Hello everyone, I went dirt fishing for the fourth time this year and I'm still Silverless (Coin wise) This were my finds after 5 hour hunt.. 16 Wheat Cents - Oldest was 1910 Silver Ring CANADA - 1 Cent 1970 Old SCOVILLE Button Pewter Soldier - Armless and Legless Interesting Metal Square with etchings 8 - Quarters 8 - Dimes 41 - Cents & 5 Damaged Cents Miscellaneous Metal - Dog Tag, Charm, Key
Nice. That one-piece Scoville button is old. I'd wager it's pre-Civil War. I get an 1830s-'40s vibe off of it. Neat WW1 toy soldier, even though he got wounded. Your "mystery square with etchings" is quite intriguing, but I haven't even got a good guess as to what that is or was.
The only time I ever metal detected was when my wife lost an earring in the yard. I rented a metal detector and spent 3 hours combing the yard but I found it.
Ah, except a lot of gold targets will be down there in nickel-pulltab range. Oh yes! Any coin range signal you’ll want to dig, especially cent-range signals that are a couple of inches deep. This transitional reverse 1899 Barber dime signaled as a cent at 3.5”. Oftentimes the silver dimes will do that. Because of the depth meter reading, I was expecting a Wheat cent, and was pleasantly surprised.
Those are some very interesting items you found, especially the button. I think you’ve found all the silver in these parks. Lol.
Yes, they have higher readings compared to nickel which is in the aluminum fair range. A copper cent comes through quite similarly to a clad dime. I’ve dug cent signals and pulled silver dimes before.
