One Billion dollars.....

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rataft

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Hi All,
I read some where that world wide people lose 1 billion dollars a year.... Seeing what I have metal detecting I can beleive that. My question is How much of that billion is being found???? My best year ever was just over the $450.00 mark (clad only) , do you think that there are that many detectorists???? I was wondering if we add all are totals together how much have we found in one year ????
RATaft
 

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EDDE

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Dec 7, 2004
7,129
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Troy X5
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
im at $48.08 not including a dozen wheats couple silvers and a silver ring with birthstone did imention all the pull tabs >:( counted it yesterday so most was with the ol BH but the new X5 TROY still getting the hang of it but am getting the hang of it with more use.
 

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nutso

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I probably recover about $250 in clad a year.
 

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Floater

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Let the math do the Talking . 1,000,000.00 dollars X 1000 + 1 ,000,000,000.00 So now you take 12 million detectorists world wide and divide that into 1 billion per year and we get an average of each one finding 8 ,333,333.00 which means that we should all be finding
8 miillion plus a year. HMMMM where do you think my 8 mill is hiding ??????? OFF TO THE HUNT WE GO
 

swizzle

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May 3, 2003
457
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upstate ny
I know where all that money is...................... I dig at least a half million dollars a year worth of alluminum pull tabs. recycling centers buy in bulk. lol
 

Colorado2

Hero Member
Dec 26, 2004
597
6
Berthoud CO
Detector(s) used
White's DFX, White's MXT, Fisher Gold Bug II
I'm at $89.12 in clad since January 7th. ?With Silver another $2.05. ?Man I wish I had more time to hunt....Damn Job! ;D~CO2
 

Talos

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Dec 10, 2004
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I picked up $324.99 last year in coins and currency -- and that was the non-detector finds, just walking around town. It came to: paper money $67 (two tens, three fives, 32 ones); coins, excluding wheaties and silver, (407 quarters, 773 dimes, 428 nickels, 5,754 pennies). I hope that adds up correctly. My little share of the one billion lost annually.
 

jeremiah212

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Jan 23, 2005
147
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kahnawake, Quebec Canada
last summer was my first season MDing..
i pulled up $118 in clad..i am sure i could got much more if i had more time to MD
also i live in canada and our $1 and $2 are coins, so clad adds up really fast here
 

stoney56

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Oct 4, 2004
6,888
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Oklahoma
I guess if there's that much out there, I better get myself a bigger tumbler. Will this work? ;D
 

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