I will post pics. when I get a chance but I want to tell the story.
I got my Ace 250 in the dead of winter so there was no digging for me right away. On Thursday night I took iti out of the closet and me and 2 of my boys went out to our very large sand box and practiced locating and pinpointing targets (spoons and matchbox cars). Once I was comfortable I decide to try my luck in our yard.
The first taget I got was at 6", I dug and dug and looked and dug and dug some more. When it was all said and done, I had a 12" deep hole about 9" around at the top and 24" around at the base. I dug a cone shaped hole so I didn't destroy alot of grass. Needless to say I couldn't find anything and I knew my wife was camin home soon so I filled the hole in.
Friday night I headed to my back yard. My first target that I got was a strong 4", Idug what appears to be some sort of diamond shaped cover off of a locket. It has a hinge and part of a hasp. It looks like it's made of copper with silver inlaid on the front with a nice design etched in the silver. I was so excited, my wife thinks I am nuts for getting so excited over "nothing". I continued searching and found a clothes pin spring and 2 weights for duck decoys, strings still attached, I dug them at 3".
I was all lit up at this point so I headed to the beach.I found 35 cents in clad there, as well as something I have no Idea what it is (I will be posting pics), several assorted pieces of Iron and a few bottle tops. All in all I had a great time just being there.
Saturday Morn. my boys wanted me to take them to the beach/park so they could hunt with me, so we headed out. We didn't have any luck at all at the beach so I took my MD to the volleye ball court. My boys were bored watching me so they took my pinpointer to the play ground area. I found a few pop tops and an old Budweiser can but nothing more. My boys found 72 cents and a silver ring. If your keeping score heres where we stand so far:
Me with $300 MD= .35 cents, a neat (broken) piece of jewelry, assorted scraps.
My boys with $40 pinpointer= .72 cents and silver ring. Ironic, LMAO
Sunday all three af my boys and I hunted a farm site, we didn't find to much, some scrap iron a few shell casings and some nails but that's it. We had a great time just spending time together though. Now we come full circle to the large hole I started in my front yard. tman had me convinced that I was missing somethin great so we resumed excavation on Sunday eve. Not 1" away from where I was originaly digging we found a nail at 4" but we were still getting a signal. We dug a bit deeper and found a old fishing weight.
All in all I had a great weekend even though I didn't find the mother load. I am hooked and look foreward to next weekend. Now if I can just get this dirt out of my pores and nails. Thanks for reading my story.
I got my Ace 250 in the dead of winter so there was no digging for me right away. On Thursday night I took iti out of the closet and me and 2 of my boys went out to our very large sand box and practiced locating and pinpointing targets (spoons and matchbox cars). Once I was comfortable I decide to try my luck in our yard.
The first taget I got was at 6", I dug and dug and looked and dug and dug some more. When it was all said and done, I had a 12" deep hole about 9" around at the top and 24" around at the base. I dug a cone shaped hole so I didn't destroy alot of grass. Needless to say I couldn't find anything and I knew my wife was camin home soon so I filled the hole in.
Friday night I headed to my back yard. My first target that I got was a strong 4", Idug what appears to be some sort of diamond shaped cover off of a locket. It has a hinge and part of a hasp. It looks like it's made of copper with silver inlaid on the front with a nice design etched in the silver. I was so excited, my wife thinks I am nuts for getting so excited over "nothing". I continued searching and found a clothes pin spring and 2 weights for duck decoys, strings still attached, I dug them at 3".
I was all lit up at this point so I headed to the beach.I found 35 cents in clad there, as well as something I have no Idea what it is (I will be posting pics), several assorted pieces of Iron and a few bottle tops. All in all I had a great time just being there.
Saturday Morn. my boys wanted me to take them to the beach/park so they could hunt with me, so we headed out. We didn't have any luck at all at the beach so I took my MD to the volleye ball court. My boys were bored watching me so they took my pinpointer to the play ground area. I found a few pop tops and an old Budweiser can but nothing more. My boys found 72 cents and a silver ring. If your keeping score heres where we stand so far:
Me with $300 MD= .35 cents, a neat (broken) piece of jewelry, assorted scraps.
My boys with $40 pinpointer= .72 cents and silver ring. Ironic, LMAO
Sunday all three af my boys and I hunted a farm site, we didn't find to much, some scrap iron a few shell casings and some nails but that's it. We had a great time just spending time together though. Now we come full circle to the large hole I started in my front yard. tman had me convinced that I was missing somethin great so we resumed excavation on Sunday eve. Not 1" away from where I was originaly digging we found a nail at 4" but we were still getting a signal. We dug a bit deeper and found a old fishing weight.
All in all I had a great weekend even though I didn't find the mother load. I am hooked and look foreward to next weekend. Now if I can just get this dirt out of my pores and nails. Thanks for reading my story.
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