Batted a 1.000 last night .....

[Mississippi Yankee]

Finally got in an hour's worth of MDing just before dark last night.

The 10 year-old boy who occasionally stays with his nana next door to me jumped at the chance to go along. I think I will take him along EVERY chance I get !! We went to a property close by that has produced for me in the past. I warned him that we might not find much of anything there, but he would learn a few things about Metal Detecting ( which REALLY piqued his interest )

I decided that we would only dig signals from the Ace 250 that I was pretty sure would be coins ( did not have the time left to dig what I felt were "questionable" signals ) In that 1 hour, we dug 9 holes and EVERY ONE produced a coin. 9 for 9 !! WOW !! ( 1 SILVER Roosevelt & 8 Pennies, 2 of which I discovered when I got home to shed some light on them, were Wheaties ... the oldest being a 1935-D.

My new little buddie Ashton was rewarded with a Strawberry Sundae from Sonic on the way back home as well as a 500 Peso I had dug in the past on a previous hunt. Me thinks EVERY Sunday from now on, I will be taking my "Lucky Charm" with me.? ?

 

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[Leon]

Wow!!!, sounds like you both had a really great time... I think it's fantastic that you took the time to share your experience with a little guy... More people should follow your example...
Good luck & Happy hunting~

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Yankee,

way to go. Always good to act the teacher. Who knows what type of seeds you planted in that young mans

mind. It's good for the hobby, it's good for the young man.

You did bat a 1.000 last night and I'm not talking about your finds.

have a good un.............
SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS

 

[Nana40]

Mississippi!

What a great couple of hours you two had!

Sounds like you had a very successful hunt!

And....a great little partner! Congrats on both!

Nana

 

[Gabbit]

Nice gift -- 500 pesos. I have found 1 peso and 5 peso coins, but not 500

500.00 MXN
Mexico Pesos = 46.3138 USD
United States Dollars

 

[Monty]

Was lesson no.1 " How to dig a plug"? Monty

 

[muddyknees]

realy good finds, and way to go on taking the young man. sounds like a good luck charm for sure.
muddyknees

 

[Calico Jack]

500.00 MXN
Mexico Pesos? = 46.3138 USD
United States Dollars?

Not sure that's accurate. As I understand it, the Mexicans revalued their currency in 1993. 1000 old pesos = 1 new peso. So a pre-1993 500 peso coin would be worth half of a current single peso. I remember visiting Mexico before that time, and many merchants were not interested in pesos due to their ever-decreasing value.

 

[Mississippi Yankee]

Right you are Jack.

I like the kid and all, but it ain't like we are related !!

 

[HEADHUNTER]

I'm glad to hear you had a good night..
The little fellow probally loved that..
He's probally asking for a detector for x-mas
as we speak...

Great job..

Headhunter

 

[Getty]

Great job yankee!! Thanks for showing someone else our wonderful world of MDing.Nice finds.Knowledge / Pass it on.

 

[lonewolfe]

Good deal!

Glad you found a new partner!

HH

Lonewolfe

 

[Gabbit]

Thanks Calico!! Learn something new every day