<p><strong>I purchased a V3i December 27, 2009 after I moved to Northern Virginia after a job transfer.</strong> I had never metal detected before in my life but I had always wanted to. I also knew that I had a big job ahead of me learning everything that the V3i could do.</p> <p>Since that time:</p> <p>I have been very fortunate in the past year finding lots of civil war relics in my back yard, neighbours back yards, and other local areas in the northern Virginia area. I was very fortunate when a friend of mine invited me and another friend to go metal detecting with him in central Virginia on some land where he had exclusive permission to hunt.</p> <p>It was an old colonial house site and it was a beautiful fall day in November. We moved quite a bit of foundation rocks around and had some nice finds including some civil war era coins, early 1800's English coins, and tons of flat/colonial buttons.</p> <p>I searched just outside of the house foundation near the back of where the house was located and I got a nice signal at about four inches. It sounded like the usual shotgun shell reading and I dug a nice plug and flipped it over. Low and behold, a nice silver flat button was in the plug.</p> <p>Upon further examination, I was astounded at having found a 1789 George Washington Inaugural button. It had 98% or its original silver on the face as well as a straight shank.</p> <p>The V3i sure keeps me busy!</p>