DO YOU GO METAL DETECTING, with a metal detector?

[Richard King]

DO YOU GO METAL DETECTING, with a metal detector?

Have you found anything?

I have had a hobby of looking for treasures at bus stops, at the park, and at the beach.

I have found a few dollars on a good day, but it's fun and you get a lot of exercise; walking, bending over, digging, standing up and walking some more....lol. Finding a dime, or a quarter...a way to make my day...

A few years ago while on vacation in the Cayman Islands I brought my Cobra Beach Magnet and while my wife went scuba diving I went metal detecting on the beaches. I know I looked like a dork, with my headphones and short walking between the unclad swimmers, waving my detector over the sand.

I discovered I got more attention when I pulled out my headphones and it made a loud beep, beep, beep.... I would stop and get to digging in the sand and most of the time I got a bottle cap.or the same quarter I kept finding, it must have dropped out of my pocket accidentally several times right near the bathing beauties...

I was walking along and some guy taps me on the shoulder and said he had lost his care keys, so I followed him down the beach to where he and his family was hanging out. I searched where he said they were....nothing....I asked where he was sitting and he pointed to some beach chairs and I went over there and sure enough, there they were under 2 inches of sand....He tried to give me $10.00 but I said no problem and happily got back to watching (ogling) and detecting.

I was watching the History channel the other night and it showed a fellow in England who in 20 min of searching a field found $156,000.00 in Roman coins....I am getting the itch to go over to the local park and find a few beer can tabs.....or maybe a gold ring ?

 

[davidh]

I have a fairly expensive one and have attempted to find stuff. no luck, I can't even find coins I drop myself. there must be a learning curve.
some places have laws saying you can't dig which is pretty sad. don't know about the beaches around here, might find snowmobile keys or ice fishing gear

 

[Bill Gruby]

A place that is always overlooked Richard is the kids part of the park. Mommy gives them change for ice cream and they are for-ever losing it in the sand. Worth a shot. I play golf for exercise.

"Billy G"

 

[Ray C]

I don't think I'd have much luck with one as my hands would probably be triggering false detections

I had to get an MRI the other day and they waved me over with a metal detector. Everything was OK but it did detect the tiny slivers in my hands -nothing to worry about and no special attention was needed. They only worry about bigger pieces -like people walking around with nails in their head and don't know about it (don't laugh, it's happened).

Ray

 

[Tom Griffin]

Rich,

I'm fairly proficient with mine, but have been using it for years. I was just out last week for an hour and found a dollars worth of change including a 1957 Roosevelt dime. The silver coins are the most fun because they make a very distinctive sound. The deepest coin I ever found was in a city park, it was a silver dime and it was a full six inches down. They didn't allow digging there so I was using a probe and hit the dime on my first try. I also found a Standing Liberty quarter once which was pretty exciting. It's a great way to relax.

Tom

 

[DMS]

My uncle used to pull his out whenever we wen't camping. He would hide things for the kids to find (bottle caps, quarters, etc), kind of like a treasure hunt. He has found several rings over the years, lots of change, and other jewelry.

 

[jgedde]

I have a White's Spectra v3i. Generally I search for coins. I have a big pretzel jar filled with modern coins found with the detector. Of all that modern coinage, a few oldies we're found:

164 wheat pennies
4 silver washington quarters
1 standing liberty quarter
2 mercury dimes
3 indian head pennies.

No gold as of yet, bur rings and pull tabs are a close vdi. I typically ignore them and focus on things that ping as coins.

John

 

[jtrain]

I had a Whites DiPro years back. Found some modern coinage, a couple Colt 45 shell casings, and other unusual stuff, one that sticks in my mind was a horseshoe about 4 inches deep in the lawn of my parents place, makes me wonder how did it ever get there. I sold my detector as I have no time to go any more, but I enjoyed it when I did.

 

[Alan Douglas]

Can't hurt to ask: I have a "Treasure Sensor 8000" that I bought at a flea market mostly to find tools and stuff I dropped in my back yard. It finds large masses of metal but since it didn't come with a manual I've had no luck getting it to work for small items. Anyone possibly have a manual for this antique? Also is there a way to open the coil to repair something loose inside?

 

[jpfabricator]

About 7 years ago my wife bathed the dogs on the back porch. When she flung her hands over the rail to sling off some of the suds and water, she launched her wedding ring into the tall grass. we searched for 2 days. I finally went down and bought a metal detector, and found it in 5 min. I used it a few other times to find lost tools, but never got into it. I gave it to a good friend when we moved 2 years ago, and he has been using it non-stop!