cuddles17981
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I guess it's about time I introduce myself.. I have been a member for a little while now,watching,listening and learning before I even added my 2 cents to this awesome board! I have always been intrested in metal detecting for as long as I could remember. When I was a kid I remember my one male friend having one and I use to tag along with him as he "swung" all over the town.. lol.. Thru out the years I have always voiced by desire to have a metal detector,but working like I did in my 20's at the end of the evening I was exhausted ..(i know,no excuse)! In 2005 2 of my brothers passed away a month apart... I was devistated! My mom was all i had left of my imidiate family.. she was sickly herself so My hubby and I asked her to move in ..she did..she was in and out of the hospital at least 2 times a month for approx 7 months.. each time ended up on a breathing machine.. they finally found a blood clot in a spot behind her lungs.. she slowly got better,but by then I had taken a family leave from work,becoming depressed and still grieving,was a welcome oppurtunity!..needles to say a year later I haven't went back..(i know,no excuse)! My father- in- law metal detected and collected old coins and had quit a nice collection.. anything I ever found I gave to him.. Unfortunatly he passed away in February 
He was a great man.. I know this is long and drawn out ,lol,but I just wanted to let everyone know my "story" ,how my long imagined hobby came about finally at 34..shortly after he passed my dear Mother in law came to us with the collection and metal detecter claiming that my father in law wanted me to have it.. i was in awe,and thankfully excepted..It wasn't like I couldn't afford one it's just that I kept putting it off.. lol...to finally end my story, I blew polished up the detecter at the beginning of summer and have been going ever since.. One thing I came to self proclaim though, I need a new one ,a better one,and I can retire my FI on the wall,(im terribly sentimental,lol) It's a pioneer 202 and to me it's alot of work to get it going and complicated..lol gotta memorize different tones,ect... I 've come to a the conclusion that a minelab or a whites is something i'm intrested in..I love looking at everyone's finds!!! No matter what they are..I love the "shark pit" finds ,Redd's silver Egypt bug coin holder thingy..and so many more.. Awesome finds by everyone! I just want to let everyone know I appreciate the silent learning I have done over the past year ,I hope someday soon I to will have a story and a find worth posting.. lol I found quite a few wheat pennies ,one was a 1909,(father in law had ton's)and a mercury dime,oh and 2 quarters,not old though.. Nothing like pulling a large coin out and the date reading 1989.. lmao.. know what's worse when you have no idea what your doing regarding the detecter and its tones,and you dig 10 inches only to discover a bottle cap,a pull tab or foil.. 
I'm glad I found this site and hope to be able to post something worth while soon.. Until then here is my pic..LOL
He was a great man.. I know this is long and drawn out ,lol,but I just wanted to let everyone know my "story" ,how my long imagined hobby came about finally at 34..shortly after he passed my dear Mother in law came to us with the collection and metal detecter claiming that my father in law wanted me to have it.. i was in awe,and thankfully excepted..It wasn't like I couldn't afford one it's just that I kept putting it off.. lol...to finally end my story, I blew polished up the detecter at the beginning of summer and have been going ever since.. One thing I came to self proclaim though, I need a new one ,a better one,and I can retire my FI on the wall,(im terribly sentimental,lol) It's a pioneer 202 and to me it's alot of work to get it going and complicated..lol gotta memorize different tones,ect... I 've come to a the conclusion that a minelab or a whites is something i'm intrested in..I love looking at everyone's finds!!! No matter what they are..I love the "shark pit" finds ,Redd's silver Egypt bug coin holder thingy..and so many more.. Awesome finds by everyone! I just want to let everyone know I appreciate the silent learning I have done over the past year ,I hope someday soon I to will have a story and a find worth posting.. lol I found quite a few wheat pennies ,one was a 1909,(father in law had ton's)and a mercury dime,oh and 2 quarters,not old though.. Nothing like pulling a large coin out and the date reading 1989.. lmao.. know what's worse when you have no idea what your doing regarding the detecter and its tones,and you dig 10 inches only to discover a bottle cap,a pull tab or foil.. I'm glad I found this site and hope to be able to post something worth while soon.. Until then here is my pic..LOL 
could you imagine what today's detecters could find.. hmmmm..lol I detected my in laws yard in Tremont , at the turn of the century there was a barn there.. who would of thunk it..lol detecter is always going off , (I can't quit disc. the metals yet with the pioneer 202) so I'm digging and digging,found alot of wheat pennies there and a merc dime.. 
whooo hooo big deal,compared to the treasures all you guys found..lmao.. The ground in his yard is tough, there is a coal vain running thru there apparently.. Lots of coal lumps I have dug up.. My yard ,very soft soil,weird almost.. maybe its because of the nitro in my yard from the 2 dogs we have..by the way the Grubs and Worms are guisness book huge and fat .. (I fish too) phewt.... dug up 2 dimes last night ,apparently the hubby has holes in his pocket when he runs the lawn mower.. 1999 and 2000 they were.. 
alot of pieces of plates or something here & there I found.. going back out there soon,as soon as I shut up here..lol the Hubby took me back middle creek back one of those paths you need a 4x4 for.. its a nice clearing.. Dirt is tough,prolly should of proud a drill or something.. lol detecter going off ,im digging up wires and such .. I guess because people though it was disgustingly helpful to dump garbage back there and as a result most roads are now blocked off. I'm sure you know where I mean Jeff,my Dad use to take me for walks back there all the time when I was little.. (you can enter from Donaldson , or out pass the new ball field and the gun club.). As you can see folks I tend to go into to much detail..lol ..Thanks for the welcome everyone!!!I'm outta here..lol I hope I have something really cool to finally post(a pic)..Happy Hunting.! 8)
) , but its all treasure to us!
