Obsessive
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- Apr 16, 2017
- 604
- 861
- Detector(s) used
- XP Deus/MI-6 w/ HF/XF/LF
Tesoro Cibola / Land and Sea pinpointer
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
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well... gold colored junk jewelry.
I'm guessing that like most folks here, for me there are no quick stops to just detect for a bit. Every time I go out I end up spending another 8 or 9 hours digging and swinging and digging. I'll skip lunch and forget about dinner, ignore my cell phone and not even think about those real world responsibilities.... which is probably another reason I like this hobby so much. And these long summer days are great to just keep moving. Or take a break and go fishing like I did last week
I found a great primitive camp site right next to the river. The gate keeper obstacle at the entrance must have kept everyone else out and I ended up having the whole place to myself for a few days. Couldn't have been happier, but next time Im bringing my detector.
At this point Ive got a bit more than 80 hours behind me with the detector, and while I have no great finds to share, I still want to share what I do find. But I often don't. I come on the forum to post-up but end up reading everyone else's posts - finds better than mine - and decide no one really needs to see the pile of crusty pennies and dirt packed screw caps I spent all afternoon unearthing... and I know Im not the only one finding these things. Of course, I've yet to travel more than a few miles from my own home to detect, or ask permission to hunt in someones yard. But I'm working towards that, I promise. I've started scouting via satellite, marking places on a map, and doing drive by's to get a visual on the land. Then I stop at the next park or public stretch of land and put my head down and start swinging.
I am finding wheat pennies, which for me is pretty great. I keep hoping if I follow the wheaties they'll lead me to some silver... but it hasn't happened, yet. I find this hard to believe, but tis true. As a long time coin collector this will be a big moment for me. So far I've found about a dozen Wheaties though, and hopefully soon I'll unearth a silver coin. I get excited every time I find a piece of clad, and even though know its clad and can clearly see its tarnished green or brown and red, I still have to check the date to be sure.
And I am finding older trash, so I suppose that means Im on the right track... check out this old glue tube.
I did find my first *real* gold ring a few weekends ago. Nothing fancy, about 1g of 10k. And I sure had to work for it; the signal was one way and scratchy, my pinpointer wouldn't pick it up, and I generally had a hard time finding it in the dirt, but when I did I sure was excited.
Fast forward a few pounds of trash to today, and for a brief moment I thought Id hit the big time when I saw a ring shaped item poking out of the plug with all its sparkly little dots... but, pulling it a little closer, I realized its costume junk. Too bad, yes. But its only fuel for the fire to keep me digging. Shortly after I found the ring, I found another vein of junk gold. Only this time a bracelet, in parts. Corroded and broken, piece by piece I dug each one from the hole, seeing that golden hue and wishing it was real.
And yes, I found a token... a truly rare and every sought after a 2009 Chuck E. Cheese game token. My first for the year. I think I'll be putting it on ebay soon.
I also found a live 9mm round, and a few fired ones. They're some kind of a training round or blank, but the middle one has no strike mark on the primer .
And while these aren't the treasures Im hoping for, Im still glad to be out and digging and enjoying everything I find. I can't be the only one here who did research on pull-tabs throughout history just to reassure myself that those teardrop shaped ring pulls really are a piece of history.
Eventually I'll wise up and stop digging those obviously large and noisy targets that I know are no good.
But if I do, I won't find cool things like this:
These things that look like rocks are actually the smaller chunks of metal slag I found one day. The big ones wouldn't fit in my pouch. Must have been a fire or something.
... and there's just so much trash. And if it ain't trash, its pennies.
well... gold colored junk jewelry.
I'm guessing that like most folks here, for me there are no quick stops to just detect for a bit. Every time I go out I end up spending another 8 or 9 hours digging and swinging and digging. I'll skip lunch and forget about dinner, ignore my cell phone and not even think about those real world responsibilities.... which is probably another reason I like this hobby so much. And these long summer days are great to just keep moving. Or take a break and go fishing like I did last week
I found a great primitive camp site right next to the river. The gate keeper obstacle at the entrance must have kept everyone else out and I ended up having the whole place to myself for a few days. Couldn't have been happier, but next time Im bringing my detector. At this point Ive got a bit more than 80 hours behind me with the detector, and while I have no great finds to share, I still want to share what I do find. But I often don't. I come on the forum to post-up but end up reading everyone else's posts - finds better than mine - and decide no one really needs to see the pile of crusty pennies and dirt packed screw caps I spent all afternoon unearthing... and I know Im not the only one finding these things. Of course, I've yet to travel more than a few miles from my own home to detect, or ask permission to hunt in someones yard. But I'm working towards that, I promise. I've started scouting via satellite, marking places on a map, and doing drive by's to get a visual on the land. Then I stop at the next park or public stretch of land and put my head down and start swinging.
I am finding wheat pennies, which for me is pretty great. I keep hoping if I follow the wheaties they'll lead me to some silver... but it hasn't happened, yet. I find this hard to believe, but tis true. As a long time coin collector this will be a big moment for me. So far I've found about a dozen Wheaties though, and hopefully soon I'll unearth a silver coin. I get excited every time I find a piece of clad, and even though know its clad and can clearly see its tarnished green or brown and red, I still have to check the date to be sure.
And I am finding older trash, so I suppose that means Im on the right track... check out this old glue tube.
I did find my first *real* gold ring a few weekends ago. Nothing fancy, about 1g of 10k. And I sure had to work for it; the signal was one way and scratchy, my pinpointer wouldn't pick it up, and I generally had a hard time finding it in the dirt, but when I did I sure was excited.
Fast forward a few pounds of trash to today, and for a brief moment I thought Id hit the big time when I saw a ring shaped item poking out of the plug with all its sparkly little dots... but, pulling it a little closer, I realized its costume junk. Too bad, yes. But its only fuel for the fire to keep me digging. Shortly after I found the ring, I found another vein of junk gold. Only this time a bracelet, in parts. Corroded and broken, piece by piece I dug each one from the hole, seeing that golden hue and wishing it was real.
And yes, I found a token... a truly rare and every sought after a 2009 Chuck E. Cheese game token. My first for the year. I think I'll be putting it on ebay soon.
I also found a live 9mm round, and a few fired ones. They're some kind of a training round or blank, but the middle one has no strike mark on the primer .
And while these aren't the treasures Im hoping for, Im still glad to be out and digging and enjoying everything I find. I can't be the only one here who did research on pull-tabs throughout history just to reassure myself that those teardrop shaped ring pulls really are a piece of history.
Eventually I'll wise up and stop digging those obviously large and noisy targets that I know are no good.
But if I do, I won't find cool things like this:
These things that look like rocks are actually the smaller chunks of metal slag I found one day. The big ones wouldn't fit in my pouch. Must have been a fire or something.
... and there's just so much trash. And if it ain't trash, its pennies.
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