2013 Metal Detecting Thread

[Frank t]

2 wheats 45 55 no double. silver roosie 62 d. 39 cents. 2 toy guns. left em for the kiddies.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

2 wheats 45 55 no double. silver roosie 62 d. 39 cents. 2 toy guns. left em for the kiddies.

Nice job on the silver.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Got out and just about got frostbite on my non-swinging hand/fingers.

I took the CTX out for a second spin. Too much watching youtube about this machine.

Lots of firsts today with this "heater"!

1st dollar bill....eye-ball find.
1st dollar coin of the year.
1st wheat cent of the year.
1st key(3) of the year.
1st ring(copper) of the year.
1st earring***MAYBE GOLD*** of the year.
1st doggie tag of the year.
Back later with the totals and if the big earring is gold or not.
1 Sac dollar.
15 quarters.
18 dimes.
2 nickels.
30 pennies....(1 wheat)

[smalltimeopn]

Got out and just about got frostbite on my non-swinging hand/fingers.

I took the CTX out for a second spin. Too much watching youtube about this machine.

Very nice finds !! New equipment is working well for you.

It was 75 degrees here today. I found .71 total: 1 quarter, 3 dimes, 1 nickel, 11 pennies (3 cu).

I'll upload a pic as soon as I can get the file size smaller......

[Frank t]

go jonas hopefully gold

[smalltimeopn]

As promised, a pic of yesterdays finds:

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Sorry to report.....no gold!

The testing with the 10K acid started out great......then bubbled away!

[CU Baker]

Another six inches of snow last night, I don't think i will get too swing the AT Pro until June

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Got out for my third testing of the CTX3030. I had some issues with a very trashy park. My goal was to find the depth of any old wheaties that might be left over from the other hunters. Well it didn't work out. TONS of trash to work through.

I did find one cool relic. A cylinder from an older revovler. I thought it was a toy cap gun piece at first. Pictures later.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

OK, had to get out again and try to get more comfortable with this new machine. I was on the hunt for wheats. I wanted to see how deep they were so I would concentrate at this level for silver. Well it didn't work out. I had a park that goes back to the 30's. I got lots of targets, tons of iron signals, and my share of nails. But I did find 2 interesting things.

Now I will need some help with the gun cylinder I found. I couldn't find a match to it online last night.







And the other thing I found in the woods of this park was a white, kinda two toned, marble. I'm told some of these marbles are worth some cash???




And here is a shot of what came home with me. All the rest of the can slaw and nails went into the garbage can at the park. I'm digging and learning!



6 quarters
5 dimes
5 pennies

16 coins for $2.05:D

1 rifle cartrige for the brass pile, too!

[Frank t]

a lot of my brass just falls apart when i go to clean it, never makes it to the pile. it was windy as hell out but a dollar twelve cents to my clad score card. 2 quarters, five dimes, and twelve pennies. 6 or 7 coppers in the pile. also a flatted penny through a machine from san fran im in pennsylvania. lol. got 23$ of cwr too.

[Frank t]

update on the gold. took it to a local watchmaker. its solid 18k and so is the case. size 18 hunter. assayed in london in 1815. the case weighs twelve grams and the center ring should come in between 1.5 and 2.5 oz. the case is awesome though its all going on display in my house. no pictures because i suck at posting pics, sorry really wish you could see the case design. now i got some gold to hold and wait on!!!

one very happy hoarder

[Frank t]

35c man was it cold

[bman]

Come on Frank we NEED to see that 18k watch!!!

[bman]

I went back to my silver spot today and it was slow going for about 2 hours, then I started finding coins.
I ended up with:
22 Memorial cents
5 dimes
1 Canadian cent
8 wheaties
and...2 silver dimes 1943 & 1956 (silver # 8 & 9 for the year)

[AirTractor]

I just got into metal detecting last summer. Picked up a little Garrett Ace 250. My best find so far is this 1920 Merc. The best part of this find was WHERE I found it, on my old mans farm Also found a very old wagon axle near it.

[Frank t]

29 cents. most of an indian. 1879, my oldest coin

man i want a merc.

i suck with computers. no pics yet, but ill try.

[CU Baker]

Only 3ft of snow left to melt, and I will be swinging again.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Only 3ft of snow left to melt, and I will be swinging again.

You need a ROADTRIP!

[smalltimeopn]

I had a nice afternoon to detect with pleasant temps (low 60's maybe).

Found .33 cents (1 quarter and 8 pennies (1 cu)), 1 wheel weight and another piece I'm not sure what it did in life. I'll try to post a pic to help ID.

Still searching for the first wheat and 90%.

[bman]

I guess I forgot to post my finds last Saturday so here are my results for 2 weekends:

3/30/13
3 quarters
3 dimes
20 pennies
3 wheaties
a Tootsie toy
a cool play dime
a junk NAVY ring
no silver this trip.



4/6/13
26 quarters
24 dimes
6 nickels
21 pennies
6 wheats
1942 Mercury dime (silver coin #10 for 2013)
1 junk ring and one small silver ring

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Nice job on the silver....hitting an old park in two hours with my deep heater!!!

[Frank t]

got out for bout 2 hours this afternoon. not one piece of clad. bummer.
28 cents though
a old american cigar lighter.
3 indians 88 91 02
first silver quarter and a goodie 1854 seated arrows

[bman]

come on Frank, you gotta get some pictures of those finds!

[bman]

I went back to my favorite spot for a couple of hours after dinner, the weather today was just too nice to stay inside!

I found:
3 quarters
6 dimes
17 pennies
1 Canadian penny
9 wheaties
2 silver dimes, a 1934 Merc & a 1962-D Rosie (silver coins number 11-12 for the year)