Metal Detecting Official 2011 tracking (closed)

[DirtyFingers]

Went out for one hour -

7 zinc - 1
7 cu - 1
1 - 5
6 - 10
4 -25

25 total

Also religious medallion. Stamped Sterling Theda ?? Sound like silver on the machine but I've not run into that stamp before. I wonder what theda means?? Weight .3 oz.

Sterling Theda is the brand name of Ideal Jewelry Manufacturing Company of Providence, RI

More than likely it is .925 silver. Nice find! My coinshooting partner of a son found one just like that last year.

[cwgii]

hey y'all.

back when i lived in vt. i detected almost every day.

now here in tucson. there are several obsticles...... schools all have locked fences. parks have a no digging rule. due to irrigation. plus they were going to start charging for permits.

i applied for a city job this week. found out that they figured out it was not worth the income to charge for permits..... still free, so i picked up one.

so...... i am headed out to detect the local park , after dropping off the recycling.

[CU Baker]

Just waiting for the ground to loose its grip on the good stuff up here in the cold north country of Minnesota. Maybe in April I will be able to stick a pick a couple inches in the ground. But the wet suit is ready and when the ice goes off the lakes look out boys I will be a hunting fool. When the water is that cold even in the wet suit it makes anything that was anything shirvel up to nothing. Oh now thats cold.

[thunter]

Went to a park by the river. Man it was wet! Dig a whole and it starts to fill up with water. My pouch was a muddy mess and for every coin found I probably dug 5 bottle caps. You gottal love it. 3 hours hunting ...

15 Cu - 1
27 Zn - 1
0 -5
10 - 10
9 - 25
1 - 1.00

62 total Best find was the dollar coin. Got 3 aluminum cans as well. They are worth 5 cents each in Oregon.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Hunt #4

March 6th...in the snow!

Hit three different parks.

4 hours

37 zinc pennies
32 copper pennies
10 nickels
10 dimes
29 quarters!

other stuff:

2 pieces of kids/junk jewelry.

118 coins for $9.44

Here's a link with the pics!

http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topi ... C_ID=82843

[Rodebaugh]

Well I hit a new area. First time I have had to break through grass roots........yuck thats no fun. Need to purchase a digger that isn't plastic.

03/02/11
2 hours hunting
3 zincolns
1 copper abe
2 Quarters (one from a sand volleyball court - easy digging)
2 different No Cash Value tokens.


Back to the lake soon as the snow melts.

[cwgii]

here in az, the weather is nice, but the digging sucks. or lack of digging. not allowed due to irrigation pipes.

the 'grass' is very dry/ sod. so using a screwdriver as a 'probe' is all i can do.

45 minutes

2 zn
1 dime

4-5 pull tabs

[Rodebaugh]

updated

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Hunt #5 I went back to my first spot from last Friday. I hit a bunch of grass areas and around trees and places I could see that were trails in the grass where all of the kiddie traffic is. Again, I left tons of penny signals. Then I went to the soccer/football complex. I went looking for a new hotspot.

March 7th

3 hours

27 zinc pennies
20 copper pennies
17 dimes
7 nickels
9 quarters

80 coins-$4.77

other finds:

1 dog tag
1 hollow point bullet (copper jacket )
2 key chains
Lots of slaw

[thunter]

Hunt #5 I went back to my first spot from last Friday. I hit a bunch of grass areas and around trees and places I could see that were trails in the grass where all of the kiddie traffic is. Again, I left tons of penny signals. Then I went to the soccer/football complex. I went looking for a new hotspot.

March 7th

3 hours

27 zinc pennies
20 copper pennies
17 dimes
7 nickels
9 quarters

80 coins-$4.77

other finds:

1 dog tag
1 hollow point bullet (copper jacket )
2 key chains
Lots of slaw

I hate slaw!!!

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Got in 2 hour hunt after work.

3/10/2011

48 zinc pennies
20 copper pennies
5 nickels
17 dimes
7 quarters

97 coins/$4.38

other stuff: lots of pull tabs

[Rodebaugh]

I would like to hunt but I too have to much of this on the ground

[Thogey]

What the hell is that?

It looks like cole slaw or shrimp salad.

[Rodebaugh]

What the hell is that?

It looks like cole slaw or shrimp salad.

You are correct sir.....for it it slaw.

I assume TJCF ment snow???......but slaw is funnier.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Nope...I keep digging 'can slaw'. I'm detemined to find some gold rings this year. This means digging all nickel signals. This means digging lots of pull tabs and can slaw. (cans ate up by the lawnmower)

I'm saving every bit of it, too!

[Rodebaugh]

Nope...I keep digging 'can slaw'. I'm detemined to find some gold rings this year. This means digging all nickel signals. This means digging lots of pull tabs and can slaw. (cans ate up by the lawnmower)

I'm saving every bit of it, too!

Wow I didn't even know that existed. I find the full can here and there but never any slaw. hmmmm... thanks for the heads up.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Another 1 hour hunt after work.
3/11/2011

20 zinc pennies
11 copper pennies
5 nickels
5 dimes
2 quarters

other: the usual--pull tabs, can slaw, Al foil, and nails!

43 coins/$1.61

[Rodebaugh]

Two Hour Hunt today at my Father in-laws "old home place"

3-12-11
1-Zincoln
4-Cu Pennies

and......Drum Roll Please........
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5 Wheat Pennies


Dates:
1958-D
1957
1951-D
1949
1944

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Nice job on the wheats....should be some silver close by!

[Mossy]

Anybody check the sled slopes?

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

3-12 Hunt at my favorite skate park. Lots of surface finds! Lots of junk, too.

4.5 hours

101 zinc pennies
51 copper pennies
1 wheat 1956D
15 nickels
23 dimes
12 quarters

203 coins/$7.58

no jewelry, no gold, no silver, nada!

another key chain and 1 chevy key...looks like somebody is walking!

[Rodebaugh]

Ok so we are updated now. I also would like to apologise for doing the incorrect formula last month for figuring up “total score”. I weighted silver finds the same as gold would be by not multiplying silver grams by 0.1. My bad. I have it fixed now on my spreadsheet and in the post.

Correct formula:
Monthly Total=[Sum of coin less CU cents+(CU cents X 2)]X Hours Hunted X(1+grams gold)X[1+(0.1Xgrams silver)].

My mistake formula:
Monthly Total=[Sum of coin less CU cents+(CU cents X 2)]X Hours Hunted X(1+grams gold)X[1+(1Xgrams silver)].

If anyone has an idea how we should value old coin finds to add to “total score” feel free to share. My thoughts are just plug actual PM coins weights into existing formula. Of course that doesn’t work for wheats and buffalos. Love to hear some thoughts on this.

Thanks, Chris

[thunter]

Anybody check the sled slopes?

Sled slopes are a great place to detect. Another couple of months until the snow melts here for that kind of detecting. Ski slopes are good too. Also .. look where they plow the snow off the parking area.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

3/14

4 hour hunt

66 zinc pennies
28 copper pennies
1 wheat penny (1958D)
5 nickels
11 dimes
9 quarters

120 coins/$4.55

other finds:

2 pieces of junk jewelry
1 all purpose hand tool.
The usual junk. I've been digging everything that I've got almost a half of a bucket full of metal crap.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Come on guys........I'm giving you guys a chance. I'm not hunting .....everyday!

March 16th

2 hour hunt

25 zinc pennies
24 copper pennies
2 wheats (1947 + 1957D)
11 nickels
13 dimes
6 quarters

Totals 85 coins/$3.90

other finds:

1 arcade token.........quarter signal