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Pillar of the Community
United States
666 Posts |
Reviving an old thread but... My Ace 250 paid for itself the very first time I used it.
While playing softball I went to throw the ball and my college ring flew off my hand with the ball. We spent some time eyeball hunting for it but weren't able to find it.
That evening I went and bought the 250 and went back to the ballpark. Found my ring in about 10 minutes and also found 13 cents in change.
I don't know the metal value of the ring, but I bought it for $600.
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Valued Member
United States
66 Posts |
* learn your machine inside and out---practice with many differnt targets.
* Keep your discrimination button set low.
* Tesoro and Fisher are among the best machines, In my Opinion, Whites the worst and expensive.
* Nearly all the easy places have been hunted out by now--but with a little research you can find treasure.
* Dig,Dig and dig some more--it wont come easy.
* Find a hunting partner.
I have found many nice items and had some great adventures since I started MDing in 1975.
I haver never found a gold coin of any kind.
My oldest coin was an 1830 1/2 dime with a square nail hole in it.
My most valuable coin an 1853 O quarter in XF with much mint luster(Civil War Campsite find.
My best memory--hunting in a city park, two little girls and there little brother come up and watch me metal detect and ask Questions, following me around, etc.... As I am showing them how the machine works--I get a signal and out pops a fat Gold Ring---The look on their faces was priceless.
Its a great hobby but not an easy one.
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New Member
Australia
40 Posts |
i use my minelab for gold. I have never had a go at looking for coins or relics with it. But I remember one chap in England hitting it big with a detector with an early Roman haul, last year from memory. At the moment I'm looking for a deep water detector coil. I have located a ship (the union brig) in Tasmanian waters that came from the Victorian gold fields in 1852 and had 50 pounds of gold that was not recovered. so if I find it, I will let you know :)
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
868 Posts |
Got my self the new GTI2500,and manage to find over 400 coins in 5 days for a total of $ 58.48,now I have to wait for the next season to come ground is frozen solid and some snow,i guess the pleasure to have a MD is to have fun searching for any valuable metal,i don't think I will ever get Rich but you never know.And you never know what you it till you dig for it.  |
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Valued Member
United States
122 Posts |
Andre, finding 400 coins in 5 days is great. But it depends on how much time you put in. Was it 12-hour days or 3-hour daya? Did you have a special, sweet site to search for those goodies?
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Valued Member
United States
458 Posts |
^ Id like to know as well.
Also, I hear about frozen grounds being a problem. But I live in Louisiana, so the ground is barely ever frozen lol...
The more I read about this, the more I want to do it! Maybe one day...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2295 Posts |
An average of 80 coins per day is incredible! It is informative to hear how long you searched after reporting your finds though.
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Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
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I was wondering how successful have you been with your metal detecting. I am curious because I have been told by a dealer many years ago that I would find like a fortune metal detecting. Hope he's out of business. One of our first customer bought a Compass detector for $200. He was on total disability, so he detected all day long at a lake. His first summer, he found $600+ face value, plus gold rings, etc. Can you make money? Certainly! Can you make a living? Much less likely. A fortune? It happens but I'd never make that claim to make a sale. |
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Valued Member
United States
100 Posts |
Ok, I have got to get out there and find me a metal detector....come on pay day...guess I could forgo buying silver for once...Earl
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5854 Posts |
The guy that told me that is out of business. I've always had trouble believing his stories because they sounded too good to be true and figured that he may have been trying to sell me one.
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New Member
United States
44 Posts |
I have certainly been successful at it. Check out the Classic Coins section in the grading help sub-section for the 1870 CC half dollar I just recently found. For a metal detector this like finding Noah's Ark or the Holy Grail. Never in a million years did I think i'd find just ONE coin worth what this one is. Hell, a whole cache of silvers wouldn't fetch this price. Truly a treasure!
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Rest in Peace
United States
9104 Posts |
 , SmokinJoe! Yep, it can and does happen. |
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New Member
United States
25 Posts |
Some people have good luck with it. On the other hand most just do it to have some fun and are happy finding anything. For example, I dig mostly beer cans, pull tabs, shotgun shells, bullets (miniballs), drawer handles, bottle tops, nails, old tools, knifes, toys, and the occasional coin. So I doubt I'm gonna be rich from doing it. I found my first ring a couple days ago and did the "Moon Walk". finds like that keep you digging the other junk  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2120 Posts |
I try to follow the rule
"Beware anyone who gives you a reason to do something, and is selling you the way to achieve it."
It has served me very well over the years.
I really want to get into this more. I bought a detector from a member about 2 years ago, haven't used it as much as I wanted to. Hopefully I can fix that this summer.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
348 Posts |
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