Please note that everything listed on this page was found while I lived in Michigan.

Here's an analysis of the coins I found this year:
$86.43 total clad this year
Total hunts:  122
$0.708 average per hunt
Total old coins:  243
silver : copper ratio:  6.147 : 1
Scrap copper:  210g
Scrap brass:  6g
Scrap lead:  1308g

Gold All Gold items Total weight 10K:  19.9g, 14K:  4.6g	Silver All silver items Total weight
4.6g 14K crucifix 10K, 9g, size 12 ½, 6mm wide, man's wedding band 10K, 1.5g, size 9 ½, 3mm wide, woman's wedding band 10K, 9.4g, size 11 ½, man's ring with eagle motif	roadkill 925 pendant (?) eyeballed in a parking lot STERLING ring with floral motif STER earring 925 ring with footprints 925 ring with pink stone unmarked silver ring STERLING Cub Scout ring, size 5 925 "puzzle" ring with three bands STERLING Miraculous Medallion STERLING St. Michael medallion silver ring with mother-of-pearl

Here's a listing of most of my goodies for 2004:

• 207 Wheat's as of 11-29-2004
• 1885, 1905 IH Pennies
  
• Old Nickels:  no-dates (1) (2), '27, '30, '35 Buffalo's; '45P War Nickels (1) (2)
  
• Old Dimes:  '18, '24, '38, '39, '40, '41, '42 (1) (2), '43, '43D, '44, '44D, '45 Merc's; '47, '47D, '50D, '51D, '53D, '59D, '60D, '62 (1) (2), '62D Roosie's
• no-date SLQ; '46 Washington Quarter
  
• '34, '43 Walking Liberty Half-Dollars 
  
• junk earring, eyeballed in a parking lot
• gold-plated ring with red and clear stones 
• cobalt blue bottle embossed with "Bromo-Seltzer, Emerson Drug Co., Baltimore, MD"
• small figurine of horse and rider with traces of red paint remaining
• Baseball-themed premium ring
• Ladybug watch pendant
• matching set of junk earrings
• Watch, complete with leather watchband
• Red Goose Shoes "Good for $1.00" token
• Alladin's Castle game token
• Brass tag with "22"
• gold-plated pendant with large red stone
• lead seal with "70" embossed into it
• 50¢ play money
• unmarked, damaged, crucifix
• fired rim-fire cartridge with US headstamp
• gold-plated Elgin watch
• 1943 5c Nederlands coin
• "Liberty Boy Salesman" pin
• Nurse's Pin