foiled_again
Jr. Member
- Jan 29, 2013
- 85
- 59
- Detector(s) used
- CZ7a, Compadre (wader mod), Land Ranger Pro, Pro Pointer
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
What's your least-favorite thing to find?
I'm wondering about what might be everybody's very least-favorite thing to find...talking coinshooting and beach detecting. Here are my nominees:
-- Pulltabs. Worthless (though if you collect enough tons of them you can get one of the next category) and annoying, but personally I think when I'm digging tabs I'm doing something right, anyway.
-- Corroded pennies. You can always tumble them and come up with the kind of gorgeous prize that is my avatar. Plus, to a limited extent you can pass this stuff off as pocket change, etc. And any penny counts for my finds statistics, no matter if it's not negotiable.
-- Damaged, bent, gouged coins. For many years the only standing liberty I ever found was one that had a huge lawnmower gash in it. Also, I beach hunt in an area with a railroad line, and the kids like to put coins on the tracks and see what happens when the Coaster rumbles through. I'm collecting these crushed, smeared and otherwise wrecked coins to send to the US Mint some day. Coin of the realm, right?
-- Toy cars. Not a big problem except that they usually ID pretty hot...disappointing though it's usually possible to see the target is oversized before it comes out. I just put 'em on the nearest slide, swing, etc. for the next kid and move on.
-- Keys. I absolutely HATE finding keys . Every key I find represents somebody having a bad day without the saving grace of putting anything in MY pocket. I'd rather find a pulltab, or a dozen of them, any day!
I'm wondering about what might be everybody's very least-favorite thing to find...talking coinshooting and beach detecting. Here are my nominees:
-- Pulltabs. Worthless (though if you collect enough tons of them you can get one of the next category) and annoying, but personally I think when I'm digging tabs I'm doing something right, anyway.
-- Corroded pennies. You can always tumble them and come up with the kind of gorgeous prize that is my avatar. Plus, to a limited extent you can pass this stuff off as pocket change, etc. And any penny counts for my finds statistics, no matter if it's not negotiable.
-- Damaged, bent, gouged coins. For many years the only standing liberty I ever found was one that had a huge lawnmower gash in it. Also, I beach hunt in an area with a railroad line, and the kids like to put coins on the tracks and see what happens when the Coaster rumbles through. I'm collecting these crushed, smeared and otherwise wrecked coins to send to the US Mint some day. Coin of the realm, right?
-- Toy cars. Not a big problem except that they usually ID pretty hot...disappointing though it's usually possible to see the target is oversized before it comes out. I just put 'em on the nearest slide, swing, etc. for the next kid and move on.
-- Keys. I absolutely HATE finding keys . Every key I find represents somebody having a bad day without the saving grace of putting anything in MY pocket. I'd rather find a pulltab, or a dozen of them, any day!
