First Wheat Cent in June!

I haven't had time to do much hunting lately, but today I finally got out for a hour at the local park. The Tot Lot was a disappointment, nothing much there but hair pins and foil. I then found a license plate holder in the turf area, it reads "Arlington Wa" ..Interesting...but nothing to make me cheer...

I put plan B into effect, which was checking out the old trees in the grassy area next to the tennis courts. I figured people had rested under these shady giants for many years. I was using my smaller coil for trashy areas and sure enough I started getting decent signals. I found what I called "the Penny Tree" an old grizzled popular with large roots that seemed to have a penny or two every few feet. I got a nice beep right next to a large gnarly root and started digging about 4 inches into the mulch, imagine my surprise when I found a 1941 wheat penny, my very first wheatie and oldest coin so far as a metal detecting beginner. Looks like I need to get out more often!