I thought I would share with other White Detector owners some of my finds. My friend Kevin told me his mother lost her diamond wedding ring last winter and then had passed away. It took a couple hours but I did find it and it was given back to the family. That was something that made me feel really nice.

Then I was detecting at a old site and found a 14k white gold wedding ring. It was about 4 inches deep and shined like it was brand new.

About 2 weeks later I found a yellow gold wedding ring at 10" deep, in the same hole was this 1901 Barber dime. Up until then that was my best day with the DFX. My wife now has it in her jewelry chest. It fits her just right. Now she doesn't say anything when I am going out to enjoy this great hobby.

I have found bunches of old coins and relics but my very best day was this past Sunday 11-06-05. My friend Harry N. of the FMDAC and I went to a place just for the heck of it. It dates back to the early 1800's.. Harry is a very good person and usually does better than me. BTW, he also uses a Whites machine so that tells you he knows what he is doing. We met around 9am and walked up to the site without our machines. We decided to drive up to the top of the hill and start there. Well we found a lot of normal trash and a couple clads. He was near the top of the hill while I searched the hillside. Then it happened. I found a 1877 seated quarter in mint condition. Boy was I excited.

Then in about 15 minutes I got another loud beep at 6 inches. I started digging with my Predator tool and uncovered a 1849 large penny. It was the first one I ever found. Now I was really ecstatic. My DFX was treating me great.

In a few moments I got a rather unusual beep but decided to check it out.. It was also at 6 inches. I didn't know what it was then so I just put it in my Whites pouch and kept on hunting.

About a half hour later I got a VERY loud beep and dug my hole and there was what I thought was another large penny but it turned out to be a 1837 colonial coin.

This is what I found out about it.

The chronic shortage of small coins during the first half of the 19th century gave rise to a series of attractive copper tokens known as "bouquet sous." In 1835 the Governor of Lower Canada granted the Bank of Montreal the authority to issue copper tokens of good weight to meet the need for small change. The front side of the tokens showed a bouquet of roses, thistles, shamrocks and wheat and the reverse carried the denomination, "Un Sou," hence the name "bouquet sous." In 1836 the Bank of Montreal was permitted to add its name to the legend on the reverse. In 1837 La Banque du Peuple was also authorized to issue "bouquet sous." These tokens became so popular that many lightweight imitations in both copper and brass were soon put into circulation by unscrupulous individuals. The genuine tokens were manufactured in England and in the United States, but the counterfeit pieces were strictly a Canadian product. Altogether there are over fifty varieties of these tokens, several, both genuine and counterfeit, showing the denomination in the very ungrammatical form of "Un Sous." Since these tokens were produced in England this was obviously the work of a non-bilingual die cutter.

By now I was so happy I could have shouted it to the world. But I kept my cool since Harry wasn't doing any good at all, except for trash and some new pennies and clad.

We hunted some more and I got two Indian heads and two wheaties. Now it was time to get something to eat so we went to a diner and while I was standing in line Harry was at a table and said "You have no idea what you found do you? I said no. Then he told me the coin I put in my pouch was a flying eagle one cent piece. In total that day I found three rare coins that I never would have dreamed I would ever find, but I did that Sunday. I also found my very first 58 caliber musket ball. WHAT A DAY I HAD WITH MY DFX. After we ate, we drove down to the bottom of the hill and tried it down there. But all we found for the next 3 or so hours were some new pennies and a lot of trash. When the day was over he said to me, "Today was your shinning hour, congratulations". I found this B.V.T.Co. Xmas 1912 token on the way back to the car at the end of a great DFX day. I like it because I live in Beaver County and it has the head of a Beaver in the center of it.

I can tell you we are going back to that place very soon.