Sometimes it pays to be foilish

tnt-hunter

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No I did not spell foolish wrong. I was foilish because I dug the foil signals (35-42 VDI). I went to a swimming area that I did in July all geared up in my wetsuit ready to go and when I got there the water was all gone. It is not unusual for this to happen but it caught me by surprise because the last time I was there the water was really high. I started swingin the ATPro and noticed 2 sets of footprints going back and forth across the sand. I could see places where they had dug. So it looks like the whole area was detected a few days before I got there. But nobody gets it all so I kept going. Mostly I dug foil as it seems they ignored it. I did manage to find a quarter, a penny, a junk earring, a broken earring, an earring back, the screw ball end of a bellybutton ring, and a couple of tabs.

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About mid way through the hunt I dug a foil signal and got my reward for cleaning up the trash, a 14k gold earring. I know some of you will think I am foolish for digging all those foil signals, but I would rather dig trash than miss the gold.

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Not a great hunt but I didn’t get skunked and I did score some gold and that is always a good thing.

I got out some over the past week and found some clad, 119 coins with a face value of $5.58 including an Anthony dollar, and a pewter dog pedant with the ring broken off on campus.

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Another water hunt finishing up a beach where there actually was water 😆netted 18 coins with a value of $1.62, tabs, sinkers, junk earrings, a silver ring, a stainless steel ring and a silver earring.

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I am going to do the last swimming area of the Boy Scout camp tomorrow. With luck I will have something to show. Thanks for looking and may your coil lead you to good things
 

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Tedyoh

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Nice.....if there's another way to dig gold that doesn't ring up like foil please let me know!
 

nkellam22

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Totally agree!
You have to dig those foil signals
It's lazy not to dig them
 

smokeythecat

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Nice, and hint hint hint we're having a nor'easter tomorrow.
 

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Nice.....if there's another way to dig gold that doesn't ring up like foil please let me know!

There is another way but after washing 2000 lbs of rocks digging a few pieces of foil seems not nearly so bad....
 

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tnt-hunter

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Nice.....if there's another way to dig gold that doesn't ring up like foil please let me know!

There is, but only for the big gold. If it is small it is foilish.
 

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tnt-hunter

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There is another way but after washing 2000 lbs of rocks digging a few pieces of foil seems not nearly so bad....


Yeah scooping foil is easier, but I think both ways can be tiring and frustrating at times. At least they both pay off if you are persistent. Keep swingin (or panning).
 

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tnt-hunter

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Nice, and hint hint hint we're having a nor'easter tomorrow.


Good luck out there cat. May the waves bring you treasure. It will be 3 weeks before I get to the shore. Maybe we can conjure up another storm by them. Keep swingin.
 

Trezurehunter

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Nice find. I dont blame you for digging. My middle name is "trash", but I find a lot of stuff also.
 

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I sometimes do hunts just to dig foil signals and it pays off many times good job
 

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Congrats to you for getting rewarded for digging the foil signals!! I respect all you guys who can still do that. At near 57 years old, and still racing motocross...my tattered knees don't allow it. Nice work.:occasion14:
 

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Nice hunts tnt, I usually did it all but not always, depends on how I feel for the day, you got some nice recoveries out of the hunts, especially the gold & silver jewelry items, congrts & HH
 

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Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

Another water hunt finishing up a beach where there actually was water 😆netted 18 coins with a value of $1.62, tabs, sinkers, junk earrings, a silver ring, a stainless steel ring and a silver earring.
 

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Congrats on your finds. I'm glad that you had the gumption to hunt a recently hunted area; as you said, no one gets it all. This is a good example. Thank you for the foilish pun--I like it!
 

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tnt-hunter

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Nice find. I dont blame you for digging. My middle name is "trash", but I find a lot of stuff also.

My fist name is “trash” (tnt-hunter is trash n treasure hunter). I wonder if we are related🤪. Keep swingin.
 

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