see you’re still getting out there, albeit on a more limited basis. I’ve slowed down my outings also, to @ once every couple of weeks lately - life obligations happen. Hopefully you’ll be getting out more frequently before the cold winter weather sets in. Looking forward to seeing the pics!
Both found with my favorite Etrac
The weather was beautiful yesterday, sunny with highs in the 60s. I decided to take off work and do some detecting before winter arrives. I visited a few Chicago parks, most of which were no good. I started at the park where I found a Mercury dime last month; but, all I found were a couple of dogs that insisted I pet them.
I managed to find a 1946 dime at one park and a wheat cent at another.
Shortly before I found the 1946 dime, a local resident approached me and said, "I've seen you here before." When I told him this was my first visit ever, he said that somebody else regularly detects that small park and he assumed it was me. Apparently the other guy looks for recent drops in the playground area.
Silver always makes the day a bit brighter. How’s the weather in your area now?
How’s the weather in your area now?
Highs have been in the 50s, although that is about to drop to the 30s tomorrow.
It was beautiful weather today and I took off work to do some detecting with my favorite Etrac. The site I wanted to hunt today had the gate locked, and my backup site was also unavailable. My third choice of site wasn't bad though: 1917 Mercury dime, 1963-D dime, and 1947 quarter. I also dug 6 wheat cents.
The Mercury dime was shallow and I believe it had been missed by me on previous visits to this site due to masking. The signal was 23-45, which is extremely close to where I filter out iron on my Etracs. The obverse of the coin is almost completely covered in rust. I presume that whatever iron object had been masking the coin finally rusted away enough for it to be found.
Congratulations, a three-silver-day sounds like a great success to me.
Ya got that right
That's not toning or dirt, it's rust. This is the before photo before I try to chemically remove the rust.
The surfaces of the Mercury dime look unoriginal now; but, I prefer it without the rust.
That dime is a whole lot better looking now
The weather has turned cold and my season is over. I had a great 2025 in every area of life except metal detecting. I only found 9 silver coins this year. I was so busy with seemingly more important matters all year that I didn't do much detecting in 2025.
Old nickels represent a surprisingly large percentage of my finds this year. I interpret this as meaning that my regular sites are largely hunted out with few high tones remaining. The finds break down as follows:
Silver:
2 Mercury dimes
4 Silver Roosevelt dimes
1 Silver Washington quarter
2 War nickels
A very small quantity of silver jewelry
Obsolete non-silver coins:
8 Buffalo nickels
1 George VI Canadian cent
Approximately 27 Wheat cents
Although this was my least productive year of silver finds since I started this thread in 2014, I still enjoy metal detecting. I just couldn't make it a priority this year.
Omg, I dug up a FUBAR steely one time and still have recurring nightmares about that. Its all good 👍