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So I decided to just create one thread of MD finds and update it as I get good finds. After making this decision, I realized I needed to get out and do some hunting, so I made time today and hit a new park across town. The batteries in my metal detector were getting low, so it cut my trip short, but I found .17 cents and a small button that, oddly, was a miniature replica of a Buffalo nickel. It even came back as nickel on my detector. Anyway, to kick this thing off, please enjoy my first of (hopefully) many updates.  Edited by skyshark124
10/11/2013 01:01 am
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Nice. Your finds are always interesting to look at. I want to stick to my property before I get out elsewhere, and though I can be busy sometimes, I've found .24 already in my backyard, junk stuff (screws, scrap pieces of metal), and a SPOON (not silver  ) |
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Well, I managed to get out and do some digging before the sub-40 degree wind chills and rain drove me back home. I went to a new park and dug around a while, and came up with .18 cents, as well as two flattened coins. They used to be a 1986 quarter and an unknown date zinc cent, and look like they were run over by a train, but there are no tracks anywhere near where these were found. Interesting. Forecast calls for pleasant weather this weekend, so we will see what tomorrow yields.  |
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I went to a softball field a few miles from my house, hoping to find a gold mine along the base paths. I found .02 cents and a Reebok zipper pull looking thingy. Disappointed but not discouraged, I decided to go to a new park. Along the way, I spotted an old playground next door to an old school. I pulled over and checked it out, and found .46 cents. Good thing I stopped there too, since the park I was going to check was crammed full of people for some kid's birthday. I took it as a sign to go home, so on home I went. Here's what I found today.  |
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And to finish off the weekend, I finished off the playground I started at yesterday. Here's another .27 cents, yet ANOTHER Chuck-E-Cheese token, and a really heavy duty zipper pull.  |
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Man, your killin' it!
I managed to do like 10min. of MD last night, found .11 cents. Not too bad considering I hadn't found a coin for 2 weeks...
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Got out of the house for the first time in a week or so, and hit a new park a few miles away. The park is next to a car wash, so I thought I may get lucky with quarters. I found a few. I wasn't there TOO long, but while there, I found $1.26 in change, a Ford emblem, and the metal remains of a dog collar with rabies tag buried about six inches down at the base of a large tree (no dog found in there though). The rabies tag is dated 1953, which makes it second only to my 1952-D cent as the oldest known date item I have dug up so far.  Edited by skyshark124
10/29/2013 03:14 am
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Had some time today and went back to the park where I found the old 1953 dog rabies tag. I turned up another 1.46 in change (including a 1953-D wheat - my third wheat ever dug)and found a house key. The day was cut short by errands so I am hoping to make it back there tomorrow.  Edited by skyshark124
11/03/2013 01:26 am
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And for my latest update, I went to a local park where I had a little luck before (but got chased off by rain), so I figured I would return and see if I could find more treasures. I had to leave again before I was ready, but this time it was because the batteries in the MD died, however I was able to find .40 cents before heading out, including a very worn 1948 Wheat cent. That's the third Wheat cent I have dug up now! I'm getting a few more older coins! Maybe soon I will dig a silver coin!  |
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Nice finds. I have yet to find a wheaty with my MD.
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