My first year of metal detecting. 2009

Here are most of my finds. I had a habit of giving away buttons to family members, so I'm short probally a dozen nice gilted buttons. And not pictured is the 1804 Draped Bust Half cent, sold for a pretty penny. A couple more relics (early whistle) I have traded for gear, (vibraprobe 560) and I also threw in my other complete shoe buckle towards the cost of my DFX!  I dove head first into metal detecting and I'm very thankful that I have.  I would also like to thank everyone here on the treasurenet forum, you guys have been very helpful all along. I am glad that I have a "community" of people with the same interests as I.

                                                  thanks,

                                                            Jesse a.k.a sniffy

also not pictured. 1892 Barber dime, 1879 IH, 1883 IH, and a 1890 IH....While in Georgia a home owner gave me permission to hunt her property. I started poppin out wheaties like nobody's business a total of 17 various wheaties in one yard. In 3 hrs I had 17 wheaties, earliest 1910 to 1959. 3 IH's and a nice Barber, I showed her what I found. She then wanted to keep the coins....her family owned a general store in the early 1900's. She claimed she wanted to showcase the coins in her living room. I hope she is enjoying them.

sweet year Jesse. love that buckle. hope you find something else this year dated 1804, and hang on to it.
dwayne

that is a great year in my book. You got an awsome buckle there!

Wow, first year out? Awesome finds.......   

Third photo down, is that part of an opium pipe? (Near the top, right hand corner) I think I've seen similar ones in Denver. And that buckle is a killer find. Ya dun good.
Carl

Third photo down, is that part of an opium pipe? (Near the top, right hand corner) I think I've seen similar ones in Denver. And that buckle is a killer find. Ya dun good.
Carl

yes it is, funny you noticed that. Found in my aunts yard, her neighbors home was built in 1740's. I did some research and found that chinese immigrants (slaves) worked on the farm in the late 1700's. I'm hoping this is a pipe one of them dropped in the fields.

Great finds Sniffy, hope you double it in 2010.

  Nothing wrong with that start!   Plenty to look forward to because I think it would be pretty rare for a first year to be the best.

Sniffy,

Great job.  You did a great job.  Nice finds.  You did a lot better than I did my first year.  Keep doing what you are, you seem to be doing something right.  Good luck in 2010.

Ed D.

Excellent first year. Better than my first through 5th

Superb first year, congrats!

A great first year Sniffy...here's wishing you continued success!

You are proving to be one heck of a relic hunter, Sniffy. I can't wait to see what 2010 will give you.

Kirk

Really cool finds.
  HH in 2010 

WOW, that's a awesome 1st year, congrats, 

TommNJ

 That's very good finds for the first year.

That's a great year! I still have not found a large cent after 41 years of md.

Those are some AMAZING finds, especially for a first year.  The only coin i've ever dug was a memmorial penny!

WOW! Not bad for your first year! Congrats

those are some nice relics!

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I know it may seem dishonest, but i always have one pocket with a 1-2 wheaties, clad nickels, quarters, and zincolns to show owners "what i've found" while detecting their yard. I keep all of the "real" coins in another pocket so all of my hard work isn't for nothing. I also show them all of the relics that i've found so they can take what they like. I'm more of a coin collector and could care less if they took all of my "junk" off of my hand for me. I do keep some relics like pocket watches, keys, dog tags, real old bullets and such because i think they're neat, but anything else is free game for the home owner lol.

This is AWESOME!  I just picked up my first MD this past weekend and after two really short trips I have only found:

one 1991 quarter, iron nail, iron bolt, mess of iron blob, bottle cap, and a piece of barbed wire

Wow, this is really inspiring. I cannot wait to get my MD for xmas!