I really enjoyed metal detecting this past year. I made some new hunting buddies and found some bucket list coins. I am thankful that my health and the weather here in Illinois allows me to go detecting often.

So if you will forgive my shameless self indulgence I would like to share a summary of my finds from 2014.

I was happy to finally find a US large cent with my E-Trac. I found 2 of them in 2014.



I found 62 Indian Head Cents including my first ever 1877:

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I found these 4 Indian Heads in with my Wheat Cents as I was tumbling them today. I guess I need to get my eyes checked.



468 Wheat Cents sorted by decade. (Not a very good photo.)




I found this 1864 Two Cent Piece on September 20:
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My first ever half dimes and my first capped bust silver:




I found 4 Shield Nickels in 2014:




14 V Nickels:



21 Buffalo Nickels:



6 Seated Dimes:



16 Barber Dimes:



60 Mercury Dimes:



35 Silver Roosevelts:



2 Seated Quarters:




2 Barber Quarters:




1 Standing Liberty Quarter and 24 Silver Washington Quarters (Which I forgot to photograph.)

5 Walking Liberty Half Dollars:



Here are all of the silver coins I found in 2014:



Tokens:



Silver jewelry and 1 piece of gold:



Costume jewelry:



Buttons:



Buckles:



Dog Tags:



Bells:



Watches and watch parts:



Toy Guns:



Toy Cars:



Spoons:



Thimbles: (Maybe someday I will find a nice one!)



Cub Scout items:



Harmonica, accordion, pump organ and squeezebox reeds:




Coal Company Scatter tags:



Lead Bag Seals:



Medallions:



Militaria:



Lead Bullets/Slugs:




Shotgun Shell Head Stamps:



Keys:



Foreign Coins:




Fobs:



Miscellaneous:






I hope everyone has a prosperous 2015 and that you make lots of amazing metal detecting finds!