GOLD! Garage Sales vs Detecting

[jnkhntr]

My personal score Garage Sales =10 Metal Detecting =0

At G sales I look for large lots of junk jewelery and take the time to look thru it. I have found 2 14k rings , 3 14k service pins plus 1 10k service pin, , 1 14k necklace, and 3 14k pendents. The most paid for any item (priced by seller) was $1.00 for one of the rings.

My results for CRH hunting are simular but I have not been completely shut out like detecting for gold.

I find my time Garage Sale hunting way more productive than either MDing or Coin Roll Hunting.

How about Y'all ,Yous guys, yuns?

 

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[homefires]

I know a guy at the flea market that found 4 14K bracelets total weight .70 OzT.

Paid $35.00.

 

[cyberdan]

I find my time Garage Sale hunting way more productive than either MDing or Coin Roll Hunting.

Same results here!
I still CRH a bit but haven't picked up my XLT in quite a while.
MD, CRH, YS all are done on a saturday morning. Can't do more than one thing at a time. Since YS is much more productive ($$$$) I have chosen to do that at this time.

Your YS finds are also simular to mine also. Hope your not the competition I run into sometimes

and, I don't call myself dollardan for nothin

happy hunting

 

[CladSpends2]

I am in agreement, I have MD'ed only 4 or 5 times this yr. I yardsale every weekend of the month, but the one I have to work dayshift. I haven't been CRH'ing, but my daughter asks me if we can do it about every other time she is at the bank with me on our errands. T.

 

[jnkhntr]

Your YS finds are also simular to mine also. Hope your not the competition I run into sometimes

No competition from me Dan, I'm 3000 miles away. Funny thing here in Florida is I usually find small pieces of gold late in the day after the local competition has missed it! I find the key here is to stick with it and keep looking even if you get a few shut out days.

 

[SteveDodds]

I agree with you on this big time. Not only can a person find just gold but a person can also find stuff like this at garage sales. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280546735428&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:ITI paid $5.00 for it. Yahoo for me!! Lets see one of these come up out of the ground. TeeHee. Not that I am ragging on MDing. Sometimes there is nothing like pulling an old corroded wheat cent out of the ground. So MDing does have its place.

 

[allen]

i get lots more gold at yard sales, but
i find the older gold with the detector.