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Message:: [QUOTE="Chip Kirkpatrick, post: 7560339, member: 101265"]In the wild...Love it. as a metal detectorist I have my bucket list and for 5 years I chased the wily Indian Head penny. I often pass over penny signals but I dug thousands hoping one would finally be an IH. Well I received a call from a woman who was interested in metal detecting and invited me to come talk to her which I did after about an hour she asked me to demonstrate using a detector so I took one and we went to the curbstrip in front of her house. I told her if we were lucky we’d find a penny or two. I made my first swing and BAM! I had a penny signal. It was practically leaning against the sidewalk and so shallow I could see it’s outline under the sand. I picked it up, blew the sand off and dropped it in her hand, saying “Here’s your first buried treasure”. she looked at it and said, “cool! 1887!” I said “You mean 1987!” She said, “Nope!” I had just found my first IH and gave it away. ‘Happily that opened the dam and I’ve found about 3 dozen or more including an 1864 Fatty.[/QUOTE]