AugustMoose87
Sr. Member
- Sep 10, 2014
- 443
- 264
- Detector(s) used
- Gold Pan, Sluice, Hand Dredge, X-Terra 30, X-Terra 705, Sand Shark
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
So I've kept hitting my park and have been doing pretty well! Ok, compared to some of you guys I'm Little League, but I've been happy. I found my first token...
No clue what it goes to, but it is the same size as the tokens at a local car wash... so that is where is will end up. Also found 3 locker tokens (again, no clue where they came from).
Then I found what I thought was my first pocket spill.... and it was, just not of coins.
Too bad that whole alchemy thing didn't work out, since I found me 6oz. of lead.
Of well, at least my buddy who recycles lead will be happy.
Then plenty of clad, some copper pennies and a few goodies.
Still waiting on my first silver coin or jewelry (at least non clad/trash jewelry), but I'm sure I'll get them. Still have a lot of ground to cover for a first time, and some areas that I think will be worth re-covering now that I am getting a better feel of things. Plus I've got a report of a diamond wedding band that was lost. Didn't find it in my initial sweep, but I was focused on targets at or near the surface then.
Also be fun/interesting practicing with a probe. To be honest, I'm not a huge fan (Aside from when its a coin covered with just enough dirt you can't see it), but since I have a few other parks I'd like to check out where digging isn't allowed (turf) I need the practice. Going back and forth between using bamboo sis-kabob skewers and a very thin steel wire. The wire is a lot easier to use since it is much thinner and gives that metal-on-metal feel/sound, but I'm also scratching the
out of the coins I get with it. The bamboo is harder to get in the ground and harder to determine when I'm touching something metal, but the coins don't get scratched. Thinking of trying a plastic, brass, carbon or fiberglass probe, but the steel and bamboo were what I had on hand.
No clue what it goes to, but it is the same size as the tokens at a local car wash... so that is where is will end up. Also found 3 locker tokens (again, no clue where they came from).
Then I found what I thought was my first pocket spill.... and it was, just not of coins.
Too bad that whole alchemy thing didn't work out, since I found me 6oz. of lead.
Of well, at least my buddy who recycles lead will be happy. Then plenty of clad, some copper pennies and a few goodies.
Still waiting on my first silver coin or jewelry (at least non clad/trash jewelry), but I'm sure I'll get them. Still have a lot of ground to cover for a first time, and some areas that I think will be worth re-covering now that I am getting a better feel of things. Plus I've got a report of a diamond wedding band that was lost. Didn't find it in my initial sweep, but I was focused on targets at or near the surface then.
Also be fun/interesting practicing with a probe. To be honest, I'm not a huge fan (Aside from when its a coin covered with just enough dirt you can't see it), but since I have a few other parks I'd like to check out where digging isn't allowed (turf) I need the practice. Going back and forth between using bamboo sis-kabob skewers and a very thin steel wire. The wire is a lot easier to use since it is much thinner and gives that metal-on-metal feel/sound, but I'm also scratching the
out of the coins I get with it. The bamboo is harder to get in the ground and harder to determine when I'm touching something metal, but the coins don't get scratched. Thinking of trying a plastic, brass, carbon or fiberglass probe, but the steel and bamboo were what I had on hand.
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Welcome to t-net & Congrats on your first token, neat toy car & the funny spill. 
