Brett
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Hi All,
This is my first real post here. I'll start off with a little intro and background.
I've been metal detecting for a month now with my Ace 250. My dad originally bought a Bounty Hunter Lonestar and then he soon yearned for something better so after the whole family did research we found the Ace 250 a good choice. My dad and I got Ace 250's and he sent the Lonestar to my brother in Florida. I try to get out detecting a little bit every day but it's obviously not enough. I've got gold fever now that I found a 14k gold men's wedding band in a bay side beach in Florida. My dad and I visited my brother for 4 days and were out detecting all day every day. Sadly the ring was the best thing any of us found, and the change wasn't bountiful. I only came away with about $8 for all 4 days. The beaches were pretty clean. Most of that was found in parks there. I'll post a pic of my ring another time.
So today I basically took one straight pass across the field at a local school and came back about 10 feet parallel of my first pass. I dug everything but I discriminated everything except nickels, pennies, dimes and quarters. I dug over 50 holes and came away with 4 quarters (one was '65 - close!), 5 dimes (a '66 was 8" deep), 5 nickels, 18 pennies, a Haunted Trails Token, a zipper, and some finger cuffs!
$1.93 total in a few hours. Not that great, but I try to keep the ground really nice and I think that slows me down considerably.
My brother gave me the nickname RootMaster after I bought an Ames True Temper Planter's Buddy digging tool from Lowes, and used it to cut through a crap load of roots to get to a quarter 8" down that I thought for sure was my first silver. But it turned out to be a sandblasted '88. I love that sandblasted look that the Florida sands gives the coins. Some areas are toxic though and the coins are turned into garbage, mostly pennies. I guess RootMaster is as good a TH'ing name as any, especially when I'm kicking those roots in the a$$ now.
This is my first real post here. I'll start off with a little intro and background.
I've been metal detecting for a month now with my Ace 250. My dad originally bought a Bounty Hunter Lonestar and then he soon yearned for something better so after the whole family did research we found the Ace 250 a good choice. My dad and I got Ace 250's and he sent the Lonestar to my brother in Florida. I try to get out detecting a little bit every day but it's obviously not enough. I've got gold fever now that I found a 14k gold men's wedding band in a bay side beach in Florida. My dad and I visited my brother for 4 days and were out detecting all day every day. Sadly the ring was the best thing any of us found, and the change wasn't bountiful. I only came away with about $8 for all 4 days. The beaches were pretty clean. Most of that was found in parks there. I'll post a pic of my ring another time.
So today I basically took one straight pass across the field at a local school and came back about 10 feet parallel of my first pass. I dug everything but I discriminated everything except nickels, pennies, dimes and quarters. I dug over 50 holes and came away with 4 quarters (one was '65 - close!), 5 dimes (a '66 was 8" deep), 5 nickels, 18 pennies, a Haunted Trails Token, a zipper, and some finger cuffs!
$1.93 total in a few hours. Not that great, but I try to keep the ground really nice and I think that slows me down considerably.
My brother gave me the nickname RootMaster after I bought an Ames True Temper Planter's Buddy digging tool from Lowes, and used it to cut through a crap load of roots to get to a quarter 8" down that I thought for sure was my first silver. But it turned out to be a sandblasted '88. I love that sandblasted look that the Florida sands gives the coins. Some areas are toxic though and the coins are turned into garbage, mostly pennies. I guess RootMaster is as good a TH'ing name as any, especially when I'm kicking those roots in the a$$ now.
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