Irons ongoing MD finds thread

[budfox]

Except on Iron's beaches!

I'm sorry. I never shudda said dat.

Ya know cubed, Irons doesn't know it but his wife goes out the night before and buries that sh't at the beach so he doesn't come home with his tail between his legs..

[DodgebyDave]

Ya know cubed, Irons doesn't know it but his wife goes out the night before and buries that sh't at the beach so he doesn't come home with his tale between his legs..

LoL, he has found that same ring 6 times now?

[Gcubed]

Ya know cubed, Irons doesn't know it but his wife goes out the night before and buries that sh't at the beach so he doesn't come home with his tale between his legs..

Bud, A truly good woman is supportive of her mate's efforts.

[Irons]

Ya know cubed, Irons doesn't know it but his wife goes out the night before and buries that sh't at the beach so he doesn't come home with his tale between his legs..

She might be, she knows if I get bored with this its back to the Hookers and Blow! ~

[budfox]

Bud, A truly good woman is supportive of her mate's efforts.

They've shot up the country so much up here between the Cowboys and Indians I couldn't detect cause you find a friggin shell casing every 2". Not to mention the Coors light cans from the current yahoos.

[Irons]

Bud, A truly good woman is supportive of her mate's efforts.

When you meet one introduce me to her sister!

[Gcubed]

When you meet one introduce me to her sister!

Huh? Who said I wuz monogamous?

[pay dirt]

Is it possible to detect platinum or Palladium?

[Irons]

Is it possible to detect platinum or Palladium?

Yep not a problem. I probably won't be finding any on the redneck riviera beaches I hunt but richer beach areas you bet.

The way most modern metal detectors classify the metal you put them over is by its conductivity, I always thought it was by density but thats wrong.

[pay dirt]

Was lurking a MD forum and this guy recently found a 1861 20 dollar gold eagle on an old farm.
http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=102661

[DodgebyDave]

Bud, A truly good woman is supportive of her mate's efforts.

give a man a stick and he'll play with it for life.

[budfox]

give a man a stick and he'll play with it for life.

Ya when I was a kid we were so poor that if I wasn't a boy I would not have had anything to play with.

[DodgebyDave]

Mommy says I can get a stick too.

Seriously, I wuzz a watchin Meteorite Men on the science channel and those fellas tune their sticks.

They find lot's of wire.

If you find a good meteorite you can buy fancy new sticks.

If you find a really, really good one with the green jewels in it you can buy a company that makes sticks.

I don't think they find many, they was a usin homemade sticks.



http://www.meteoritemarket.com/NWA4734.htm

Wanting 5k for a 5 gram slice.

I am starting to hate silver.

[DodgebyDave]

Quick Question, why the AT Pro over the AT Gold? They look like the same thing except for the "Gold" part.

[Irons]

Quick Question, why the AT Pro over the AT Gold? They look like the same thing except for the "Gold" part.

The AT Gold operates on higher frequencies than the pro and is specially tuned to find nuggets in the highly mineralized rocky soil gold is usually found in.
It will still do a fine job picking coins out of the park but its kind of overkill, and neutral soil may freak it out a bit and make it difficult to ground balance.

If I lived in gold nugget country I would have bought one.

[budfox]

The AT Gold operates on higher frequencies than the pro and is specially tuned to find nuggets in the highly mineralized rocky soil gold is usually found in.
It will still do a fine job picking coins out of the park but its kind of overkill, and neutral soil may freak it out a bit and make it difficult to ground balance.

If I lived in gold nugget country I would have bought one.

What about the Garrett 150 for cheap pricks like me?

[Irons]

What about the Garrett 150 for cheap pricks like me?

Its better than a bounty hunter but for $50 more an Ace 250 is a great machine. Get a garrett pro pointer too, trust me on that.

Always call or email for thier best price. These guys can't publish thier actual prices.

http://bigboyshobbies.net/shop/garre...etal-detector/

Well there goes another poster, the bear dude is going to ban me at this rate.

You guys get metal detectors and we don't hear from y'all anymore.

[Tbonz]

Ya when I was a kid we were so poor that if I wasn't a boy I would not have had anything to play with.

So Bud, you're saying you had to wear glasses as a kid?

Have you considered LASIK now that you are older?

[budfox]

Its better than a bounty hunter but for $50 more an Ace 250 is a great machine. Get a garrett pro pointer too, trust me on that.

Always call or email for thier best price. These guys can't publish thier actual prices.

http://bigboyshobbies.net/shop/garre...etal-detector/

Well there goes another poster, the bear dude is going to ban me at this rate.

You guys get metal detectors and we don't hear from y'all anymore.

If I mention your name do I get the whore price?

[budfox]

So Bud, you're saying you had to wear glasses as a kid?

Have you considered LASIK now that you are older?

No, but it got me later....I gotsta wear reading glasses now and objects appear closer than they seem in the mirror or somtem like dat

[Irons]

If I mention your name do I get the whore price?

Just tell Bart you are a forum member and you will get whore pricing.


http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=107185

[AceNZ]

Spent some time at the beach today with my MD and the new Pro Pointer. Gotta say I love that thing. Makes the whole search/filter process so much easier.

[Argentum47]

I detect here in the UK and the pro pointer is a must have tool, especially when trying to find those very small items

[Zilver]

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oh what the heck,
I'll post a few pics of my finds

my focus has been on finding early items from the 1700's to early 1800's era (Rev war era etc.)

[Zilver]

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a few trays of finds:

[Hystckndle]

@ Zilver...
Wow...

[Zilver]

a few of the Colonials

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[andial]

Well, I started my dig and search today at the beach. This is what I found so far.

[Argentum47]

Some really nice finds there Zilver

Have any of you guys ever been to the UK on a detecting trip?

[pay dirt]

Well, I started my dig and search today at the beach. This is what I found so far.

Chocolate gold foil wrapped Eagles? Would not eat those.



http://www.bulkecandy.com/milk-choco...ulk-p-735.html

[Argentum47]

Went out for a few hours today, found 12 coins, 5 buttons, two buckles and what looks like an old porthole window from a ship

Coins are all bronze/copper and range from 1938 down to the 1700's.

I have them soaking in olive in try to and get more detail from the older ones before taking pics, as the fertiliser in the soil eats away at any pre Victorian.

[Irons]

.................................................. ....... ~ GOLD #2 ~

And more free silver. I'm MD'ing a small beach in a county park that used to be a resort before it burned down decades ago.

Lord knows what I'll find around here but lost jewelry and old silver is a freakin' good start!

Found the usual pile of clad, can slaw and pull tabs and some junk jewelry. Copper lizard anybody?

The Michigan pendant is 1.5 grams of 14k gold and the ear ring is stamped .925.

If I had found both ear rings my wife would have snagged them while I was rinsing them off.

Thanks for looking now I have to check out Zilvers posts!

[Irons]

@ Zilver...
Wow...

Double WOW!!

[Irons]

Went out for a few hours today, found 12 coins, 5 buttons, two buckles and what looks like an old porthole window from a ship

Coins are all bronze/copper and range from 1938 down to the 1700's.

I have them soaking in olive in try to and get more detail from the older ones before taking pics, as the fertiliser in the soil, soil eats away at any pre Victorian.

Cool as heck Argentum47!! Thanks to you and Zilver for sharing and if you have any pointers for a newbie like me please post 'em.

[TheMadHatter]

Zilver, where are you finding this stuff? Ny?

[Irons]

Some really nice finds there Zilver

Have any of you guys ever been to the UK on a detecting trip?

The first time I ever metal detected was January 2012. I was Hooked from day one.

[Zilver]

Zilver, where are you finding this stuff? Ny?

most of it is from Ny, some from Vermont,
every now and then I would drive to CT in search of a Higley copper.
(never found one though)




I detected for over 30 years.
it turned into an obsession,
I have a huge amount of time vested in this , treasure hunting is very addicting.

[Zilver]

Some really nice finds there Zilver

Have any of you guys ever been to the UK on a detecting trip?

I would love to detect the UK,

but if you find something great there,
...........................mums the word

[Argentum47]

Cool as heck Argentum47!! Thanks to you and Zilver for sharing and if you have any pointers for a newbie like me please post 'em.

I am a pretty newbie myself as only been detetecting 8 months but I can share what has increased my finds rate and quality so far.

First is the site research I do. Originally it would have been the case of going on any random field I had permission for and hoping something good would pop up.

I now only ask for permission on fields that have had a lot of activity over the years which will greatly increase the good stuff that has been dropped.

At the minute I am concentrating on old fair sites: market fairs, cattle fairs, point to point racing fields. These sites have hundreds of years activity and plenty of items get lost over the years. If you research the exact fields these took place in and get permission, your on a winner.

The second is the way I swing my coil. Originally I was running about the fields like a madmad, swinging the coil head fast. I now use the 'slow and low' swing technique.

Slow the swing right down, by doing this it will help pick up those iffy signals and also allow the machine to recover better if you have a good signal next to a big bit of iron. If you swing too fast the machine cannot recover and you just get the iron signal, by swinging slow you should hear the signal through the iron.

I also now swing with the coil touching the grass, if you swing with the coil a couple of inches off the ground you lose that distance in depth. So by swingly low, it increases the depth detection.

[em ty]

Mommy says I can get a stick too.

Seriously, I wuzz a watchin Meteorite Men on the science channel and those fellas tune their sticks.

They find lot's of wire.

If you find a good meteorite you can buy fancy new sticks.

If you find a really, really good one with the green jewels in it you can buy a company that makes sticks.

I don't think they find many, they was a usin homemade sticks.

Wanting 5k for a 5 gram slice.

I am starting to hate silver.

About 10 years ago I was hit by a meteorite while outside playing a boardgame. I thought it was a black fly bite at first, but it was a tiny speck of a meteorite. Stung when it happened, but the fact that I'm half mountain ape meant that it couldn't bounce back out of the arm hair. Thing was so small that I lost it, though

[Irons]

1916 Merc by far my oldest free silver find!

My first try in an old park by me, hunting is brutal there the place was dedicated in 1924 and is carpeted with pull tabs.

Looks to have been picked over pretty well over the years by other detectorists but there is still good stuff to be found.

Whenever I start to think I got this hobby figured out I'll return there to be slapped humble.

You can't win if you don't play.

[Argentum47]

Nice find Irons, it's always good to pull Silver out

Here is my earliest coin and my only hammered silver. It is a 1605 halfgroat (2p) James 1st of England who was also James IV of Scotland at the time. That is why there is a rose and crown, with a thistle and crown.

It was folded in half when I dug it up and you can still see the fold line after straightening.

[Ronnie Mexico]

1916 Merc by far my oldest free silver find!

My first try in an old park by me, hunting is brutal there the place was dedicated in 1924 and is carpeted with pull tabs.

Looks to have been picked over pretty well over the years by other detectorists but there is still good stuff to be found.

Whenever I start to think I got this hobby figured out I'll return there to be slapped humble.

You can't win if you don't play.

Hey man the D is missing

Love this thread, thanks a lot for starting it!

[argentos]

Here is my earliest coin and my only hammered silver. It is a 1605 halfgroat (2p) James 1st of England who was also James IV of Scotland at the time. That is why there is a rose and crown, with a thistle and crown.

Pedant Alert!

He was James VI of Scotland.

[Irons]

Hey man the D is missing

Love this thread, thanks a lot for starting it!

Thank you for joining in! Merc mintmarks are on the back, I forgot to look at that one.

I better start checking dates and marks because I'm bound to dig up a key date sooner or later.

The coolest thing about finding old US silver is you know it right away.

These things come out of really nasty soil bright white and gleaming! I freakin' love this hobby!!!!


EDIT: Its a no mint mark. Dangit! Ah well !

[Zilver]

.

[Argentum47]

Pedant Alert!

He was James VI of Scotland.

Yea that's what I meant

[argentos]

Yea that's what I meant

... and James 1st of Ireland.

[Argentum47]

This was my first Silver coin find, dug up in January.

It is an 1888 Queen Victoria Crown.

Not a bad chunk of Silver to start with

[argentos]

An excellent first find!

An excellent find any time!