floodplaindetector
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I went to Omaha to visit my brother and got some park finds along the way and around the area.
Dimes are back to 1898, Nickels are back to 1883 and pennies are back to 1900.
I mostly used the bigger 13 inch coil. It worked pretty good on the larger square parks that didn't have hardly any high tones.
In a small IA town park a friendly kid about 10 years was detecting with an old small 1980s whites detector and was using a 3 foot spade to dig his holes
He came and talked to me and said his oldest coin was 1985 and that he couldn't find anything old and asked me what my oldest coin was at the park.
I showed him the coins I pulled back to 1914. I then showed him how to dig a plug correctly and how important it is to leave the plug attached when ever possible so the grass wont get stressed as much.
He said he was saving up for a hand digger and a pin pointer.
Before I left I gave him a 1940 wheat penny I had just found. I think it made his day..
Dimes are back to 1898, Nickels are back to 1883 and pennies are back to 1900.
I mostly used the bigger 13 inch coil. It worked pretty good on the larger square parks that didn't have hardly any high tones.
In a small IA town park a friendly kid about 10 years was detecting with an old small 1980s whites detector and was using a 3 foot spade to dig his holes
He came and talked to me and said his oldest coin was 1985 and that he couldn't find anything old and asked me what my oldest coin was at the park.
I showed him the coins I pulled back to 1914. I then showed him how to dig a plug correctly and how important it is to leave the plug attached when ever possible so the grass wont get stressed as much.
He said he was saving up for a hand digger and a pin pointer.
Before I left I gave him a 1940 wheat penny I had just found. I think it made his day..
