1st Metal Detector find of 2008

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by RickieB, Apr 20, 2008.

  1. RickieB

    RickieB Expert Plunger Sniper

    Yesterday was my luck day I suppose??? Here is a coin I found at an abondoned site in Massachusetts!
    Must have been nailed up to a fence post at one time or another!!


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  3. colbrianlect

    colbrianlect Member

    if you dont mind me asking rickie what kind of detector you use?
     
  4. De Orc

    De Orc Well-Known Member

    Nice find Rickie, I quite like holed coins specialy those that were properly worn as lucky charms or tokens of affection :smile Not sure about nailed to a post though thats a bit harsh LOL
     
  5. Jim C (Mich)

    Jim C (Mich) Senior Member

    Congrats on nabbing that large cent. I have yet to find one this year. Grats to ya.
     
  6. Arizona Jack

    Arizona Jack The Lincoln-ator

    The wife and I are going out with the Whites MXT today, just to a city park in Scottsdale/Phoenix, but I'll post any finds

    Way to go Rickie !!!!
     
  7. RickieB

    RickieB Expert Plunger Sniper

    Hey Brian...no problem

    MineLab Xcalibur.....good to 200 ft below the water....not that I would ever go that far..(these days anyway)...


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  8. USS656

    USS656 Here to Learn Supporter


    200 ft ~ you are barely getting your feet wet - :D Doesn't get fun until you're below 1000.


    Nice find!!!
     
  9. spock1k

    spock1k King of Hearts

    nice find Rickie

    what happened to the chicago coin metal detetctors club? i know a couple of members were interested well the time to go is now guys.
     
  10. tdec1000

    tdec1000 Coin Rich, Money Poor :D

    Rickie, nice find. I do quite a bit of detecting myself. You got a good detector there. I always find that my finds are more sentimental to me than any coin that i have ever paid for. That is the god honest truth. Tom
     
  11. Bonedigger

    Bonedigger New Member

    Great find Ricky, Metal detecting can be "Tons of Fun..."

    Take Care Hoss
    Ben
     
  12. RickieB

    RickieB Expert Plunger Sniper

    Darryl....LOL...
    I know you Submariner's are used to great depth's...that steel hull can withstand the pressure that our bodies can't. Ten (10 years as a Deep Sea Diver in the Gulf of Mexico Oil Field's) when I was younger!

    256' was the deepest with 91% He and 9% O2 (ppO2 at depth) switch over at 190 to heliOx and then air at 60' until we got up to the can! Usually 5-6 hr's can time to decompress (Surface Decompression using O2).

    Many many hours in the water....but I am sure not as may as your day's in the Sub Corps!

    Right on 656!!!


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  13. RickieB

    RickieB Expert Plunger Sniper

    Tom...I agree..and yes, I was sticked shocked with the cost of this detector! I am happy to say it finds things others miss...:):)


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  14. Arizona Jack

    Arizona Jack The Lincoln-ator

    Worked an area in the park....found 2 zinc Lincolns and a Deleware quarter.....

    When I got home, I figured out I had it in Relic mode........doh, no wonder I did not have a better day, but it was still fun
     
  15. Phoenix21

    Phoenix21 Well-Known Member

    Hey Rickie, sweet coin! WTG, congrats! :thumb:

    Phoenix :cool:
     
  16. USS656

    USS656 Here to Learn Supporter

    Even in a modern sub going deep is a experience you never forget. We would tie a string from one side to the other on the surface. By the time we would get to test depth the string would sag by about three feet. The pressures outside the haul makes you understand that if anything went really wrong you didn't have to worry much about suffering long! The ride to the surface can be better than any amusement ride. When the COW hits the chicken switches ~ it's an elevator ride that reminds you of the scene in Charlie and the Chocolate factory only on a much larger scale. Real deep to the surface in less than a minute and then a full broach like in the movie hunt for red October. I don't envy the divers that go as deep as you did, dangerous is an understatement!
    I would love to use that detector off the coast of Sebastian inlet, FL. If I didn't have such a shark phobia (-lol-result of a run in with a hammer head) - I'd be there looking for some Spanish gold!
     
  17. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    Nice find.
    All that I found yesterday was about $5 in small change, including a Saci $, only the second this year.
     
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