First outing with my own machine

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WhiteTornado
WhiteTornado Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭
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I wound up buying a slightly used Tesoro Cibola and got out with it on Sunday for the first time. Hunted for 30 minutes at a nearby tot lot and got 2 zinc Lincolns and a whole soda can image. I picked the tot lot because it was close and all of them in my area have a couple of inches of mulch on top of soil, so it makes digging pretty easy. The can was intact and down farther than I would have thought, about 4 inches. I'm guessing someone buried it on purpose, even though there is a trash can not 10 feet away. After 30 minutes, I had swept all the areas pretty well and the mosquitoes were getting viscous so I packed up and headed home.

This tot lot I went to is used infrequently, so I hope to soon hit another one nearby that is busier. When I rented the Whites detector about a month ago, the busier tot lot yielded a couple of Zincolns and a quarter, so I'm hoping for more clad (or better) on my next visit with the Cibola.

No pinpointer yet, but I have one on order and hope to get it in a few days.

I guess the detecting bug has fully bitten! image

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  • millennium
    millennium Posts: 3,305
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    You have definitely got the metal detecting virus....it'll be with you forever.......congrats!
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  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Great... and this is just the beginning.... you are now officially afflicted with a fascinating hobby... welcome to the club. Cheers, RickO
  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,092 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    i love getting out in the fall best ( it seems i have best luck at that time ). happy hunting now that your hooked image
  • lordmarcovan
    lordmarcovan Posts: 45,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Hope to see more from you soon, Phil!

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  • WhiteTornado
    WhiteTornado Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭
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    I went to the second tot lot yesterday morning. Got $.052 in clad, including 6 Zincolns, 1 copper Lincoln, 2 Roosies (my first), and 1 Washie. image
  • pcgs69
    pcgs69 Posts: 4,406 ✭✭✭✭
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    that's it, you're now hooked. You'll be looking at land now and try to date it and rate it for detectability! Keep us posted with your finds.

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