Obsessive
Hero Member
- Apr 16, 2017
- 604
- 861
- Detector(s) used
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XP Deus/MI-6 w/ HF/XF/LF
Tesoro Cibola / Land and Sea pinpointer
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Dig first. Post later.
Welcome, FeralMermaid! I must say that you are very well spoken. Perhaps an author? You tend to a very nice turn of phrase.
Yes, large trees do tend to accumulate things, since people like shade and sitting and lying about under trees was normal before the days of air conditioning. It does sound as though your tree was quite old, four feet across at the base could be easily 100 years old or more. If there has never been a home there though there may be nothing to find, unless cows in central Minnesota carry pocket change. You'll find the pages of T-Net littered with stories of "buried loot", most of which are just that-stories. Criminals tend to spend the loot, not normally being the types of folks who plan for the future. Still, stranger things have happened.
You did say something that tells me you've got the right attitude to be a successful detectorist, though. You mentioned research. That's the key to consistently finding nice things in this hobby, research and location. It's the dusty archives and old books, manuscripts and diaries that will put you on the road to finding the old stuff. After all, you need to go where people lose things to find them again.
If that's your photo in your profile, then you should have no problem getting permissions to dig places. A young lady will get permissions to hunt places us crabby old greybeards will be denied, in many cases, and that's a good thing for you.
As far as the beach goes, remember; people tend to live in their own little bubbles. They are there to do what they go to the beach for; swim, recreate themselves, have a few beers, whatever. Your metal detecting will get about zero interest, except possibly from kids; kids are curious. Adults tend to think of Detectorists as somewhat goofy, on the whole, and on the whole, we couldn't care less. As a self avowed "freak", I suspect you too will have a pretty low care factor about what other people think, so load up the old Bounty Hunter and head to the beach.
Dag Blam Chiggers. Where are you? I need to know what areas to avoid!!!Trees have always been good to me. Found a WWI collar disc under one today. Found some chiggers too, or they found me.
Dag Blam Chiggers. Where are you? I need to know what areas to avoid!!!
Have a good friend in Ft W I am supposed to be there later this month. Love the downtown tourist trap. Great town! I will stay off the grass.Texas, Ft. Worth. Avoid tall grass, or those %^#$% will get you.
Have a good friend in Ft W I am supposed to be there later this month. Love the downtown tourist trap. Great town! I will stay off the grass.
Almost as much as the cervesas Well ok, no where near as much as beerEnjoy the longhorn cattle!
If digging is a 'hassle', then you've chosen the wrong hobby.
Calm down, it's not that serious. In life, you acheive things by doing those things that you don't particularly feel like. Despite this particular dig being a hassle, I AM digging it up, which you might know had you been reading. It's just going to take a while, because I am one person without all the proper resources.
I really don't need to explain the definition of a hassle, but in case you're curious: I've already dug up dozens of rusty old nails in the vicinity. If you tore up years of overgrowth and hacked away under an extensive root system to find a rusty old nail a foot under rocky soil next to a mosquito-ridden swamp, you might consider it all to be hassle too. Not that it matters how you would feel.
And, by the way, who's to say everyone swinging a metal detector is a hobbyist?
Yup! Well, a little exercise never hurt nobody. Should've kept my eyes peeled...it was just propped up there on the stump (to my defense it was shrouded.) Live n' learn I guess...
Just glad I didn't ask my brothers for help... I can already see the fury in their eyes. lol If they didn't think my metal detecting was stupid before, I sure don't want to give them a reason!