My finds worth posting -- updated 12/13/14
WhiteTornado
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Figured I may as well start a thread for my finds. Hopefully I find enough to keep this thread going 
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Hunted a local high school yesterday. Spent most of my time in the foul ground area of the baseball field, and then near the front entrance to the school.
Found $1.22 in clad, actually my best clad haul in one outing, believe it or not. Three of the pennies in the top row of the picture are really shot, all chunked up. The red penny really is painted red. The item in the lower left was some sort of junk jewelry item, maybe a tie tac. Hard to tell. It has a pin in the back and there was a spring in it, although the spring fell out as I was scrubbing the item with a toothbrush.
Not sure what this is, any ideas? Appears to be iron, may have been blue at one time. Found it at the baseball field, I think somewhere behind home plate.
.Hunted a local high school yesterday. Spent most of my time in the foul ground area of the baseball field, and then near the front entrance to the school.
Found $1.22 in clad, actually my best clad haul in one outing, believe it or not. Three of the pennies in the top row of the picture are really shot, all chunked up. The red penny really is painted red. The item in the lower left was some sort of junk jewelry item, maybe a tie tac. Hard to tell. It has a pin in the back and there was a spring in it, although the spring fell out as I was scrubbing the item with a toothbrush.
Not sure what this is, any ideas? Appears to be iron, may have been blue at one time. Found it at the baseball field, I think somewhere behind home plate.
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Happy hunting everyone.
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<< <i>and now have another couple of locations I can cross off my list. >>
White Tornado.... experience MD'rs know that a site is NEVER hunted out....Cheers, RickO
Bayard...thanks, that is a good tip and these iron plates did give off the kind of signal you described.
I met another hunter who was swinging an AT Pro one evening. He and his wife said they both hunt. They told me that during their beach trip last year, the wife found a ladies solitaire diamond ring, about 30 blocks to the south.
Happy hunting, everyone.
To clarify, this was held at the beach area of a state park, so all you needed was a detector and a sand scoop. I'm sure that is done on purpose to make the proceedings go quickly.
The first hunt was all silver coins and I got just under $2 face, as shown. No rarities of course but it was cool to get a couple of Barber Dimes and a few Mercs. I was feeling fine during that hunt and up through our lunch break. But, then I started dragging the second half, as the Advil wore off and it clouded up and got cooler. After lunch they had a kids hunt for a while, then we finally did the second hunt about 1:15 PM. That one was all tokens which were later redeemable for prizes.
I only found one token as they didn't hide as many of those, and apparently I was not alone. I think some people got shut out. My prize wasn't all that great, a t-shirt provided by one of the sponsoring metal detector companies, Whites. Some people got old silver like Morgans and Peaces, a couple of guys got new detectors (Minelab Xterra 305 and a Whites Coinmaster), and there were a lot of giveaways for things like hats, headphones, diggers, etc.
They also had a few raffles; I bought tickets for the giveaway of a gold coin. Didn't win that one. The big giveaway was for a new AT Pro. All participants were given one ticket. Would you believe mine was off by ONE DIGIT??
One really cool giveaway involved them hiding 10 small keys, 5 during the silver hunt and 5 during the token hunt. Each person was allowed to try the key on a small wooden treasure chest. They had stuffed it with things like a modern $5 gold coin, a string of pearls, a couple of Reales, and several more items. Total value was $500. I didn’t find a key.
The giveaways went on and on and I didn't leave until about 3:00 PM. I was back to feeling sick as a dog by that point til I could come home and get more medicine.
All in all it was good, probably worth going again next year. And I’m sure it will seem even better when I’m healthy next time LOL. It was a nice outing and serves to raise awareness of the club. Some people came from as far away as NY and TN. The TN guy even donated a small bag of gems, apparently from one of those fields where you can pay a fee and hunt for gems. In April they have another outing but it is a closed hunt, only open to club members. I'll be interested to see how many goodies they give away at that one.
<< <i>I've never found a Barber dime, a silver quarter, or a war nickel. You've got me beat. >>
Well, to be fair, it's a seeded hunt so they pushed me pretty far to the finish line before letting me run
Just tell everyone you found 17 silvers in one hunt! You stumbled upon a site where they were littered everywhere...never seen anything like it before.
<< <i>So you took a cab to mile 26 of a marathon and ran from there...no bigs!
Just tell everyone you found 17 silvers in one hunt! You stumbled upon a site where they were littered everywhere...never seen anything like it before. >>
I like that storyline
My club treasurer just informed me that the same guy who won the $500 treasure chest also won a Whites pinpointer, a $130 value. So that guy really cleaned up!
Most of the houses in my neighborhood are newer, built since 1970, including my own. There is one house, though, about a mile from my place and I noticed via searches online that it was built in 1930. Always wondered if that yard would yield anything decent. So I got up the gumption and drove over there and knocked on the door. No answer after a couple of knocks so I had to skip that place. I saw they have a "for sale" sign in the yard now, so hopefully I can get a chance there soon.
Wasn't quite sure where to head after that, so I tried a church a few miles away. The main doors were open so I wandered in. Took a minute before finally finding a few ladies in the kitchen area. Explained why I was there and the one closest to me kind of smiled and said with a laugh, "and when you find a million dollars, you'll let us know, right"?
Hunted around the edges of the parking lot and along the sides of the building. Didn't find much, just 26 cents in clad and a few trash items. Spent about an hour and a half there. I noticed about halfway through that the couple of other cars were gone, so I was there all by myself. It was nice to finally crack the ice on hunting private property. Hoping it leads to better finds in the near future
Happy hunting, all.
Moved on to a high school which was remodeled just 3 years ago. The front grounds have a lot of concrete, not as much sod as I've seen at other schools. Found a clad dime and a couple more pennies. Also found a bent key and someone's lacrosse pin, which is the most interesting item I've found in a while. Pretty sure it's just costume jewelry, but neat nonetheless.
My local treasure club is having a group hunt next weekend, so I hope to get out there and make my first really big find. You never know. Happy hunting, all.
Happy hunting everyone.