Part I - Metal Detecting at the Swedish Tavern Site, page 13
Beginner's First Coin Find Crossing the 1700 Time Barrier
...Because Bobby was not using the headphones, I could hear all the signals he was receiving from the targets. When he got a nice solid signal, he looked at me with a question on his face, and I nodded to confirm - it was time to dig!
Bobby Was Close to Discovering His First Coin
When Bobby dug the dirt plug out, he did not yet see the coin in it - his eyes were not trained to see a small round object plastered with dirt. But I saw it right away and was waiting for Bobby's excited reaction to burst out in a second.
For a moment, the wild reaction it was! But then Bobby's excitement was replaced with an incredulous feeling: he could not have imagined finding a 17th century coin on his first metal detecting day!
Studying the Coin after Washing It in a Puddle
"Metal Detecting IS Fun!"
Bobby's Find was a Swedish 1/6th Öre
