My cousin moved into an old building a couple of years ago.  I asked him if I could metal detect around it and he said no problem.  When I arrived at his house, the first thing I noticed was that it was quite old.  He said that it used to be a hotel back in the 1700's.  This, of course, made me very anxious to get started.

After one hour and only a couple of wheat's and lots of trash, I took a break.  I decided to concentrate my detecting in front of the building.  This area looked untouched and very clean. Within two minutes I got a pulltab reading.  Now, I am using a brand new White's that I am not used to, so I am digging every decent reading.  Using a screwdriver, since it indicated only two inches, I made a half circle and hinged over the plug.  Facing me is a reverse of a coin that I have never seen. Excited, I flip the coin around to see an Indian's face smiling at me.  I was so amazed!  My first Indian head cent!

Later I found out that the 1875 is a semi-key date in the series.  The coin still has great details and easily grades extra fine.  The second picture is my first large cent.  It is an 1817 I found late in the season this past year.  There is still a lot of detecting area left at the old house. It's located in a very old town in eastern Pennsylvania.

1875 Indian Head Cent
G-4 $14.00 to EF-40 $75.00

1817 Large Cent Coronet Type

This is a picture of a 1787 New Jersey copper I found on March 19, 2001.

Shane's first half dollar, a 1945-S, was found in a churchyard in Pennsylvania.  Also found that day was a Mercury dime.  Overall, a very good day in the silver department!

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