Yesterday my wife and I met another Detectorist, His name is Dave and we invited him to hunt with us in the nearby woods where we hunt most of the time. Although a lot has been pulled out of the ground in this spot, there is still plenty to find. It was great to meet another MDer from the area and talk shop.
Dave's E-trac is a nice machine and it was also fun comparing it with my Vaquero. When each of us had a good signal we would call the other over to see how the other machine read the target.
My wife preferred to hunt by herself while Dave and I walked over to a nearby hillside. Dave got off to a quick start and found a silver Rosie and Merc. I had only a wheat penny at that point and was hoping to catch up. I got a good signal and called Dave over to check it out. Both of us thought that it sounded like silver and was probably a shallow dime. After digging 5 inches or so, my propointer wasn't picking it up so I knew it had to be something larger. At 7-8 inches, we see a large coin peeking out of the dirt.
It was an 1837 large cent! 99% of the finds in this woods are not older than 1920 so it was a big surprise!
We hunted for about 4 1/2 hours and called it a day. Dave had 4 silver dimes and several wheaties.
Along with the large cent I found a Merc, 2 war nickles, sterling silver Air Force aerial gunner wings, and 5 wheaties. After cleaning them off, the wings are really in fine condition and I love the Art Deco look to them.
My wife caught up with us later in the day and had several wheaties and a US military pin.
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that lets you know that there are probably other old coins in the woods too. I love the silver wings and your wife's military pin! 
