Metal Detecting Official 2011 tracking (closed)

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Man, I've been giving you guys a break. But I'm hunting all day on Tuesday. Better catch up cause I'm gonna leave you all in my dust!

[Rodebaugh]

raining cats and dogs here in WV

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Rain is awesome for conductivity! Get ya those deeper signals that you won't get when it's dry out!

[thunter]

My wifes out of town for a couple of days and I get to do whatever I want ... yahoo I have a lot of catching to do! (Jonas)

I got permission to detect a yard with a house on it that was built in 1950. It was a foreclosure and the new owner is in the process of fixing it up. I was thinking silver and lots of wheats but no such luck. Only one wheat. The grass was high (about 8 inches) so I called the owner and told her I wanted to cut the grass. She was thrilled. I came home and got the lawnmower started without a problem for the first time this year. Put it in the back of the truck and spent about 45 minutes cutting the grass. Ah … now to detect … but a big rain shower comes just as soon as I get the lawnmower put back in the pick-up and the detector out. I go home eat lunch, put the lawnmower away and it’s sunny again. Back to the site for about 5 hours of solid detecting.

Here is what was found:

79 – 1 (25 copper)
5 – 5
12- 10
7 – 25
1 – 1936S wheat penny

104 total coins

Also:

1 Stainless steel spoon
1 Brass Hose nozzle
1 1998 Dog License
7 Metal toy cars/planes
1 Cheapo ring
1 Lizard pendant
4 Keys
2 Horseshoes
2 Amusement game tokens

And:

Approximately 2 lbs of aluminum scrap
“ 3 lbs of Copper/brass scrap

I will sleep good tonight! This was after 2 hours of racquetball starting at 7:00am.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Nice finds....heading out for some digging. Wish me luck guys...I gotta gold itch to scratch.

[Rodebaugh]

thunter nice finds. The wife asked me if you Md'ed in front of a toy shop. I laughed then told her your story.

Cool..... cool.....nice work.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

March 20th

2 hour hunt

31 zinc pennies
27 copper pennies
11 nickels
12 dimes
6 quarters

87 coins/$3.83

other finds: NO JEWELRY!

Another hot wheel.
Another key-chain.
A metal Coach bag tag.
Junk/pull-tabs/can slaw/alum. wire/washer/bolt/screw + bottle caps!

[bman]

I got out today for about 6 hours.....2.5 hours clad/jewelry hunting at elementary schools and the rest of the day hunting in an old farm field.

I found:
5 quarters
10 dimes
5 nickels
17 pennies (11 copper)
1 wheat cent (unreadable date)
2.2 gram broken silver earring
3 old metal buttons and....drum-roll please!!!!! a 2 cent piece but it is so corroded I can't see the date so it's soaking in olive oil right now. Hopefully I will be able to get some of the crud off and post some pics soon.

[Rodebaugh]

a 2 cent piece......now that is COOL.

Can't wait to see the pics.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

I got out today for about 6 hours.....2.5 hours clad/jewelry hunting at elementary schools and the rest of the day hunting in an old farm field.

I found:
5 quarters
10 dimes
5 nickels
17 pennies (11 copper)
1 wheat cent (unreadable date)
2.2 gram broken silver earring
3 old metal buttons and....drum-roll please!!!!! a 2 cent piece but it is so corroded I can't see the date so it's soaking in olive oil right now. Hopefully I will be able to get some of the crud off and post some pics soon.

Great job on the siver and the 2 cent piece. I can't seem to find anything really old yet this year...or real jewelry. Just clad and pennies.

[bman]

here are the pics, I forgot to list the Cub Scout thingy, I don't know why but I always like finding them.







and the 2 cent, if you are a coin collector you might want to look away





I told you it was rough!!!

[thunter]

Great job Bman. I've never found a 2 cent piece.

Jonas ... your coin count keeps increasing. You are far ahead of the rest of us. You can take a few weeks off.

I went to a junky site yesterday and found:

4 - 1 (2 CU)
4 -10

8 coins total

I ended up bringing home a bunch of insulated copper wire, brass fittings and probably about 30 pounds of cast aluminum from old dismantled street lights. A couple hundred pounds of heavy steel as well.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

This is what happens when you a 4 on and 4 off 12 hour schedule. Besides going through a real nice divorce. I have, at times, lots of time for hunting. Keeps my mind straight, a litle bit of exercise, a bit of excitement, a bit of fresh air, and a chance to score some BLING for one or both lawyers!


The only women that are right all the time are married.

[Thogey]

This is what happens when you a 4 on and 4 off 12 hour schedule. Besides going through a real nice divorce. I have, at times, lots of time for hunting. Keeps my mind straight, a litle bit of exercise, a bit of excitement, a bit of fresh air, and a chance to score some BLING for one or both lawyers!


The only women that are right all the time are married.

Or widowed

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Or ones who marry rich husbands with no pre-nup!

[Rodebaugh]

3 hours of hunting dried up lake bed next to popular cliff jumps. 3/22/11

12-zincolns
6-CU
2-nickels
6-dimes
2-quarters

5-sinkers (give off a nickel signal)
1-44mag spent brass

Dad has a metal detector now! Time for some dad and son hunts. I am sure I will out-do him at this as well. Add it to the list: Metal detecting, Fishing, hunting, ginseng'n,...ect.

[bman]

I did a little scraping off green crud on the 2 cent piece and I can now see the date...1865!!!
I will post new pics in a week or so after it soaks some more.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

In good condition, those are some COOL looking coins!

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Sorry guys....gotta get some totals going. I have me a Ryedale on the way and I need some penny money! That means I'm going digging!

You guys need to get out there and get yours!

By the way, it's snowing here. That's OK I got "Tiger Blood"!

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

March 24th 2 hour hunt

27 zinc pennies
14 copper pennies
3 nickels
9 dime
3 quarters

56 coins for $2.21

other finds:
another key
210 pull tabs...dug 20-30
Lots of can slaw!
Lots of screw caps!
Lots of junk.....!

As usual, no jewelry!

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Gonna hit the road.....going hunting......it's cold but I need some Ryedale funds!

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Hit 2 elementary schools and 1 park in today's 3 hour hunt.

Found my first cell phone! Woo Hoo! Is "Qualcomm" still making phones? i'll update finds after I clean off all of the dirt.

[thunter]

Rain, rain, rain, showers, rain, rain etc. That's been the weather here for the last 10 days. Supposed to clear up and get to 70 on Thursday. Gotta take some time off and get back out there.

[TheJonasCollegeFund]

Don't feel bad...the weather has been in the low 30's with lots of wind which means wind chills in the low 20's. Even my latex gloves are not keeping my hands warm enough. Cold but FUN!

[Rodebaugh]

Snow on the ground again here.