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Pillar of the Community
Bulgaria
843 Posts |
Mine was Alexander the great bronze hemiobol.Your's?
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
My first ancient was a
Denarius of Antoninus Pius, modius & corn ears reverse, VF. Paid $4.50 for it in 1967.
Did not have a clue what I was buying at the time; turned out to be a really nice coin. Can't really call that a 'find', more of a 'stumble across'!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
864 Posts |
From the land of the Bluenose.....man that is so far away. 40 years ago I would have to go with the flow and say it probably was a penny!
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Moderator
 United States
16680 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1015 Posts |
A 2 gram nugget between Sofala and Whattle flat in 1982 This was found with an E.T.I.1500 (DIY detector kit from Electronic Illustrated)and yes it did work after I built it (45 hours to construct)  Edited by nuggethill
02/10/2012 10:52 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
666 Posts |
a clad dime... date was iffy... either a 73 or 78P
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3345 Posts |
I think it was a penny! Or maybe a quarter...yeah I think it was a clad quarter
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Pillar of the Community
United States
570 Posts |
A silver ring at the beach within about the first minute of detecting.
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United States
16680 Posts |
Quote:
A silver ring at the beach within about the first minute of detecting.
 . Awesome find! swcoin.ecrater.com
Edited by vermontensium
02/16/2012 01:37 am
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Pillar of the Community
Netherlands
626 Posts |
Not exactly found with a metal detector, as I was way too young for that... But first coin ever found, that started intriguing me into coins was a very strange one: 2,5 Cents Electricity token Second World War from my hometown of Venlo in The Netherlands made out of zinc (mintage: 200.000). As I did not know what it was, I wanted to find out.. It took me more then 10 years to find out it's worth nothing lolllz, duh... but it is priceless to me Long live internet    Edited by Kingz
02/16/2012 09:32 am
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Valued Member
Canada
271 Posts |
A rusty pulltab.  Edited by OddCoins
02/19/2012 1:27 pm
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Valued Member
United States
306 Posts |
probably a nail. Best first find was an 1819 Matron Head Cent. Other favorite find includes a farm token from the early 1900s that has my great grandfather's initials on it
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New Member
United States
18 Posts |
1988 Canadian Cent here, followed by a '41 Nickel and '35 Wheat
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Pillar of the Community
 Bulgaria
843 Posts |
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New Member
United States
2 Posts |
Standing Liberty Quarter,, it was laying in a stream, saw it while walking to a place to go metal detecting,, only coin I found today
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
First memorable find was my second time out back in 2008, dug my first merc in the backyard area of my old elementary school, founded in 1960. ffd
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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