My year is over… totals and highlights from a good year and what to do with your trash

[tnt-hunter]

As I have said before I started metal detecting May 2, 2002 and so I start my years May 1 and end them April 30. Money wise this is my 4th best year with a total of $852.23. This is my 8th year in a row with over $800, my best being 2020-21 with $1,447.90. (My first year was $226.07 and my second was only $180.90 so if you are just getting started don’t think you are doing something wrong if you don’t have a great year total.)

My stats for the year are as follows:

Face value………$852.23
Coins……………….11,953
Rings………………..121
Pieces of silver….122
Pieces of gold…..34
Civil War bullets….24
Camp tent pegs…1,804
Neckerchief slides…47
Dollar coins………..5 plus 2 Australian dollar coins
Diamond jewelry……5 rings 1 earring
Earring backs…….96 (Does this make me king of the small stuff?)
Oldest coin….1796-1807 draped bust large cent
Best coins…1853 seated dime, 1941 walking half, 1893 barber dime, 1865 two cent piece, 1847 large cent
Special finds…
First complete shoe buckle
First civil war finial
First civil war belt plate
1930 gold class ring
950 silver bracelet weighing 1.01 troy ounces or 31.41 grams
18k size 13 wedding band weighing .22 troy ounces or 6.9 grams
Most unusual finds….
John Gilbert Honeymoon Bed token
4 B & O Railroad Tie Plant meal tokens

Digging trash isn’t as bad as it sounds when you look at it practically. I just took 5 or 6 years of iron (railroad spikes, pipes, broken axes and other bits) I have dug out of the ground. I dig the bell tones the CZ21 sounds for large pieces of metal because the larger bits can mask the good stuff. Especially at the scout camp where the tent pegs sound a bell tone and I find coins close to where the pegs were when they are removed. This time it took 2 trips to get all the iron recycled. All together 2,160 pounds for a $194.40 payout. Combine that with the $521.70 I got earlier this year for about 5 years worth of copper, aluminum, brass and lead and you get a nice $716.10. If you have a place to store the scrap metal like I do it really pays to recycle. TNT-hunter stands for Trash N Treasure hunter. I’m really looking for the treasure, but as you can see the trash can pay too.

This was not a super year, but it certainly was a good one with lots of outdoor exercise and enough goodies to make life interesting and enough money to pay for a new metal detector.

I hope you all have a good rest of your year, thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.

 

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[E-Trac-Ohio]

Wow ... a great year in any ones book - well done - congrats on all the fantastic finds !

 

[Gare]

NICE YEAR FANTASTIC RECORDS !!! Thanks for sharing

 

[GaRebel1861]

I need to go hunt with you! Congratulations on a good year.

 

[mindcrime1988]

Quite an impressive year of finds. I think most would be jealous of the great finds you have dug up. Hopefully this year will be even better.

 

[Kona Koma]

As I have said before I started metal detecting May 2, 2002 and so I start my years May 1 and end them April 30. Money wise this is my 4th best year with a total of $852.23. This is my 8th year in a row with over $800, my best being 2020-21 with $1,447.90. (My first year was $226.07 and my second was only $180.90 so if you are just getting started don’t think you are doing something wrong if you don’t have a great year total.)

My stats for the year are as follows:

Face value………$852.23
Coins……………….11,953
Rings………………..121
Pieces of silver….122
Pieces of gold…..34
Civil War bullets….24
Camp tent pegs…1,804
Neckerchief slides…47
Dollar coins………..5 plus 2 Australian dollar coins
Diamond jewelry……5 rings 1 earring
Earring backs…….96 (Does this make me king of the small stuff?)
Oldest coin….1796-1807 draped bust large cent
Best coins…1853 seated dime, 1941 walking half, 1893 barber dime, 1865 two cent piece, 1847 large cent
Special finds…
First complete shoe buckle
First civil war finial
First civil war belt plate
1930 gold class ring
950 silver bracelet weighing 1.01 troy ounces or 31.41 grams
18k size 13 wedding band weighing .22 troy ounces or 6.9 grams
Most unusual finds….
John Gilbert Honeymoon Bed token
4 B & O Railroad Tie Plant meal tokens

Digging trash isn’t as bad as it sounds when you look at it practically. I just took 5 or 6 years of iron (railroad spikes, pipes, broken axes and other bits) I have dug out of the ground. I dig the bell tones the CZ21 sounds for large pieces of metal because the larger bits can mask the good stuff. Especially at the scout camp where the tent pegs sound a bell tone and I find coins close to where the pegs were when they are removed. This time it took 2 trips to get all the iron recycled. All together 2,160 pounds for a $194.40 payout. Combine that with the $521.70 I got earlier this year for about 5 years worth of copper, aluminum, brass and lead and you get a nice $716.10. If you have a place to store the scrap metal like I do it really pays to recycle. TNT-hunter stands for Trash N Treasure hunter. I’m really looking for the treasure, but as you can see the trash can pay too.

This was not a super year, but it certainly was a good one with lots of outdoor exercise and enough goodies to make life interesting and enough money to pay for a new metal detector.

I hope you all have a good rest of your year, thanks for looking, stay safe, good luck and may your coil lead you to good things.

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Great finds and pictures. What a year!

 

[VaGent]

Quite a nice haul !