Metal Detecting - 2 Silver, 1 Wheat and Elongated Cent

@Inspector43
Brighton Beach at Coney Island


Nah.. I was going away but not with all the virus stuff happening.

 

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I suppose it's always a bonus to be working an area where relics and coinage can be found. Up to now, I haven't invested in a serious metal detector mainly because I haven't pursued it with fervor, but I learned at an early age to dig even when the discriminator said it was foil (or iron). You never know what you will find buried and while I have dug up my fair share of junk, it's the thrill of the hunt! Treasure is the bonus. I had an opportunity as a youngster to go on a hunt in the Mechanicsville VA area to relic hunt (Civil War), but we didn't have time on that summer vacation to do some digging. We did visit the gentleman who was going to host the event, and he did give me a few relics he dug on his own property: Union/Confederate bullets, button backs, and other objects (probably buckles).

I enjoy seeing your finds and would love to see what others are finding too. I can appreciate the frozen tundra issue; I recall being impatient waiting for the ground to thaw. But not a problem this winter on the shore of CT. I can only recall a couple days when the ground felt hard beneath my feet. I may need to fire up my old detector tomorrow and see what's scattered about. And thanks for sharing!

 

About frozen ground, I might have mentioned this before; we gave our oldest son a detector for Christmas. He was in grade school. It was Christmas day and the ground was frozen with about 6" of snow. He was excited. He got dressed and went out with the detector. We tried to discourage him. He came in a few minutes later with a 1940 penny he found in the flower bed. Never give up.

 

I made a big mistake here. The penny he found was an 1840 large cent. Really big mistake.