1st Time out with a detector

[black651]

I have been reading this forum for a number of weeks and decided to give the metal detector I bought at a rummage sale a try at a little park near my apartment. (Model MD3005 - a real basic one, as I can't afford anything else!) Dug up a lot of caps, pop tabs and other garbage - all of which I disposed of properly. I made sure to use the techniques shared here on the forum and dug carefully and made sure to replace the plugs. It's a nice park and I wouldn't want to mess it up. The real excitement was when I came across a coin! (I'm beginning to figure out the different tones now but need much more practice) Five Lincoln cents and one dime. None of them worth anything but I was hooked from the moment I found the first one. May give it another go this afternoon. I really appreciate all the fantastic advice and knowledge shared on this site and hope to have something good to post someday!

 

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[Damon64]

That's a great start!

 

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[Happy Harry]

There are so many metafors that could be used. So I'll use none. Just have fun! Its a hobby that you have now but one that will get you! HHHH

 

[baldy804]

welcome to the md hobby thanks for the pics keep them comming

 

[black651]

WOW!! Thanks again for the wonderful posts! Loving this forum!!

It rained this evening and I had to cut short my detecting on the last of my three-day weekend. After digging my fill from the park by my apartment I decided to try some of the older parks around the city to see if there might be some older coins. Sure was! Can't wait until my next weekend off!!

The total for my first two days of detecting:

35 Lincoln Cents (Earliest date - 1959. Noticed that the ones from the 90's really disintegrate fast!)
5 Wheat Cents (1941 x2, 1950, 1957, 1955)
1 Canada Cent (1945)
1 Jefferson Nickel (1958)
2 Washington Quarters (both from the 1980's)
7 Roosevelt Dimes (All from the 70's-80's)
1 Earring (Shaped like a rock climbers carabiner - not sure what it's made out of)
2 Buttons (Plastic or similar material)
1 Nikon Camera 52mm lens cap. (Eyeball find)
1 Marble

As soon as I get some new batteries for the camera I will post a photo of all the stuff. For sure I am hooked on this hobby and am going to do some research on some new spots to try for my next outing! Thanks again for the information and encouragement!!! You all rock!

 

[redneck13126]

see just stick with it and you'll do well.

 

[stryker-one]

Welome, welcome to our NET. Good start you got there.

Please keep posting your finds.

Stryker

 

[detectahead]

Your doing great! My first detector was a radio shack version which I wore the handle right off from swinging it so much, that did'nt stop me, put a vacuum extension handle on it and kept swinging till I got a Fisher. That was 20 yrs ago. Welcome to T-net!!

 

[sniffer]

I'm originally from Mn, the 90's fall apart pretty quick from the combination off acid and minerals in the soil
btw, welcome to tnet, may all your digs turn up gold

Sniffer

 

[Frodov]

I'm originally from Mn, the 90's fall apart pretty quick from the combination off acid and minerals in the soil
btw, welcome to tnet, may all your digs turn up gold

Sniffer

Too true.. the acid levels in the soil will dissolve a penny (more recent than 1983) .. or is it 1984?.. anyway they dissolve so quickly because they are no longer made from copper. All later date Lincoln memorial (and the new pennies) are only copper "clad" or jacketed. The majority of the coin is made up of Zinc. Zinc melts in the dirt. It's sad really. You can dig up a coin struck litterally thousands of years ago and it's pretty much the same as the day it fell to the ground, but you dig up a "Zincoln" and if it's been scratched, you might find a hole eaten or dissolved right through it.

~HAPPY HUNTING~


Frodov

 

[muleskinner]

Welcome to the hobby, and to T-Net. Sometimes you have to dig the junk, to uncover the signals of the good stuff. No matter how good of a detector you have.

 

[black651]

Finally picked up some batteries for my camera and took a few photos of my collected finds for both days. I have no idea what a few of them are, like the bell-looking piece on the top left or the thin, brassy-looking band above the marble. Part of the fun is being able to research the finds I believe! The strangest one of the bunch was the Belgium 50 Centime coin that I dug out of the park. (How the heck did that get all the way over here I wonder? Travelers had some change from a trip I guess.) The button looks like it's probably from an overcoat or maybe furniture and the marble is pretty chipped up. All in all I had a blast and I was thrilled to find some wheat pennies and a nickel from 1958! After these photos I'll shut up until I find something from another hunt as I'm sure this one is probably getting old by now. (I'm going to just shut up now and post the pics and then go and gape at all the other spectacular finds on this forum)