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:
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:
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!