Bummer, first time out.

[skullhane]

Two hours of searching and all I found was a penny and 2000 pull tabs.

 

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[Nana40]

I can sympathize! What's worse.....one penny and 2000 pull tabs......or........one penny and 2000 expended shot gun shells!
Nana

 

[TOWcritter]

Welcome to the forum! Hang around here for a while and the detecting bug will really bite you hard. I would slow down a little and grid off a small area and work it over real well. Patience is the key here. Take your time. I know I swing that thing way too fast sometimes when I get anxious about finding treasure. Good Hunting.

 

[Newbie1967]

Hey, that many pull tabs gotta be worth something for scrap metal!

 

[dudes2112]

Well, at least you're learning the sounds a pull tab can make, maybe that will save you from digging 2000 more!

Welcome aboard.

Dudes

 

[groundfisher]

As the saying goes " Been there Done that."
Better luck next time.

 

[treasurekidd]

I made a pulltab piggy bank out of an orange juice bottle and save the pulltabs for my daughter. Once a year, her girl scout troop donates them to the Ronald McDonald house for charity. I guess I'm the only MDing Dad in the troop, as she always has WAY more than the other girls, lol!

 

[Born2Dtect]

If you dug 2000 pull tabs you must have pinpointing down to an art form. If you want to try a test next time you run into a similiar situation try to remember the signal or sound and do not dig similiar ones. Might improve your odds.

Ed

 

[stoneman]

Hmmmm, I wonder how much all those pull tabs are worth at .40 cents per pound?

 

[Floater]

Hey Skullhane what kinda detector you using. Try some different settings and practice the sounds and the Ids to really get it down.
A Bad Day Of Detecting Is Better Than A Good Day At Work. HH

 

[Born2Dtect]

If it is not here you can,t find it. Having said that, My house is 18 years old and most of the time occupied by two people, I found about 60 coins on my property. Pennies, nickels , dimes and a couple of quarters. When I first tried MD years ago I had a similar experience. Only found a dime first time out. Years later when I got a new detector and about 100 magazine articles read (WE&T) I got much better results. The reasons had to be Knowledge, a newer detector, and confidence. Keep at it and good luck.

Ed

 

[allen]

welcome aboard and dont get frustrated about the pull tabs. we all go through that and just keep hunting, it gets better

 

[greenswinger]

Only 2000 pull tabs ? Why did you leave the rest ? Now i`ll have to dig them ! swinging green for fun

 

[jeff of pa]

Honestly,
I think 2000 Pennies (even tho that would mean $20.00) and one Pull Tab, would Equilly Drive me nutz Especially if they were all Zinc lol

Of course any day Diggin, is a Good Day

J E F F

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

S,

give it time, the finds will come.

have a good un.................................

 

[spotz]

Welcome to our Forum & our addicting hobby. If you're digging pull tabs, you'll be into nickels & rings soon, when you learn to refine the areas where you detect. As the bug really gets it's teeth into your system, you'll be hooked for life.
Spotz

 

[clayprinter]

You know some days are like that....

No matter how bad I play the rest of the time, it's that one good hole on a golf course, that keeps me playing.

The other day my son and I went out with my MD. We had a couple of hours to spend to together.
On the riverbank, we found a new penny and dug seven inches for a lugnut.
Even though we were rained out, we still show off the lugnut....

 

[kermit]

If you dug that many pul tabs that means your way over due for gold.

 

[Gabbit]

Your finds will improve -- Keep at it!!

 

[EDDE]

1 more pull tab could have been a gold ring more pulltabs you dig the better of a chance to find a gold ring or 2!!!