Circling The Drain

Argentium

Gold Member
Feb 2, 2008
9,058
5,574
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Detector(s) used
Whites, MXT.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Greetings everybody ! Went metal detecting today - cause I really needed some money for food

and gas . I'm only semi employed right now (teaching at the community college), and paydays

are few and far between . I hit a bunch of parks here in town with my MXT and the 6x10 coil,

and I was only interested in picking up as many dimes and quarters as I could - no deepies ,

no oldies - spendable cash - so i cranked up the discrimination and blew through as many

tot lots and picnic table areas as time permitted . Ended the day with $ 19. 45 in clad and

3 wheaties 42 D, 52 D , 55 D and three rings ,two small silvers and one brass . Hey I

find it comforting to know I can go out and get some money when I really need it !

Argentium.
 

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sasnz

Sr. Member
Aug 15, 2006
429
29
Auckland
Detector(s) used
Garrett 2500 GTI
good on you. $20 dollars a day is 140 a week, not bad considering all the other good stuff ya find also. ;D

Sasnz
 

mlayers

Gold Member
Oct 29, 2007
5,576
429
Northern, OH
Detector(s) used
DFX, White PI, Bounty Hunter, Whites Surfmaster II and Excalibur II
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
WTG on the gas money. Must have a decent spot to hunt and later you can go back and get the deep stuff...Matt
 

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seger98

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Seeing your total, I'd say that's a pretty good way to approach a park if you just want some fast money! :thumbsup:


Chris
 

bula

Hero Member
Mar 13, 2008
606
3
southern utah
Detector(s) used
White MXT
Man in that part of the New Mexico you should have thousands of places to hunt. I would love to hunt in your part of the woods. When I cherry pick with the mxt I set the gain on 3 or 4 and the discrimination right at pull tabs that way I will get the solid 20 for the nickels & a little gold, you can always ignore the Penny's.
 

SusanMN

Silver Member
Jun 1, 2007
4,534
4,098
Minnesota
Detector(s) used
Tiger Shark, Xterra 705, Makro Legend
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I can relate. I spent many hours when I was younger scrounging parks, playgrounds and highways for bottles when you could exchange them for 5 cents each to get the gas and grocery money.
 

beetle662

Bronze Member
Jul 25, 2003
1,383
300
Independence, KY
Detector(s) used
Nokta Makro Simplex+
Sure hope the job situation gets better for you. Congrats on getting out and finding enough to help ya out. Keep at it!!!
 

MUD(S.W.A.T)

Gold Member
Apr 15, 2005
8,003
897
Location: Undisclosed
Detector(s) used
I use, Whites MXT and Garrett AT Pro.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I know if I had one of these when I was on the streets... I would have not been on the streets :icon_scratch: ??? ::) :P ;D :D

Keep @ it and HH!!
 

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