My first time in my yard

JTJones

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Jun 1, 2019
4
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A vintage Browning King & Co. button with "K", a Winchester Remington & Peters 30-30 casing or shell, an intact metal lipstick case and another empty tube with Distr. Pitkin Inc. Newark NY on bottom, 2 dog licenses (1951 and 1962), a small padlock, a 1920 Modern Health Crusader pin, 2 quarters, 5 pennies (wheats), a possible watch fob with "G", and an old rusty what looks like would go on a barn or shed, along with a few older pull tabs, some nuts, bolts, nails.
 

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Icewing

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Jan 5, 2016
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Looks like you are off to a heck of a good start... Keep digging, there's more.
 

CASPER-2

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Jan 3, 2012
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i started detecting in 1975 at age 12 - almost gave it up - i got to hunt with older guys and they were finding goodies every where we went - but no one
would take the time to help me out ...so had to learn for myself - in Spring of 76 - i decided to hunt my yard - it went back to the late 30s
I started finding coins as soon as the ground thawed and even in areas that were shaded and still frozen i was getting reading so knew
there was more to come. I started getting silver coins and buffalo nickles and lots of wheats - every day after school i would hit it for a little while
and i was slowing down and going for fainter targets and got deeper coins - I was learning my machine little by little - i then applied what i learned to parks
and schools etc. ..and eventually 1976 ended up being a very good year and kept me in the hobby
so hope it does the same for you :icon_thumright:
 

Truth

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Apr 13, 2016
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Abita Springs La....Born in New Orleans
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EQUINOX 800
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i started detecting in 1975 at age 12 - almost gave it up - i got to hunt with older guys and they were finding goodies every where we went - but no one
would take the time to help me out ...so had to learn for myself - in Spring of 76 - i decided to hunt my yard - it went back to the late 30s
I started finding coins as soon as the ground thawed and even in areas that were shaded and still frozen i was getting reading so knew
there was more to come. I started getting silver coins and buffalo nickles and lots of wheats - every day after school i would hit it for a little while
and i was slowing down and going for fainter targets and got deeper coins - I was learning my machine little by little - i then applied what i learned to parks
and schools etc. ..and eventually 1976 ended up being a very good year and kept me in the hobby
so hope it does the same for you :icon_thumright:

Great story CASPER.
 

Truth

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Apr 13, 2016
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Abita Springs La....Born in New Orleans
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Keep it up wish I could just walk outside and find that. I’ll drive a hour or 2 to find one silver or one CW relic, but I’m a degenerate detectorist. I admit I’m sick.
 

Hughett

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May 11, 2019
280
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Great story CASPER.

I agree. Guys like Casper is the reason we have to work four times as hard to find the good stuff.
And I still hunt my yard just in case I missed something.
 

Hughett

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May 11, 2019
280
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Northwest GA
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I’m still new and still learning. I’ve yet to hunt with someone else to teach me the ropes. I would suggest finding a md’ing vet to hunt with.
 

wmgeorge

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Mar 4, 2013
52
40
Iowa
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With all the online forums like this one and You Tube, plus the books being written and sold a person can learn MD pretty easy without having someone by your side teaching you the ropes.
 

Oct 5, 2014
31,886
35,424
Massachusetts
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Nice finds, congrats! :occasion14:
 

Truth

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Apr 13, 2016
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32,142
Abita Springs La....Born in New Orleans
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EQUINOX 800
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I’m still new and still learning. I’ve yet to hunt with someone else to teach me the ropes. I would suggest finding a md’ing vet to hunt with.

I hunted by myself my first 2 years. I still hunt by myself 90% of the time. Most of my friends fish and they think I’ve literally lost my mine with this detecting. All my poles have dust on them lol
 

BLK HOLE

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Aug 3, 2017
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Northern Virginia
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Welcome from Northern Virginia :skullflag: Looks like you have a very productive site just outside your front door! You are off to a great start, keep swinging and I am betting you find silver soon:icon_thumleft:
 

tomhighland

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Sep 26, 2015
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In MI woods
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Great start. Welcome to the site and the hobby. We never stop learning.
 

EccentricInTexas

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Jan 14, 2013
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Neat finds!!! I bet theres some silver there somewhere!!!
 

Steve in PA

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Jul 5, 2010
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Nice masonic watch fob. I found one similar about two years ago.

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parsonwalker

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Feb 16, 2013
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Virginia
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What an unusually good first experience. Your old hinge is called a "spoon" hinge, and is most certainly blacksmith forged and very old. You're on a good site!
 

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