>>1147783Canada and US is good. I'm near the border and 1700s stuff isn't too uncommon. Make sure you dig everything 60+ because that's where Indians can sometimes hang out. Realistically anything older than 1600s is gonna be too deep for most detectors, and most of the cool stuff you'll find will be 1850-1964. Any quarter before 64 is silver. Plus dimes , barber dimes are cool, Indians are cool, best thing to do is knock at old houses. Make sure the lawn isn't filled. Look for stone foundations. Then go up and say "Hi my name is ___ and on weekends I like to go around to older houses and metal detect. Would it be ok if I went around your house?" On good days 80% of the people say yes, on bad days it doesn't get much worse than 40. People are generally nice about it, and remember they don't owe you anything. Most of the time people say no because they don't want the lawn ripped up, but make sure you're neat with your holes and let them know that you'll replace the plugs. Other reasons people say no is because people have done it before, but I've been to places two or three times and found coins every time. Always show them what you found, nobody has ever asked to take them. It's nice too because sometimes people have stories about the place. Best place is front yard right in front of the house. I've found pocket knives, rings, coins, watches, trinkets, war medals, buttons. Horesehoes and nails, a lot of them, lots of scraps of aluminum. If you find a piece of metal with square holes in it, it's probably a harmonica reed, I've found countless of those.
