my first time
lmking304
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Well, today was my very first time metal detecting! I got a cheapo MD'er and hit my back yard! The house we are in was built in the 1800's sometime so there had to be something good! Fifty mosquito bites later I realized the soil is littered with with either lead paint or it used to be a junk yard because all I found were rusty flakes! (being new to this I dug everytime it beeped).
We had to go to my in-laws and I brought it with me. They were nice enough to let me play in thier back yard. Thier yard isn't dirty like mine so the MD was easier to use. The first dig I made my hubby dig up a piece of old fence post. The second dig, however, yielded a 1983P dime. My first day and it found a coin! I put it in my pocket to bring home. (the in-laws laughed when I offered to split the find, said I could have it.) Now that I am home I took a closer look at my treasure and realized there was an error of some sort on the dime! How cool is that! I have been looking through my pocket change the last couple of months to find an error because I don't know what they look like. My treasure has a drippy M. The last m in UNUM dripped into the E in DIME. I think it is a die crack. I will ask the other message board. I love my metal detector! Can't wait to go again!
We had to go to my in-laws and I brought it with me. They were nice enough to let me play in thier back yard. Thier yard isn't dirty like mine so the MD was easier to use. The first dig I made my hubby dig up a piece of old fence post. The second dig, however, yielded a 1983P dime. My first day and it found a coin! I put it in my pocket to bring home. (the in-laws laughed when I offered to split the find, said I could have it.) Now that I am home I took a closer look at my treasure and realized there was an error of some sort on the dime! How cool is that! I have been looking through my pocket change the last couple of months to find an error because I don't know what they look like. My treasure has a drippy M. The last m in UNUM dripped into the E in DIME. I think it is a die crack. I will ask the other message board. I love my metal detector! Can't wait to go again!
I have so much to learn!
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Jerry
Gary
<< <i>Once it really gets in your blood you'll be a treasure hunting junkie. You'll always need a fix >>
Yea...to late. It's 12:14am here and I just found a quarter, a nickel and a penny with a flash light in the front yard.
<< <i>It's 12:14am here and I just found a quarter, a nickel and a penny with a flash light in the front yard. >>
Ooooh! You're really a hard case. Don't forget though - it's hard to soar with eagles when you hoot with the owls.
G.
G.
<< <i>...with a flash light in the front yard >>
You need a head lamp.
Congrats on your first few finds. Nice start!