Went to an older house (slated for demolition soon) in Charlottesville, VA and spent an hour or two in the yard. The token to the left is a "Billiken Good Luck Pocket Piece" dated 1908 (for trademark) though I read they were only made briefly in 1908 and 1909. The wheats are 1929,30,32,36,37 not clean enough for me to read mints, the Buffalo Nickel has a pretty clear 1924 date, the dime is a 1929. The pendant looks silver, came out of the ground relatively clean and has an engraved picture on the reverse of a sailboat in a bay, two mountains, a house and the sun rise. I probably dug a pound of nails, coal ash, melted metal, hot rocks, and 15-20 clad coins along with this stuff.
Explorer II, 10" coil, hunting mostly in IM -10 or 12 until the noise gets to be too much then I switch to quickstart smart with coins,jewelry and FE coins allowed. I run my sens. @ 24 or so until I stop hearing the threshold in a trashy area then I go to auto sens.
The Buffalo Nickel was at 6-7" and locked right on in quickstart smart. Some of the wheats were two-toned, that is they had a different tone once I turned 90 degrees. I thought the pendant was a silver quarter until I dug it! Oh well, it's fun to find unusual things besides coins.
I've never uploaded a pic before, bear with me if it doesn't come thru the first time.
Explorer II, 10" coil, hunting mostly in IM -10 or 12 until the noise gets to be too much then I switch to quickstart smart with coins,jewelry and FE coins allowed. I run my sens. @ 24 or so until I stop hearing the threshold in a trashy area then I go to auto sens.
The Buffalo Nickel was at 6-7" and locked right on in quickstart smart. Some of the wheats were two-toned, that is they had a different tone once I turned 90 degrees. I thought the pendant was a silver quarter until I dug it! Oh well, it's fun to find unusual things besides coins.
I've never uploaded a pic before, bear with me if it doesn't come thru the first time.