Car wash/ Laundry shooting

[B&E prospecting]

So I woke up at 4:30am and couldn't get back to sleep so I read some detecting forums- nugget shooting- until 7:00 am. Temp. reached just above 40's today. We had to do laundry so I finally decided to bring my RadioShack Discovery 3000 (BH clone) to the laundry mat and check the dirt piles that they pile up from the car wash drains. I have always wanted to see what coins one can find!

15 quarters
26 pennies
2 dimes
1 nickel
3 wheat pennies 1944, 1937, 1936
1 Canadian penny
1 Canadian quarter
All in about 1 hours time!
I haven't even scratched the surface( so to speak) of years and years of untouched piles of dirt. Not too bad for the first day of the season of metal detecting. I set it on Auto Tune and adjusted the discrimination about 1/2 way and I was really amazed at the limited trash that actually sounded off. I'm glad I left the Gold Bug M-Scope at home though, that thing would've never stopped beeping!

 

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[SusanMN]

There was one gentleman who used to regularly screen the dust bins from pay car vacuums and he found coins jewelry and a bit of gold.

 

[B&E prospecting]

Nice. Ya I was trying to think of a way to screen the dirt too. It's just fun beeping over it and knowing the machine still works properly

 

[B&E prospecting]

Where at in Mn Susan? I'm in Brainerd

 

[SirWalterRaleigh]

There was one gentleman who used to regularly screen the dust bins from pay car vacuums and he found coins jewelry and a bit of gold.

I recently started doing this when I couldn't go out metal detecting due to the cold weather. It can be a little gross at times but the amount of stuff you find is amazing. This one gas station vacuum cleaner close to my home gives up about $15 a month in clad

Haven't found any good jewelry yet only junkers

 

[joee5]

You still hunt with a Radio Shack unit?

 

[B&E prospecting]

Joee5- yep [emoji51] it works nice for coins. It's nowhere near the quality of many of the newer models but... it was given to me by a neighbor so free is always good! Besides, with all the trash involved, I can't imagine what some of the higher end machines would behave like! Do you think they could discriminate a lot of trash? I'm curious.

 

[B&E prospecting]

SusanMN- Gross is right but I try not to think about what I'm digging in lol. I'm washable-gloves are a must tho.

 

[Normsel]

Why not I have one over 20 yrs old and it works great and once you know the sound it will find anything a $2000 detector will but not as deep and you don't know what your digging

 

[B&E prospecting]

I agree. I feel you should apply the right tool for the right job. Again my Gold Bug would've sounded off at everything under the sun(still older I admit), but it's so sensitive! My Discovery is perfect for coin/jewelry. It's not about cost of a machine or high depth or sensitivity enough for a pin head of gold! I have 4 different types and ages of detectors and each one has it's purpose. Ty for the comments

 

[SusanMN]

Where at in Mn Susan? I'm in Brainerd

Twin cities, east metro