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I did a little "treasure hunting" today. Just in case anyone wants to do this I am posting a photo of what you usually find. Today I did manage to find a quarter. 1973.  |
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Cool. Thanks.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Seems about right to me. At least you found a quarter!
Better luck next time.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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If you find one nice item in 100 digs, depending on the detector and your experience, consider yourself lucky.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's a good start. Personally, I'm more of a cherry picker and rarely dig trash. My machine still tricks me on signals such as deep iron nails at about 8-10" deep, they hit like silver. I sometimes go for extended lengths of time between a good signal to dig.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'm kinda wondering what all of those round "trash" things are...?
In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
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In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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@spruett001 - They's bottle caps.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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United States
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I have only gone out a few times. I have a very cheap detector. to get familiar with the sounds I placed a few coins in the ground. A penny a clad coin and a silver coin. And then listened to the hits. Now I have a pretty good idea what a "real" hit sounds like. Most of the time I know I'm digging for a bottle cap, but hey, it's something to do.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bottle caps hit like Indian heads! So do zincolns.
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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03/27/2017 2:28 pm
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Bottle caps hit like Indian heads! So do zincolns. Good to know, thanks! I went out again yesterday. I found a couple dimes, nickles and pennies. This time I excluded iron from my settings. I still get hits from aluminium which sounds just like silver on my detector. I have a Discovery 1100 I want to upgrade soon. I would like to get one of those hand held probe. I end up searching a 3x3 inch area. Its hard to zoom into a target with my detector/ |
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