Where can I find metal detecting coins?

If there are old, abandoned homes in your neighborhood, make a point to take your metal detector there. Search around front porches, back door steps, walkways and driveways. Scan floors, baseboards and floor coverings carefully for lost coins.

Can metal detectors find pennies?

Modern coins are easy to find with a metal detector. You can visit a neighborhood park and dig them up all day, but old coins are deeper and more challenging to find. I’ve found hundreds of old coins with my metal detector, mostly treasure hunting private property and public places of historical significance.

Can you shoot coins out of a shotgun?

Coin shot might work, but you would need to modify the material in the coins to make it a better projectial. A way to hold the coins edge on would also be important. If you put the coins in a barrel, stacked together then all you end up with is a slug round.

Where is the best place to find old coins?

Around Your House. Your house is a great place to look for old coins. Attics and cellars are usually the two places in your house that yield the best results. Lost coins can be found in storage boxes for clothes and in household items such as old desks, wardrobes and furniture.

Where is the best place to find coins?

Look in the couch cushions, washer and dryer, old coat pockets, pants pockets, dresser drawers, backpacks and suitcases, old wallets and purses as well as tool and toy boxes. You can always find dropped coins in any automobile.

Can you use coins as bullets?

Can you load a shotgun with dimes?

Do not try to shoot a load of dimes through a Full Choke or you will have a bad day. Or at least your shotgun will. My shotgun was sawed off at 20 inches, so has no choke, and is called an Open Bore or Cylinder Bore. It seemed that with the normal shot cup, the petals were just too tight of a fit for the dimes.

How rare is the Coin Gun?

The Coin Gun in action. The Coin Gun is a Hardmode ranged weapon that uses coins as ammunition, which cannot be retrieved once fired. Its damage and velocity depend on the type of coin fired. It is dropped very rarely (1/8000 (0.0125%) chance) by Pirate Invasion enemies, excluding the Parrot.

What drops the Coin Gun?

Pirate Captain
The Coin Gun is a weapon that is dropped by the Pirate Captain and the Pirate Deadeye(1/8000 chance) as well as Flying Dutchman(0.25% chance). It uses your coins for ammo, the damage depending on which coin you used for ammo; the more valuable, the higher the damage output.