Here is my latest YouTube video of my last Detecting trip at 2 new parks I visited in upper Manhattan this past Saturday. Short and sweet.. Enjoy! US Silver #69, #70, #71 & #72 for 2021
WOW! All I found when I tried that back in the 70's was beer tabs and bottle caps. Gave the machine away. I guess I didn't have the patience you folks have. Now older, with more time on my hands I may try it again.
@lordmarcovan Here is my latest Bunny Foo Foo YouTube video Some of my friends and members here have asked me why I don't video me swinging and actually digging. The answer to that is I want to do that when I purchase a GoPro camera that I can mount on my chest and also.. It is hot out there! It's bad enough that I have to carry so much equipment and supplies on any summer trip. I keep my videos short and to the point!
I've got a Contour Roam camera that I used in my dig videos, and on my England trip. It's eight years old now but hardly ever used- and since I'm essentially retired as a detectorist, I may never use it again. Takes a micro SD card. I sewed a mounting bracket to my cap so that you could slide the camera on and off of it. I shot all of this video (and my others) on it. You can sort of see the camera mounted on my cap at the end of my long video, above. So anyway, not to spam up your thread or anything like that, but I ain't usin' the camera, and you, I think, could put it to very good use. Shoot me a PM if you are so inclined.
PS- maybe "short and to the point" is a good thing, BTW. The video I embedded above, like many of my written message board postings, is perhaps a bit too long and over the top. 'Tis just the way I am.
I am very new to metal detecting and desire to become more proficient, so thanks for posting your home movies, they do help me understand the skill sets better. As you plan your excursions, how do you research and acquire permissions for detecting - and do you get accosted by owners ever?
Thank you so much for this Video. you may have "perked" my interest in metal detecting again. I owned a "coin master" detector back in the early 70's all I found was pull tabs and bottle caps PERIOD. not ONE coin. I lost interest and gave it away. I understand the new ones are much better and I love that wand you was using.
I too started out with an old TR detector in the (late-) 1970s. Regardless of the equipment, it takes a lot of patience and persistence, a little bit of skill (which evolves naturally from the “persistence” part), and then a dollop of luck on top of that. Some folks make it look easy, but if it was that easy, everyone would be doing it! That being said, there’s no better hobby. I think of all the times I felt truly alive in my life, most were when I was squatting on the ground somewhere, digging up old coins and relics.
As I mentioned once before on here I literally live on a Civil war battlefield here in Tupelo Mississippi and upon planting various bushes and plants I have dug up civil war bullets accidently. Hard to tell what's under my feet here (may not want to know)
Neat! One day I will record a live dig. You will notice something strange though. I hold my detector in my left hand and the shovel with my right. I do the opposite of what most detectorist do in their videos
(Now that I’ve watched) Fantastic! Very cool on the WW2 Victory medal, too! Be sure to keep that remnant of the original ribbon. It’s remarkable that that survived. I’ve found 1820s buttons with original thread still in the shanks, but textiles don’t usually survive like that, at least in the environments I’ve dug in. Maybe it’s a different story in drier places. Your NYC park sod looks similar to what I used to encounter in NC.
don't feel bad I am fully right handed in everything but I shoot a bow left handed and must buy a lefthanded bow, go figger huh?
here are some civil war bullets I have dig accidently on my land here is the past 30 years as I planted trees and bushes. One bullet has rat/mouse chewing on it, I'd rather not want to know what attracted the animal to chew on a lead bullet (I have read horror stories about the dead on battlefields after the fight)
Nice, as always. Your metal is a WW II Victory Medal, which was awarded to all military personnel that served between Dec. 7, 1941 and Dec. 31 1946. I believe the bar you are referring to was the ribbon holder, not a lieutenants bar.