twistidd
Bronze Member
- Nov 11, 2007
- 1,789
- 3
- Detector(s) used
- White's Matrix M6 w/ Sun-Ray DX-1, 950 coil and 6x10 DD, Minelab Excalibur II, Garrett Ace 250, Garmin Etrex GPS
So the next time any one of you want to talk about your "meager" finds, seek this post out so that you can see what "meager" really is. 
I met up with Bill T and Mikewaz early this morning in a place far far away for some dirt fishing. Wow, well, it was another one of those very long, very exhausting, ducking-under-fallen-trees-and-evading-huge-spiders kind of days, all the while trying to swing the coil in very dense, very thick vegetation, only to dig what seem to be hundreds of caps, tabs, and shotgun shells. The mosquitoes are in full force again, as were the little gnats that constantly try to enter your body via the eyeball, regardless of how much Cutter's you spray on your face and body. The open groves were only slightly less frustrating; apparently the denizens of the area we visited today aren't very well-versed in the concept of cleanliness. Among the disgusting trash thrown about the groves were wadded-up soiled diapers, aluminum foil all over the place, chicken bones, beer cans, pinata guts, and enough bottlecaps to build a space station with. Any attempts at isolating any potential good, high signals were foiled by...foil mostly, in addition to a plethora of $h!t the local slobs toss. Remind me again why the metal detectorists are often singled out as being major contributors to nature's lack of integrity?
Heh, well, anyway, all in all it was a very fun day. I ended up finding my first 2009 log cabin cent with a detector, it was on the surface, part of a pocket spill totaling 78 cents. Bill took Mike and I to a nearby location where he had previously had some success at finding Indian heads and some early silvers, and I surprised myself when I dug my own Indian head at about 7 inches. It took about twenty minutes to get to the coin because it was inconveniently located under a series of thick, healthy roots (seems like a trend).
The only other coin worthy of mention is a 1917 wheatie in pretty good shape. None of the coins scanned well as usual. They all actually look better than shown, my scanner just has a penchant for bringing out the worst in my dug coins. We aren't really talking right now.
Yeah, that was it. Five hours, and two old coins. So I plead to you all, next time you try to convey how bad your day was in terms of items found, please don't use the word "meager" or "measly" unless you had a day like mine. lol, in all seriousness, it was a great time, a nice day to be out there, and it was good to shoot the $h!t over Hostess cupcakes, peanut granola bars, and beef jerky.
I also posted the two wheaties from my last hunt so that I could fill up more space. You know, that makes me look elite or something. G'day!
Joe
Wheaties are: '16-S, '30, '17, log cabin is '09, IH is '00.
I met up with Bill T and Mikewaz early this morning in a place far far away for some dirt fishing. Wow, well, it was another one of those very long, very exhausting, ducking-under-fallen-trees-and-evading-huge-spiders kind of days, all the while trying to swing the coil in very dense, very thick vegetation, only to dig what seem to be hundreds of caps, tabs, and shotgun shells. The mosquitoes are in full force again, as were the little gnats that constantly try to enter your body via the eyeball, regardless of how much Cutter's you spray on your face and body. The open groves were only slightly less frustrating; apparently the denizens of the area we visited today aren't very well-versed in the concept of cleanliness. Among the disgusting trash thrown about the groves were wadded-up soiled diapers, aluminum foil all over the place, chicken bones, beer cans, pinata guts, and enough bottlecaps to build a space station with. Any attempts at isolating any potential good, high signals were foiled by...foil mostly, in addition to a plethora of $h!t the local slobs toss. Remind me again why the metal detectorists are often singled out as being major contributors to nature's lack of integrity?
Heh, well, anyway, all in all it was a very fun day. I ended up finding my first 2009 log cabin cent with a detector, it was on the surface, part of a pocket spill totaling 78 cents. Bill took Mike and I to a nearby location where he had previously had some success at finding Indian heads and some early silvers, and I surprised myself when I dug my own Indian head at about 7 inches. It took about twenty minutes to get to the coin because it was inconveniently located under a series of thick, healthy roots (seems like a trend).
The only other coin worthy of mention is a 1917 wheatie in pretty good shape. None of the coins scanned well as usual. They all actually look better than shown, my scanner just has a penchant for bringing out the worst in my dug coins. We aren't really talking right now.
Yeah, that was it. Five hours, and two old coins. So I plead to you all, next time you try to convey how bad your day was in terms of items found, please don't use the word "meager" or "measly" unless you had a day like mine. lol, in all seriousness, it was a great time, a nice day to be out there, and it was good to shoot the $h!t over Hostess cupcakes, peanut granola bars, and beef jerky.
I also posted the two wheaties from my last hunt so that I could fill up more space. You know, that makes me look elite or something. G'day!
Joe
Wheaties are: '16-S, '30, '17, log cabin is '09, IH is '00.
You wouldn't of found the IH and your oldest coin would of been a 1919 wheatie and at the end of the 4 hour hunt alls you would of had to show for you troubles is a pouch full of iron, slag and shotgun shells and pistol slugs, oh and just 3 measly wheaties for the day... 
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