on top of the ground! (add your story)

[chukers]

From time to time I find coins on top of the ground as I am sure you all have too... even more rare is finding an older coin on top of the ground... well I did just that tonight... I got a quarter signal ad 0 inches!!! at first I thought it was a can but the signal was so clean so I looked down and I said... naa that can't be on top of the ground... nooooo that can't be a quarter... well I was wrong... just bend over and pick it up!

Every time I find a keeper like this I wonder how long its been sitting there like that!

Tell us of your "on top of the ground" finds too! I am very interested in knowing your story too!

Chukers

 

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[titan]

the two best surface finds i can recall i found 2 v nickles within about a foot of each other and also i found a 18 k gold braclet 14.3 dwt not at same location though

 

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[Bulldog1948]

We own a small concession biz. One day, I was looking under the table curtains and found a $50 bill. No one ever returned to claim it.
And, I always pick up stray pennies. Old saying "pennies make $$$". Save'm and rollem.

Mike

 

[tmanfromtexas]

Great thread!!! My only silver coin surface find was in September when I had traveled to Chicago to hunt with my buddies. We were at a park and inside the woodline I got a dime signal on the surface. I figured it was clad. I moved the leaves and there it was, a mercury dime. That was the same day I dug my only seated half dollar. I could do no wrong that day.

The most paper money I have ever found was in a refinery earlier this year. We were walking out and I had forgot my coat. I started walking back and looked down and saw a dollar folded up. I picked it up and it had friends. I unfolded it and there was $22.00 dollars all total. Not a bad ending to a work day. TMAN...

 

[cgull]

I've found many treasures with my eyes. The best was found as we were leaving a NM Happydonalds. I went to kick what I thought was a metalic candy wrapper, instead of flying away it went thud. Looked down and it was a 33 gr gold nugget money clip.

 

[Chug And Red]

Fall Is such a great time for Eyeball Finds Especially early in the Morning Saturday and Sunday After the Wind Was Howling!!!!

Best Find 7 100 dollar bills!!!!

If you have good eyes You can Spot a bill from 10 feet away blowing in the breeze with the leaves HH and Keep your eyes open!!!!



down the Street from bars and Restaurants Are A Gold Mine Sometimes!!! Haven't done it In awhile This Post reminded Me of it!!! Chug

 

[CongDude]

Personally I have found a 1916 merc and my first Indian head on top of the ground - nothing impressive- but my eagle eye 6 year old daughter finds more things on the ground than I ever have.

First it was a 14k child's bracelet in the target parking lot. Then one night I notice she was drawing pictures with a very unusual pen. I looked at it and immediately recognized the Mont Blanc top and asked her where she got it. "I found it on the ground at the pumpkin patch daddy" she says. Turns out it is a very valuable Agatha Christie pen with a silver snake clip and ruby eyes.

She is always finding modern coins too which go right into her piggy bank.

She still is learning to detect - the digging part is not too fun yet- but she enjoys watching daddy dig up lot of clad.

 

[chukers]

Fall Is such a great time for Eyeball Finds Especially early in the Morning Saturday and Sunday After the Wind Was Howling!!!!

Best Find 7 100 dollar bills!!!!

If you have good eyes You can Spot a bill from 10 feet away blowing in the breeze with the leaves HH and Keep your eyes open!!!!



down the Street from bars and Restaurants Are A Gold Mine Sometimes!!! Haven't done it In awhile This Post reminded Me of it!!! Chug

What I notice is that they flutter in the wind differently than anything else... that is what I notice.

 

[chukers]

I had a really good night detecting... not quality wise... but quantity it was a great night... and I like have those kind of nights every once in a while.

this time I found...
12 Quarters
22 dimes
3 Nickles
28 pennies
1 Key
Solid Brass Handle (1.275 lbs) (75 cents in Brass)



now the reason I posted it here too is all the shiny ones.... were all on top of the ground or just covered with leaves or grass!


Chukers

 

[leslie(nova scotia)]

Brit gold tin foil

From the land of the Bluenose......that field had just been plowed a few days before Special K and I did his field. Was swinging the trusty Freedom 3 Plus at the edge of the field along the "moat" when I noticed what appeared to me to be gold tin foil. reached down picked it up and called to Special K saying.... "Jim what type of wine is this tin foil off?" He grabbed it went pale and said......"That's gold hammie you luvky bugger." Turned out to be henry V! Love me yearly jaunts over to Special K's back yard youz!

 

[chukers]

Re: Brit gold tin foil

From the land of the Bluenose......that field had just been plowed a few days before Special K and I did his field. Was swinging the trusty Freedom 3 Plus at the edge of the field along the "moat" when I noticed what appeared to me to be gold tin foil. reached down picked it up and called to Special K saying.... "Jim what type of wine is this tin foil off?" He grabbed it went pale and said......"That's gold hammie you luvky bugger." Turned out to be henry V! Love me yearly jaunts over to Special K's back yard youz!

ok you'll have to rephrase that... are you saying they used gold tin foil on bottles of wine back in the Henry V era? Is that what you found?

chukers

 

[chukers]

Thanks for all the the replies... I do enjoy a long thread sand the subject matter is a plus!

Can't wait for another!

Chukers

 

[Jason in Enid]

I've had a number of surface finds over the years. My most recent was my most valuable. I was detecting a lowered lake swimming beach. I got a signal and looked where the coil was responding. Right there on the surface was a mens gold band! I was lucky enough to get it on video. When I picked it up, you could see where the exposed edge had been sandblasted from the wind. Many people had walked within feet or inches of this rings over numerous weeks, but none had looked down at it!.

 

[iCandy]

Chuck, man my surface finds are nothing compared to what everyone else has found, kind of makes me feel silly even saying that the only surface find I've found was actually Saturday, it was a 1932 I think glass bottle. I'll do a quick vid & show you later, not around my laptop, so can't do a picture. But I'd like to know what you think. Adrian

 

[Frankn]

Back in the 50's I found a $5 gold coin under a large oak on an abandon estate next to a stream right on the surface.
This summer I was leaving the bank walking across the lot and there it was a new dollar bill about 10 feet from my truck. I could see my name on it ! LOL Frank

 

[chukers]

Chuck, man my surface finds are nothing compared to what everyone else has found, kind of makes me feel silly even saying that the only surface find I've found was actually Saturday, it was a 1932 I think glass bottle. I'll do a quick vid & show you later, not around my laptop, so can't do a picture. But I'd like to know what you think. Adrian

Bottles are treasure too... what this thread has shown me is too look for treasure where ever you go... I am in the process of doing an experiment with this thread in mind and when the results are in I'll post it here... it should be quite interesting... love to see your video!

Chukers

 

[lonesomebob]

Several years back; I was doing brush control along a parkway. My foot slid on the bank and was stopped behind a tree by a case of old forester.. Bob

 

[High Plains Digger]

Bob--can a case of old forester be cured with a stiff dose of penicillin or does it take amputation? It is my birthday today, and being much older than I used to be, I need to be aware of some of this stuff.

 

[Frankn]

sounds like theDigger got into the case! Frank

 

[High Plains Digger]

Hhhhhhhhappy thirstday to me. What case? hic

 

[chukers]

Back in the 50's I found a $5 gold coin under a large oak on an abandon estate next to a stream right on the surface.
This summer I was leaving the bank walking across the lot and there it was a new dollar bill about 10 feet from my truck. I could see my name on it ! LOL Frank

GOLD? COIN? on top f the ground? Jeeze I haven't found one ever!.... yet... nice find. but 60 years ago I bet they were a bit more abundant!


Chukers