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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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 with all of the above.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
602 Posts |
Great finds. Still lookin for the gold soccer fields here. But no luck yet. WOLF
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New Member
United States
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Hey NoHope, what kinda MD are you using? Have been going thru some a your posts. You seem to locate quite a lot in a very short period of time on each trip. Also you seem to dig up lots and lotsa pull-tabs so I assume you dig everything. Are you using a Lesche for digging? You sure seem to be doing a lot of it. Sorry for the questions but I'm new at this and still trying to get acclimated enough with my MD to where I can start pulling some stuff up.
James...
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Valued Member
United States
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My son works for Lesche and makes those digging tools. How do you like them?
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Pillar of the Community
  United States
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I use an Ace 250.
Pinpointing on it is good enough that 90% of the time I can just slide a screwdriver into the dirt and flip out the target.
I do have a Lesche type tool but rarely use it. Yes I dig everything the ACE is a an entry machine and it has a hard time distinguishing between a pull tab/foil and gold. If you don't dig those targets you will hardly ever find gold.
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New Member
United States
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Nice find. Keep up the work. Anyone else with great finds?
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Valued Member
United States
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poor man lost his wifes ring.. he's paying for it now!
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Valued Member
United States
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The ring is quite a nice find, I wish I could find something like that just laying around.
The rest of the stuff other than the coins just looks like garbage to me; I don't understand why everyone here in the metal detecting forum seems to have piles and piles of tiny little pieces of aluminum, pop tabs, bottle caps, metal pencil bands, etc. It can't be worth it to keep it all because you wouldn't have to enough to trade in for scrap metal. Why keep it at all, just throw it away.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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On the plus side, people are clearing a lot of sports fields and areas of metal debris that could otherwise injure somebody.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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That makes sense, but from what I've read, it seems like people are keeping it. I saw a post last year where someone had several 5 gallon buckets full of "finds" that he had picked up metal detecting throughout the year; most of it was tiny bits of unidentified metal, cheap little metal rings, bangles, etc. If it were me, I'd just throw it in the trash on my way home. Although as they say, one man's trash is another man's treasure.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes its garbage but its also valuable and adds up over time. We made almost $30 last year selling the pull-tabs and soda cans we dug up and found. Copper wire is also worth removing.
The cheap metal rings go into zip locks at around a dozen per bag these sell well at garage sales. Any pencils or pens go the local women's shelter or elementary school. Even the junk that's left can be sorted out between ferrous and no ferrous metal then sold for scrap once enough has been collected.
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Valued Member
United States
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OK, you guys have peaked our interest. Actually, we have been talking about trying out detecting for a while. What type of machine would you recommend for beginners? We would want a good one but one taht is easy to use and maybe something that tells you what kind of metal is lurking below. IWe live in Norhteast PA. What types of locations would you suggest we start off with? I am new to the site and hope I am posting this in the correct place. Thanks, Bob and Julie
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Most detectorists are very brand loyal and will try to steer you in the direction of their favorite brands. I suggest you spend some time here http://metaldetectorreviews.net/A good entry level machine should cost in the region of $200 plus or minus $50 depending on any goodies you buy with it. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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And I agree about the Lesche digging tool. I will even use it in the garden ... if spring ever shows up here. 12 degrees and heavy blowing snow at the moment ... blah.
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