I was blessed to get out and hunt an old house yard (built in 1905) and was able to get a 1936 and 1945 mercury dime. They were only about 3 inches apart. I was able to take some nice older wheat pennies(2-1910's,1916D,1917,1918,1920,1926,1927,1928D, and a 1946. The yard had been previously checked by the owner's brother and father. It sure was sweet to pull my first silver of the year with my Silver U-Max.