<p><strong>I just bought my first detector (X-TERRA 705 Gold Pack) for Veterans Day.</strong> After a month of finding a noob's share of pull tabs, wire, and other non-collectibles, my luck seems to be turning.</p> <p>I live near Ft Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX and thanks to some gracious neighbors have been able to dig some in their yards. So far, I have found a 45-70 shell casing (bent though), a .36 caliber cap and ball bullet, some fairly large pieces of lead that may be shrapnel, what seems to be a musket ball, a railroad spike, a 4" flat nail, and something that looks like an iron spade.<p> [split] <p>To top it off, I found a modern era quarter and three pennies which have made a very small dent in the cost of the detector. Finding a new hobby...priceless.</p>