wheat penny

I can appreciate that a wheatie might not be a big deal to those of you in areas where wheaties are still more plentiful, but it has taken me quite a while to find a wheatie in my area :lol: I did about a 4 hour hunt today in a park I hadn't detected in a while as I have been focused on a 3+...

As like many of you guys, I have more than a few older coins laying around. My favorite is the Wheat Penny and least favorite is the memorial. Most of you understand my lack of fondness for the memorial. But ah the Wheat. To see that glorious reverse. On most coins the obverse is where all the...

I found this the other day, but didn't clean it right away and didn't think I would get a date, but after reading a thread on using steel wool I gave it a try. Although faint I could read the date. It is my oldest coin so far. The other wheats are next oldest. The back of the 1910 doesn't have...

I don't usually post my finds because I don't have many to post. Most of my finds are just clad some occasional (every 2-3 months) jewelry. But this morning I was hunting a volley ball court that produced two pop tops. So I walked over to the tot-lot since there were not tots in residence. The...

Yes I get about 1 wheat every 2 months at McDonalds drive thru window when I get my coffee there occasionally. I used to tell the kids to watch for wheats and silver but I would mostly get a blank stare or they would just say cool or a variation of that is "Yo man, thas cool". Some of these...