Metal detector finds

Discussion in 'Coin Chat' started by Richard gladfelter, May 3, 2018.

  1. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    Funny story, perhaps.

    I was detecting a beach on LI, and found- are ya ready?

    5 or 6 dollar coins in a pile.

    I was really psyched, since it had never happened before -- to me.

    I met a guy [detectorist] and told him about it.
    Ah, that's nothing, last week I found 20 of them.

    sorry, but-- yeah right.

    10, is a real wow, but 20?
     
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  3. masterswimmer

    masterswimmer A Caretaker, can't take it with me

    Were the 20 coins in Black Beards treasure chest underneath the old oak tree marked with an 'X'?
     
  4. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    If fuel prices weren't so high it would have been very good. Had several spills, several surface finds, 2 in parking lots. The ring is probably stainless. The clasp on the chain says 10K. IDK if the chain is real but the clasp might be. That claw piece in the center also is stamped 10K on the retractable part on the other side. Can't find a spot in the new house to take a good photo. stuff.png day435.JPG
     
  5. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank


    probably
     
  6. buddy16cat

    buddy16cat Well-Known Member

    I bought a metal detector and all I found was junk. I took it back.
     
  7. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    First I pull an old silver half dollar 1958-D, and then later a silver ring. The other ring I think is stainless. I usually don't even keep keys. I got home and this one is 925 silver, also from the first spot. Only used 3/4 of a gallon. 7 shots at a W, 0-7.
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  8. potty dollar 1878

    potty dollar 1878 Well-Known Member

    Nice,sure was a fine day,the key is a favorite out of them all.
     
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  9. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    I didnt get a great signal and I have pulled so many keys I usually leave them
    on a bench or on the playground. IDK why I kept this one. And then There's a nice 925 stamp (JWBR) on one side of the teeth. Looking up the mark now.
    JWBR is an Indian jewelry company. Can't find out which one. 4.3 grams.
     
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  10. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    Treashunt 5 or 6 dollar coins in a pile is awesome. The most I found in a "spill" under some swings was 3. I had some other hunts where I pulled 3 but that was the total. While 3 is the most I have ever pulled in a hunt, some of them had some other treasures. 3 dollar coins and a half, 3 dollar coins a half, a silver ring and a silver bracelet, 3 dollar coins and a half. The one when I found the spill, I had 2 other hits and I thought I was getting another, but it was 2 quarters.
     
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  11. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    And sometimes the bear eats you. day437.JPG
     
  12. Michael K

    Michael K Well-Known Member

    I decided I wasn't going to go. And then when I woke up at the last second, I said WTH. It wasn't going well and then I pulled a nice silver and onyx ring near the end.
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  13. J.T. Parker

    J.T. Parker Well-Known Member

    This what I did with all the brass water hose sprayers I dug with my detector!
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  14. Jersey magic man

    Jersey magic man Supporter! Supporter

    Nice model of the Covid virus.
     
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  15. J.T. Parker

    J.T. Parker Well-Known Member

    Ha! Ha!
    Who knew I'd be so prescient 20 years ago!
    J.T.
     
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  16. Cliff Reuter

    Cliff Reuter Well-Known Member

    LOL. Really Neat!!!
    That's quite a project and a lot of work getting all those nozzles so shiny.
     
  17. J.T. Parker

    J.T. Parker Well-Known Member

    Hello Cliff.
    A homemade jig mounted on a small polish motor & large can of Semichrome™ helped with the 109 nozzles.
    J.T.
     
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  18. Cliff Reuter

    Cliff Reuter Well-Known Member

    Quick work and an ingenious way to make use of them.

    I love metal detecting BTW. Been doing it in Fl for only 4 years out of 51 here. I talked myself out of it before then by saying all the Spanish plata had already been found. (Insert head slap here!)
     
  19. J.T. Parker

    J.T. Parker Well-Known Member

    Hello Cliff,
    With as many weather disturbances you get in Fl (More than we get in Galveston)
    I'd expect there might be good hunting directly afterwards.
    J.T.
     
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  20. Jersey magic man

    Jersey magic man Supporter! Supporter

    Do/did you live near a factory that made nozzles? That is one of a heck of a lot of nozzles to find by anyone regardless of how long they have been detecting.
     
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  21. Cliff Reuter

    Cliff Reuter Well-Known Member

    Thanks, JT and yes that is the best time to hunt. We get lots of disappointed visitors after a storm.
    Unfortunately, the local PD closes public access to the beaches to ostensibly "protect" the public and survey any damage. I know a treasure dealer who has gotten Spanish platta coins from an officer who detected them from those same beaches while they were closed.

    I guess he had to do something while patrolling the deserted beach?
     
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