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  1. #1
    us
    Oct 2006
    Around
    Whites MXT
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    Metal Detecting

    I just gave up after this....

    I've seen so many awesome finds come from our yard - wheats, coppers, silver, buttons... but have yet to find anything but iron myself....one lead round ball is all. I go out for a lil while yesterday afternoon and iron, iron, iron and then I get this sweet sound....dig and see this metal looking disc pop out....my heart fell - thought maybe I had finally found a flat button....turned it over to see white plastic.... I filled the hole and handed the metal detector over to Joe. Very frustrating but oh well...that's why they call it hunting!

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    [size=10pt]****My Greatest Treasure - My Family****[/size]

  2. #2
    us
    Jan 2012
    Maryland
    Whites Coinmaster
    1,222
    22 times
    Coin Roll Hunting

    Re: I just gave up after this....

    Don't give up! Everyone will always find junk, but there might be silver below the junk, too.
    "Money is like a sixth sense - and you can't make use of the other five without it." - William Somerset Maugham
    "Never spend your money before you have earned it. " - Thomas Jefferson

  3. #3
    us
    Jul 2010
    Earth
    F75, F75 SE
    778
    Relic Hunting

    Re: I just gave up after this....

    try turning up your discrimination, you should be able to knock out most of the iron, but most of all don't give up. Maybe you can pick a spot say 10' x 10' and dig everything in that area, GL and HH

  4. #4
    us
    CS IS NEXT

    Nov 2005
    MARYLAND
    TDI White's MXT's and Surf II Lot's-O-Coil's
    8,605
    2 times
    Relic Hunting
    Honorable Mentions (1)

    Re: I just gave up after this....

    Is that a Reale

  5. #5
    us
    Jan 2012
    West Virginia
    bounty hunter II / whites classic Id
    319
    5 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: I just gave up after this....

    Dont give up, I always have days like that. I pulled nothing but junk for two days, somedays are like that. I dont know if you have tried to use coins and things from your pocket to test you detector but that could help too. I always keep a few things in my pocket just to reset my detector to make sure I am not trippin. My detector will pull out coins and copper but not lead on one setting and will make several different sounds in relic mode. You should use ear phones and really know your beeps and buzz's.

  6. #6
    us
    Jul 2006
    Murfreesboro Tn.
    1,151
    2 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: I just gave up after this....

    Keep going never quit
    Garrett

  7. #7

    Re: I just gave up after this....

    MM,
    Was it Colonial white plastic at least?
    There is silver out there for you in those fields. Don't let Joe get it.
    Keep trying.
    -MM-
    Oldest coin - 1700's Spanish silver piece of 8 reale
    Oldest U.S. silver - 1833 Capped Bust Half Dime
    Oldest U.S. copper - 1847 Large cent
    Civil War best finds:
    *NC officers belt buckle
    *CSN Confederate Navy Officer button
    *Eagle Sword Belt Plate

  8. #8
    us
    Oct 2006
    Around
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    Metal Detecting

    Re: I just gave up after this....

    Quote Originally Posted by sagittarius98
    there might be silver below the junk, too.
    Don't I know it. There's been silver pulled in places I've hunted around here, but I keep increasing my square nail collection.

    Quote Originally Posted by MKnTenn
    Maybe you can pick a spot say 10' x 10' and dig everything in that area, GL and HH
    At this point I just dig everything trying to get a better handle on this machine, but I have a pretty good teacher, which helps me a lot. Thanks

    Quote Originally Posted by civilman1
    Is that a Reale
    SA ...one of these days Alice..lol.

    Quote Originally Posted by hdmech71
    Dont give up, I always have days like that. You should use ear phones and really know your beeps and buzz's.
    Thanks HD, I know the MXT pretty well and being with Civilman1, I've got a great teacher. I never hunt without the gray ghosts, just a break in the threshold and I'm checking it out. HH

    Quote Originally Posted by bluehunter1973
    Keep going never quit
    Oh I'm not a quiter - the frustration just makes me more determined - I don't give up on anything. HH

    Quote Originally Posted by ModernMiner
    MM,
    Was it Colonial white plastic at least?

    That was good MM. I don't give up, besides I have to keep swinging - it makes Joe a lil nervous that I might find that Reale before he does...lol

    [size=10pt]****My Greatest Treasure - My Family****[/size]

  9. #9
    us
    Nov 2011
    Charles Town, WV
    Fisher F75 with 11" DD coil, Garrett Ace 250 with 9x12 coil, Garrett Pro-Pinpointer
    520
    6 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: I just gave up after this....

    I love finding those...not.
    "Life's a garden. DIG IT!!!" - - Joe Dirt

  10. #10
    us
    Oct 2006
    Around
    Whites MXT
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    Metal Detecting

    Re: I just gave up after this....

    Quote Originally Posted by matt092079
    I love finding those...not.
    Thanks for enlightening us....not :P
    [size=10pt]****My Greatest Treasure - My Family****[/size]

  11. #11
    us
    Nov 2010
    California
    Bounty Hunter Tracker IV
    457
    5 times

    Re: I just gave up after this....

    My best find is a surface find that looked a lot like your plastic disc. I nearly didn't look closer because it looked like a dusty old plastic poker chip among other surface trash. Nope! 1923 Peace silver dollar, beautiful. It's the only silver coin I've found. You may not find your silver on the surface like I did, but you will find silver! I hope yours is a reale or a silver dollar! HH Andi

  12. #12
    us
    USMC Semper Fi

    Jan 2012
    New York/Florida
    Garrett ACE 350, Pro-pointer, Bounty Hunter Tracker II
    227
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting

    Re: I just gave up after this....

    I hit two caps like that the other day at the beach very frustrating but we all go on from there.
    Cleaning up America and getting rich, one pop-top and penny at a time.

    Coop

  13. #13
    us
    Mar 2012
    Riverside, CA
    Bounty Hunter Pioneer 202
    300
    7 times
    Metal Detecting

    Re: I just gave up after this....

    Dont give up! Most of what ya gonna find is gonna be junk. Most my finds are trash but at least im removing em frm my hunting grounds. And cans n bottles=recycle for crv $$$ better luck to ya my friend

  14. #14
    us
    Sep 2007
    wakeman, ohio
    J.W.FISHERS pulse 8x
    1,495
    4 times
    Shipwrecks

    Re: I just gave up after this....

    my junk pile is in tons, and I'm not kidding. keep at it the goodies will come.
    them that dive will be the lucky ones !!

  15. #15
    us
    Jan 2012
    Butler Pa
    Bounty Hunter 505 X TERRA 705
    1,202
    7 times
    Metal Detecting

    Re: I just gave up after this....

    Jim

  16. #16
    us
    May 2008
    Oklahoma
    Ace 250
    325
    1 times
    All Types Of Treasure Hunting
    Honorable Mentions (1)

    Re: I just gave up after this....

    Don't know where you are but I bet you junk and trash is older than what I find, so you are not at the bottom of the food chain.

  17. #17
    mikusek

    Re: I just gave up after this....

    Any target just spurs me on to keep going........ junk or good. Of course it might depend on the terrain, junk in rough going might send me elsewhere.

 

 

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