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cudamark

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Mar 16, 2011
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Equinox 800/900, Fisher Impulse AQ, E-Trac, 2 Excal 1000's, White's TM808, VibraProbe, 15" NEL Attack, Mi6, Steath 920ix and 720i scoops, TRX, etc....
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All Treasure Hunting
Been a while since I found a big silver. Even Washington's are starting to get hard to find, let alone something bigger. This turned out to be a good hunt with 5 wheat cents, a silver Roosie, and the Walker. The silver cleaned up very well. Sorry, I didn't take a before photo. They were mainly covered in that gray haze that silver gets in favorable ground. No heavy crust or black tarnish, so, an easy clean up. Lots of ammo brass, but, my hunting partner found 3 time what I did! A Zippo lighter, 1993 dog license from Templeton, Ca, A campground token, Knife, military insignia, some clad, and a junk ring round out the finds.
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Cudamark you did great !! Looks like you were at a war zone or target range
 

That walker (I know what that is now) cleaned up really good like the one I found. Why is that, has it not been in the ground as long? Also, coins get mucky, is there a point that they won’t get any worse, like all the damage that can be done has been done?

Sorry if dumb questions but I am really trying to learn this, and I’ve filled up a page of a notepad so far with what I’ve been taught here.
 

That walker (I know what that is now) cleaned up really good like the one I found. Why is that, has it not been in the ground as long? Also, coins get mucky, is there a point that they won’t get any worse, like all the damage that can be done has been done?

Sorry if dumb questions but I am really trying to learn this, and I’ve filled up a page of a notepad so far with what I’ve been taught here.
Not all coins are lost for years. I have seen some people carry walker halves and use them with out knowing. Example some times people die. There relatives go through there belongings. If they find coins with out knowing about the values they just take them out and spend them normal.
 

Not all coins are lost for years. I have seen some people carry walker halves and use them with out knowing. Example some times people die. There relatives go through there belongings. If they find coins with out knowing about the values they just take them out and spend them normal.
Thank you. That batch I found on my first metal detecting hunt I believe was all together, and lost recently.
 

Been a while since I found a big silver. Even Washington's are starting to get hard to find, let alone something bigger. This turned out to be a good hunt with 5 wheat cents, a silver Roosie, and the Walker. The silver cleaned up very well. Sorry, I didn't take a before photo. They were mainly covered in that gray haze that silver gets in favorable ground. No heavy crust or black tarnish, so, an easy clean up. Lots of ammo brass, but, my hunting partner found 3 time what I did! A Zippo lighter, 1993 dog license from Templeton, Ca, A campground token, Knife, military insignia, some clad, and a junk ring round out the finds.
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really cool variety of finds, wtg!! I am partial to the old silver and that Walker is gorgeous. looks like fun and thanks for posting.
 

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