I found a nice collection of items when searching through the area where I am building my new raspberry garden. There is a 1936 US penny, an old button, a toy cannon that was built in the early 1940’s a reed from an old reed organ, an old hinge, a marble, some nails and a few other things. The marble is not metal, but I found it while metal detecting so it still counts.
![1936 US Penny](https://retireddan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/20211117-1936-us-penny.jpg)
![button](https://retireddan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/20211117-button.jpg)
![Nov 17 finds](https://retireddan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/20211117-finds-768x1024.jpg)
![1940's Toy Cannon](https://retireddan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/20211117-cannon-1024x576.jpg)
Update: from another website, I see that the button was likely from the 1830’s. That would be the oldest thing I have found so far.