Metal Detectorists - sharing finds....how?

What's the coolest thing you (and any other detectors on here) have found?

To detect at a house, the easiest way is to knock on the door and ask. You can improve your odds if you make the homeowner a little curious by sharing some local history and what kind of things you might find. You should offer to show the owner everything you find and let them keep anything they want - your fun comes in the finding, not the keeping. If you get permission at one house, you can drop that guy’s name with the neighbors at their houses.

There was a guy who found an item, I think a watch fob, at the site of Zachary Taylor’s house near downtown. It had Taylor’s name on it. The guy knew he was in a pickle because he was hunting there without permission and would get in trouble when word got out. He worked out a deal where he gave it to a local historian who gave it to the appropriate people.