I got started metal detecting when I was fifteen years old with my Dad's help. I will always remember our first hunt and finding my first Indian Head Cent and Barber Dime. Now I am a father of two kids, and the love for history and metal detecting is in them as well. Here is our story from 4-16-13.
I went out for a quick hunt with the kids after work yesterday. My 9 year old daughter loves to go and has been trying to find her first wheat cent or silver coin. We went to an old house that I had found a few old coins before. The first target I get is a Liberty Head V Nickel. She needed help with her first signal, that turned out to be a .22 shell casing. My next coin was an Indian Head Cent, so the old coins are here.
I told her to come over to where I was at and look around the trees and a few minutes later she asked me to check a signal she thinks may be a nickel. I go over to where she is at, which is up under a tree that is more like a bush, I check the signal with my E-TRAC and it's a good signal but shallow.
So we pop the plug and it is a nickel... And it's a SHIELD NICKEL! You would have thought we found gold! She blew past a Wheat Cent. I would say "luck" had a little to do with it, as she was getting up she spots a huge four leaf clover!
So after high fives, happy dancing & sending pictures to Mom, I get back to business and found another Indian. Not long after that I get a good signal. I cut my plug and pull out a big heavy coin and I thought "No way I have just found my first Large Cent!" Yes an 1842 US Large Cent!
More high fives and happy dancing was done, more pictures to my wife who loves all the old stuff we find! What a FUN HUNT! By the way I am still looking for my first Shield Nickel, she out did Dad!
I am lucky to have two great kids who love history and metal detecting. They both have a fun time treasure hunting.
Thanks,
David, Cole & Katelyn - TN, USA
