metal detector finds!

[G.T. Smith]

Got me a metal detector the other day at the local pawn shop so that me and my Grand daughters could have a little fun, maybe keep them occupied for a while. The deal is, I detect and they dig and then turn the treasures over to Granpo. Well here is a picture of our first detect/dig adventure in the front yard. I know everyone on this forum is gonna be envious. Are there any of y'all play with metal detectors? I can't wait to take it to the river where people camp and party. It works really well but I ain't got it out of the front yard yet. Here's a picture of the treasure that thrilled the girls as much anything could have.
Peace,
Gordon

 

[Lee Barner]

I haven't had mine out in a while. when I first got it, I found a 1950 penny right next to where I had laid a brick walkway. it is my birth year and the year my house was built. it is on the site of an 1800s home and I have found some old solid rust pliars and a bundle of square nails. lee

 

[rburg]

I was always a po' boy. I had to make my own as a 4-H project. I did buy the electronics as a kit, but I had to make and wind the coil and then solder on all the components to the circuit board. It actually worked pretty well, and on the grounds used as a local fair site I found some money. Finding change back in the late 1950s and early 1960s was fun. It was also usually silver. I never did get rich doing it. As a result I had to make my own walkie-talkies. As another 4-H project.

And about 6 or 7 years ago we went to a series of Jerry Taylor shows down in Bourbon County (Paris). One old couple (even older than me) came to nearly every show. They never bought anything over all the years we saw them. But he'd come right inside and window shop, she'd be outside for an hour or so. She had a metal detector and would scour both the fair grounds and the playground looking for stuff. Surprisingly, she was pretty good at it and often would show us what she'd found. It was coins (less than a dollar total) but also some rings. Occasionally she'd find one marked 10k or 12k. She may not have gotten rich, but she surely found more than he spent. The total he spent over the years, and how much she found at even the worst show!

 

[Oldiron]

Take some coins, penny, dime, quarter etc, some old nails, pop-tops and maybe an old ring of some kind and play with them to see what kind of sound and what adjustments work best at finding the good stuff and ignoring the junk. Don't know what brand etc you got but if you play with it you can guess 60-70% of the time what you are going to dig up. For every decent find you will normally dig up ten pieces of junk. You will also dig up pop-tops where you would swear no one has been in 100 years. Good hunting
Larry

 

[rimfired]

Son Ty and me planted a row of Arbividea.
Dug up a nice old "pristine" COKE bottle.
No batteries required!
Always liked the idea of a detector. Never tried.
Thought I rememberd where I buried that silver.........

 

[rwsmith]

Very recently I saw a video...

There is a German guy that has been scanning the forests near Berlin and found a lot of WWII artifacts while documenting his searches with a video camera. He even found a pipe sticking out of the ground that turned out to be a tank!

 

[Frank46]

I just had a new septic system installed and while digging the contractor found some old horse shoes and a carbonated soda bottle. One of these days I'm going to the local tax assesor and find out how long the land that I own has been on the books. Should be interesting. Frank

 

[A10]

Thanks for the tips Oldiron! Dad had purchased a high end detector probably 5 years before he passed away, and I have it now. I haven't had it out, its supposed to be great for gold but good for other metals as well. I haven't figured it out yet, but your tips oughta help!

 

[rcnixon]

Some years ago I was vacationing at the beach in Delaware and I struck up a conversation with a guy with a metal detector. He and his Mrs. moved up and down the coast with the seasons. He walked the beaches and detected as he went. He told me that at first his wife didn't approve of his peregrinations but after he found a $20,000 diamond ring she didn't mind so much anymore.

I lost my wedding band on the beach at New Smyrna Beach while assisting my mother-in-law take what became her last trip to the beach. I took good bearings and it took a guy with a detector about five minutes to find it. There's more to the story but that's enough for now.

Russ

 

[quneur]

I've always wanted to try one. A10, if you want a place to start, there's a place up north where an old logging town used to be. Its called Japanese Gulch because back in the day, they hired Japanese workers. On one end, its next to the beach where a old Navy dock used to be but its fenced. The other end is Boeing. There used to be a playground there so it would be interesting to see what fell out of kids pockets.

 

[sipowicz]

Son Ty and me planted a row of Arbividea.
Dug up a nice old "pristine" COKE bottle.

You should have gotten a metal detector instead of a glass detector....

 

[SmokeStack Lightning]

I've found an 1865 two cent coin and a 1813 penny, both American. The 1813 1-cent piece is the size of a silver dollar. The 2 cent coin is the size of the old 50 cent coins.

Found on my Pop's farm back in the 60's w/o a detector!

Still in my possesion.

 

[shouldazagged]

Wonder if it would work to hold a metal detector to a dog's butt?

Probably not. Pretty weird story anyway.

Never mind.

 

[1morethan8]

You should have gotten a metal detector instead of a glass detector....

But a metal detector is a "glass detector"!

If you can locate where a dump site is around an old home place.. along with metal cans and such, you will find the glass bottles.
I have found many cork bottles in old home place dumps!

 

[gdnagle]

Found a unfired spencer round in the front, most has been eaten up but you could see the rim has no firing pin mark.

Don't forget always ask permission to detect on someone else's land and when you dig fill in the holes. And stay away from federal parks.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

I got my first detector in 1969, a Fisher M scope. Paid 90 bucks used. Found a lot over the years. Had several brands since then. Found a lot of coins & jewelry but never a gold coin. Now have a Tesoro & a Whites gold machine. Both are excellent.

 

[OLDFED]

I bought one in MD years ago. Went to the beach to test it and got a signal. Dug in the sand and found a 1907 dime. A few minutes later, a 1910 quarter. That's the last I ever used it...about ten minutes worth. Too busy buying old guns.

 

[Peak53]

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A little Flitz and some RenWax will clean that right up.

 

[A10]

Thanks for jogging my memory Dick, dads detector is a Tesoro Lobo. I just looked them up and they are pretty expensive! I figured, since Dad always wanted to buy the best.

 

[yardboy]

Very cool!