I was able to get out on both Saturday and Sunday this weekend. On Saturday I hunted two local home sites. At the first I found a neat pocket spill: 1942 Walker, 1944 Merc and a 1948 Nickel. At the second site I only found 3 wheats and an 1896 Indian Head.
Today I went to Flora, Illinois to hunt some sites my brother had lined up. We tried three different sites without much success, not even a wheat cent. At the fourth site it was slow going but I did finally find a wheat cent. While we were there, a nice older couple next door started talking to us, and they told us we were welcome to hunt in their yard. Although their house was from the 1950s it was on a corner lot in a very old neighborhood. This yard ended up being a nice little honey hole. I found 2 Mercs and a Rosie, plus a really cool 1855 Dix (ten) Centimes coin from France! This coin is very worn but the date is clear and it has a beautiful green patina. It also has a "W" mint mark.
Right before dark I got a perfect 13-47 signal on my E-Trac at 6" deep. The signal was so good that I had my brother hold the video camera so I could do a live dig on video. I jumped for joy when a silver quarter popped out of the deep hole.
Then I saw the back of it and immediately knew that I had found my very first Type 1 Standing Liberty Quarter!
It's in pretty good shape with a partially visible date of 1917, no mint mark. My brother the good luck charm strikes again!
Here are all of the coin finds from the weekend. (*I found about 12 wheat cents at the first house on Saturday that I gave to the property owner.)
Here is he coin spill from yesterday. The 1948 Jefferson Nickel was stuck to the 1942 Half Dollar face-to-face. When I rechecked the hole I found the 1944 Mercury Dime.
I found this 1930s token at the same old house as the coin spill:
Here is the 1855 Dix Centimes coin from France that I found today:
And the highlight of the weekend, my very first Type 1 SLQ:
Here are some of the relics I found, including a happenstance clay marble:
What a fun weekend of detecting! Thanks for looking and happy hunting!