TreasureHunter5

1 hour ago, Johnny Crunch said:

I still like wheats; got a '57 this morn. If you're finding wheats, you're in the Ag zone, too! Got a '46 (first year?) Rosie and a War Nickel from the same area two days ago... So beat that yard like a rented mule! And get permissions from your neighbors with old houses, too! Good Luck!

Thanks! I found a dateless silver liberty quarter last year in the yard. My grandfather did a lot of moving dirt so somethings may be lost in most of the yard. I found the two coins in a untouched part of the yard. I will keep trying in all parts of the yard. I will try to get permissions because my neighborhood ranges from 1938 to 1958. Good luck to you as well!

5 minutes ago, Johnny Crunch said:

That is a wack find! Could be kids. Kids do crazy things. I've found three different holes over the years, filled with pennies (20, 40, one with 70). I'll bet someone was playing pirates, and was called in to dinner. Next day, they were doing something else, and forgot about their booty / treasure.

It could have been! We can only guess at this point! That’s crazy that you could get 70 pennies out of one hole!!

16 hours ago, 2Valen said:

Glad to hear that you have the instructions for reference on how to operate the  unit, as I could not find any material on the internet for it.

On the headphone side of things I use earbuds and a adapter on the plug. That way if I only want one of them in my ear to hear for something else I can.

Good luck and happy hunting.

The instructions are right below the knobs, so I can’t lose them. I will look into the adapter because I have iPhone earbuds. Thanks for letting me know!

6 hours ago, devilsrenegade said:

congratulations on your find. took me 3 yrs of detecting to find my first wheatie. 

Thanks !!

1 hour ago, Tometusns said:

Congrats! More treasures await! 

Thanks!!

5 hours ago, GA1dad said:

Awesome!!! I still look at wheat cents as a win!!!!

Thanks!!

2 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

Nice milestone!  I bet there are more there on your property (maybe even a silver dime), so keep hunting.

Definitely don't clean that.  It looks better than > 90% of the Wheats I find.  This is exactly what coin collectors like to see (even though this one has very little numismatic value) -- natural toning.  It's the green scale buildup that deserves work.  If you don't know what I'm talking about, just keep up your detecting and you soon will.

 

I did find a silver liberty quarter not to far away from the area this came from. I will keep looking!!!! I did clean it with a paper towel and dawn but that’s it. It does look nice! I inherited my great grandfather’s finds and his wheats where very hard to read, so I’m lucky. I hope this is one of many!! Thanks!!

A mile stone in my metal detecting hobby, my first wheat penny. I found it today in my yard near my driveway, at the edge of my property. I though it would be a memorable penny(just like the rest of the pennies I found in my yard) but it turned out to be wheat. A 1942 D to be exact. The house was built in 1940, so it was there most likely ever since. I am glad to have it. I cleaned the dirt off with dawn and a paper towel. Do you think it needs to be cleaned more or is it nice the way it looks? 

27 minutes ago, 2Valen said:

The volume might go up with the sensitivity control.

Lower tones should indicate gold, iron, and such materials like that, while the higher tones will be silver and such.

Try a gold ring on the ground, and then try a silver ring to check the tone difference.

Then try the difference between coins, and make sure there is plenty of space between them so you don't overlap.

That headphone jack will take an adapter that you can get at Walmart or just about anywhere to use standard headphones.

You will get a better sound when you use them.

No the directions stay to turn it on, set sensitivity to high, if it makes chatter slightly back off. It has discrimination of iron and pull tabs. I might try to see if it has different beeps for different items, but reallly don’t care. As a beginner I like to dig everything! Thanks!!!!!!

1 hour ago, kac said:

I have the same detector that I started with way back. They do work but don't go very deep at all. Lot's of new machines out now to take a look at. If your still finding stuff with that ole BH and happy with it then why change? If your in the market for a new machine the big thing is what is your budget?

I am happy with this one but I would like to find a better one as a back up or to try out something a bit newer. A budget isn’t the biggest question because I own a small 4 unit apartment building and collect rent every month. The big question is what would be a good detector to chose? Thank you!!!!!

2 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

I also wear one of those -- I have an original (bought it back in the late 1970's; don't know if it's WWII vintage though) and also a new one I was able to get on Ebay.  For Christmas one year I got my sister a military surplus bayonet with the sheath that has the hooks to attach to this kind of belt.  In some of her area parks the digging rule is "no blade longer than 6 inches nor wider than 1 inch."  I had to file down the tip a bit (maybe half an inch) to get it down to 6 inches.

The "industry standard" is the Lesche hand digger,

Not cheap by any means, but I think if someone said "lasts a lifetime" it would be hard to prove them wrong.

It's all about what works for you.  The most expensive equipment in the hands of the wrong person -- that's all that will be in their hands when the day is done.

I got my belt off eBay for my birthday last year. I believe it to be Vietnam era. I came with all sorts of pouches. A pouch for the shovel, a small ammunition pouch( used as a pouch for finds), a canteen and a compass pouch. My dad got the shovel about 15 years ago. It was dated 1945. I didn’t have a pouch, so when I got the belt it came with one. I might look in to that little shovel you have. I looks like a good back up, and more discrete I public areas. So true what you said at the end.

8 hours ago, 2Valen said:

Check and see if there is a headphone jack on it, if it does you also need a set of headphones to be able to hear the tones.

The sensitivity is also the volume control I believe. Almost any headphone wit a 1/4 inch jack will work.

Let me know if you see the jack on it, and if you have a set of headphones that will work.

Hi, it does have a headphone jack. It is not like on on an iPhone, it is a bit bigger.(I don’t have one). I can hear the beep without headphones. I don’t go by the sound of the beep to know what to dig. If it sound like a steady beep I dig. This detector doesn’t have volume control, the sensitivity turns it on. 

23 minutes ago, 2Valen said:

Great find and I am just wondering what you were using at the time and what it was showing on the detector.

That would be a heck of a signal to understand I think.

Hi, I was using my only usable detector. It is a older bounty hunter tracker I-d 505. It only has a little needle, and I don’t even know how that works, I put a picture below. I do t really go by a signal because I just dig everything(it works for me as a beginner) if I had a better detector I but it would have been crazy!!! Thanks

7 minutes ago, 2Valen said:

The equipment may be old, but when I get out my old detector it can always find something for me.

Whatever you use to dig with just remember to always try and put everything back the way it looked before.

I bought a cheap sod cutter from a local farm supply for $10 and it has worked well for me. I also have a shovel similar to the one that you have and would not trade it.

Sometimes I have found detectors at the local Goodwill Store for only $20 that actually work, and I always check out estate sales for a bargain also.

What part of the country are you in?

Hi, I always find a lot with this stuff. I am very good with refilling my holes. I like the quality of the USA made army grade tools. The detector is USA made to. The detector I used before was from the 70s and it didn’t find much(just a collectible now). I like to check those places a lot too! I am in south western Pennsylvania. Thank you!!!

5 minutes ago, GB_Amateur said:

Handsome, and I like all those refracted images of the coins' edges.  Good job not scratching it.  Another find for the category "what was that doing there??"

What are the dates and mintmarks?  It looks like the penny is a 1975-?

 

Hi, the penny is 1975 D, the quarter and half dollar are 1976 D and the dime and nickel are 1975 P. I can’t believe I is so nice!!! Love it!

1 minute ago, Rick N. MI said:

That's a great find!

Thanks!

Wow! Look at what just came out of my aunts backyard! It looks like a 1976/bicentennial coin collection. It clean up really nice after a lot of work. It was not very deep. I am really glad I didn’t damage the acrylic(I think it is acrylic).  I wonder how it got into the ground. Did someone bury it on purpose? Who knows. It is a great display. I can’t believe how nice it is. What do you think?

I got the 1945 us army shovel from my great grandmother’s third husband. It was given to my dad, and then he gave it to me.

the older bounty hunter tracker I-d 505 detected is from my neighbor, who gave it to me for free. It works great, but I know it isn’t modern or efficient. I don’t have a pinpointer, but I make it work 

I have a us army web belt to hold my shovel and my finds.

this is not exactly My stuff just pictures off google.

let me know what I should improve. Should it upgrade?

what do you use?

6 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

The number of, and particularly, density of stars on the shield changed during 1917.  So you can ID the earlier variety by counting those, especially when the date is missing.  I agree, yours is Variety 2, which started partway through 1917 so both varieties were minted that year.

As far as the date being visible after 1925, although they did make an improvement it still wasn't great, so even some of those will have lost their dates.

Years ago there was a chemical you could buy which supposedly would ghost the date of dateless silver coins like the SLQ and Walking Liberty Half.  I don't know how well it worked.  There was also a different chemical for nickels (for Buffalo nickels in particular) and I bought some and it worked.  But recently I bought some again and it failed miserably.

Restoring dates in this way is fun but for the most part doesn't add any value over bullion.

Thank you! I never Knew that after 1925 the date would be gone. Thank you for the information! Always great to get more info on stuff! 

15 hours ago, CmonNow said:

This quarter is a nice find.  I love the flying eagle on the back of those.  I have yet to find a silver quarter of any kind.

Is there any sign of a date if you use high magnification and a low angle on the lighting?

If not, it's still old silver from your yard, and that's special.

Good job!

Hi, thank you! I have not looked under high magnification, but I’m sure the date is gone. I would say it is from 1918 to 1925, because it is not a rare 1916 or 17, and they fixed the date problem in 1925.  I am really happy to find one of these! Good luck to you on finding one some day!

On 6/14/2020 at 8:56 AM, GB_Amateur said:

Welcome to the forum TH5!

USA Standling Liberty quarter minted in the the years 1916 through 1930 at three mints (Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco).  The date has worn off yours (it should be below lady liberty's foot).  If it had a mintmark ('D' for Denver, 'S' for SF) it would have been next the star to the left of lady liberty's foot (our left, her right).

That's not a common find (I still haven't snagged one in five years of coin detecting).  With the date worn off it has only bullion value (around $3.00 at current silver spot price) and sentimental value.  Still a nice find.  I bet there are more coins in that yard, though, particularly pennies.  Give it another try.

Thanks for the info. I knew a little about the quarter. My grandfather did a lot of ground work in the front yard. The dirt was moved around, but no new dirt added. I found this on the untouched side of the yard. I found this last June, and have done a lot of detecting since. I did find other coins, the oldest 1969. I am very lucky to find it in my first year! Thank you.

I’m sorry, Steve. I didn’t know about that. I’m new here. I will turn it down a little

Found in my yard, house built in 1940. It was the only old coin found in the yard. Hit it a little on the back, but I’m happy. Let me know what you think.

Is it worth saving?