vthepresident
Full Member
- Dec 30, 2007
- 213
- 7
- Detector(s) used
- White's DFX, White's Prism II, Tesoro Sand Shark
Hey folks,
Finally got out to do some hunting yesterday, and I drove about an hour and a half to a very old town where my friend's parents live. Their house is late 1800s on a busy corner lot, and it had a nice flat yard made of black, moist, sandy soil, perfect for digging. I was thoroughly excited. My friend, who makes fun of me for metal detecting whenever he gets the chance, accompanied me on the trip so he could get some things from his parents house. While there, I demonstrated the machine, and even let him try. I'm not going to say that he is a convert now, but his ridicule will definitely not have as much substance in the future. He was very interested to see what each signal would turn out to be. Eventually, his 7 year old sister came out to investigate, and somehow, she soon commandeered the DFX and became the one swinging the coil. In fact, wrestling it away from her was very difficult. I was more amused than annoyed though, and actually some decent finds started to emerge.
The final total was 4 wheat pennies and a 1917 Buffalo nickel (my first buffalo) and what I believe is my first piece of a harmonica reed, and a god awful ugly brooch that looks like a bug. It had two green eyes, but one of them went down the drain when I was cleaning it. Oops.
Also found a small one piece flat button that says "double gilt" on the back.
I'm going to make a little display of the wheats and the buffalo and send it back to the little girl to start her collection.
Pretty fun day
V
Finally got out to do some hunting yesterday, and I drove about an hour and a half to a very old town where my friend's parents live. Their house is late 1800s on a busy corner lot, and it had a nice flat yard made of black, moist, sandy soil, perfect for digging. I was thoroughly excited. My friend, who makes fun of me for metal detecting whenever he gets the chance, accompanied me on the trip so he could get some things from his parents house. While there, I demonstrated the machine, and even let him try. I'm not going to say that he is a convert now, but his ridicule will definitely not have as much substance in the future. He was very interested to see what each signal would turn out to be. Eventually, his 7 year old sister came out to investigate, and somehow, she soon commandeered the DFX and became the one swinging the coil. In fact, wrestling it away from her was very difficult. I was more amused than annoyed though, and actually some decent finds started to emerge.
The final total was 4 wheat pennies and a 1917 Buffalo nickel (my first buffalo) and what I believe is my first piece of a harmonica reed, and a god awful ugly brooch that looks like a bug. It had two green eyes, but one of them went down the drain when I was cleaning it. Oops.
Also found a small one piece flat button that says "double gilt" on the back.
I'm going to make a little display of the wheats and the buffalo and send it back to the little girl to start her collection.
Pretty fun day
V
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