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Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2011 10:26 am
by Rodebaugh
Well, the beach hunt yielded 28 cents. Black Beards treasure remains hidden for another year.

Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2011 7:32 pm
by TheJonasCollegeFund
Nailed a 16.04 gram silver rope bracelet today! Get a picture up tomorrow!

Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2011 8:00 pm
by bman
I tried out my new (used) Fisher CZ20 underwater detector today but all I found was 2 dimes, 1 coroded zincoln and some fishing sinkers.

I did find a 1951 Ben Franklin half on Sunday though! :mrgreen:

Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 12:08 am
by thunter
Got out for four hours of solid detecting today at local school yard.

77 - 1
7 - 5
20 - 10
17 - 25
1 - 50 (1966 :P )
1 - foreign - Mexican
123 total coins

Also an aluminum trade token "Good for 5 cents in Trade" . Unfortunately reverse side is full of crap and unreadable. Soaking it in hydrogen peroxide.

Jewelry was all costume. :cry:

Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 12:30 am
by slickeast
This is the 1st time I have read ANY of this thread.

What do ya'll dig with? I have broke every cheap china mart garden tool I could find laying around trying to dig.

My daughter and I dug last year in the yard. Found a bunch of change beside the driveway. Stuff that fell out pulling keys out of pockets over the years.

Found a silver dime and wheat in the same spot in the back yard.

Ya'll have got me interested in pulling out the MD and seeing what else I can find.

Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 12:31 am
by TheJonasCollegeFund
bman wrote:I tried out my new (used) Fisher CZ20 underwater detector today but all I found was 2 dimes, 1 coroded zincoln and some fishing sinkers.

I did find a 1951 Ben Franklin half on Sunday though! :mrgreen:


Yet to find a silver half! Great job.

Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 12:33 am
by TheJonasCollegeFund
slickeast wrote:This is the 1st time I have read ANY of this thread.

What do ya'll dig with? I have broke every cheap china mart garden tool I could find laying around trying to dig.

My daughter and I dug last year in the yard. Found a bunch of change beside the driveway. Stuff that fell out pulling keys out of pockets over the years.

Found a silver dime and wheat in the same spot in the back yard.

Ya'll have got me interested in pulling out the MD and seeing what else I can find.


I dig with a "Lesche" digger. It's like a combination between a Revolutionary War bayonet and a Rambo knife! :D Try to google it.

Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 11:00 am
by TheJonasCollegeFund
Here's yesterday's silver braclet find:

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Here's how heavy the rope sucker is! :D

All cleaned up...no dirt weight. :lol:

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Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 12:02 pm
by Rodebaugh
Nice Rob.......real nice!

Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 8:37 pm
by TheJonasCollegeFund
I just posted about not finding a half dollar....BOOM...today....BOOM....clad though! :cry: 1983 Kennedy. But now I'm going to set my sights higher!


I haven't found a bar of gold yet....let's see if this is working....I'll get back to you on this one! :lol:

Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Sun Jun 12, 2011 11:08 pm
by thunter
Went to a school with a buddy today -

33 -1
6 - 5
9 - 10
5 - 25

$3.08

looks like I'll have to keep my day job!

Now at 1433 total coins for the year.

Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 12:50 am
by TheJonasCollegeFund
thunter wrote:Went to a school with a buddy today -

33 -1
6 - 5
9 - 10
5 - 25

$3.08

looks like I'll have to keep my day job!

Now at 1433 total coins for the year.


I'm up to 3293 coins so far.....but loads and loads of pennies.

Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 7:45 pm
by moparal7
TheJonasCollegeFund wrote:Here's yesterday's silver braclet find:

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Here's how heavy the rope sucker is! :D

All cleaned up...no dirt weight. :lol:

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Rob what is the brand name of the scale in the pic and where did you buy it?

Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:26 pm
by TheJonasCollegeFund
I'm at work....but I bought it on Ebay. I'll update later in the morning. I think the maker was "Digitech"? not sure...I'll edit with the answer.

Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 20, 2011 3:40 pm
by bman
me and 3 other guys went to Virginia beach this saturday evening and hunted all night.
I found 3 rings and 3 earrings, all junk jewelry except for one small silver earring. :evil:

Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:21 pm
by TheJonasCollegeFund
I hit rings #8, #9, and #10 yesterday. The first two were silver with a combined weight of 8.48 grams. Ring #10 had me thinking platinum but was stainless steel from China. :twisted:

Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:02 am
by CU Baker
Ok, so the state of Minn. government shut down this week so I get an unexpected couple days off from work, until we can get moved over to a job in North Dakota. Get out my stuff to head to the lake about ten miles away, because the one here in town is just to crowded. ( Half mile long with up to 10k people using it over the 4th week end.) Well crap, the one I wanted to go to for some reason is closed. Two miles back into a little town beach early morning and I am the second one there. I had not done this beach in a couple years and the water was just great. The hunt was great and the beach hunter worked like a charm.

Three Hour hunt:
8 qts.
9 dimes
9 nicks
37 zn
17 cu
1 1956 wheat
2 Junk rings
1 Game boy game
1 9mm shell casing
1 junk loop ear ring
3 Hrs of peace of mind and glad to be back in the water. Just hope I don't get swimmer itch again!!!!

Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:42 pm
by TheJonasCollegeFund
I broke 4000 coins today and found ring #12. The ring was a fake Tiffany & Co. one. :evil: Still nice to see gold in the bottom of the plug!

I'll get a picture up tomorrow!

Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:08 am
by TheJonasCollegeFund
Went out early this 4th of July morning...nailed my 4th silver of the year. I got a nice 1944 Merc!

Pictures tomorrow....maybe! :lol:

Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:55 pm
by CU Baker
Ten thousand people on the beach in Detroit Lakes Mn. to watch the fourth of July fireworks, so make my normal fifth of july trek to the beach for a quick seach in and out of the water early morning before the crowds come.

One 14 k fine gold chain with heart shaped diamond, and insperation printed ring.
One nice sterling silver ring
6 qts
5 dimes
8 nicks
7 Cu
17 Zn

Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:16 pm
by TheJonasCollegeFund
July 4th's silver find!

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Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:19 pm
by TheJonasCollegeFund
July 3rd's fake Tiffany & Co. ring and a wheat. (1950D)

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Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:22 pm
by TheJonasCollegeFund
Last week's silver with another junk ring and another wheat. (1956)

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Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:27 pm
by TheJonasCollegeFund
Rings #8, #9, and #10 from an earlier post. Two on the left are silver and the right is stainless steel from china.

8.48 grams of silver and maybe a little bit of small ice on the bigger ring.

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Re: Metal Detecting Official 2011 Tracking Thread.

PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 11:30 pm
by TheJonasCollegeFund
Here's a fun day of diggin' and exercise:

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