at the park (my first bling)

[pookie-princess of rust]

yesterday i went to a SMALL park in my town... i ended up with $.56 and a junk earring.... lots of junk... even an old pulltab... i dug up a crushed beer can which gave a surprising reading, too... i thought the cans were supposed to ring up the same as nickels and foil it was ringing up as silver/coins on my machine....

 

[maceman66]

Nice finds!! Aluminum cans will give a higher reading on most detectors!!!

 

[crazyjarhead]

Keep at it Pookie and you'll score the big one pretty soon

 

[STH69]

Stupid cans! lol

 

[allen]

at least you got to detect,
thats half the fun.

 

[mts]

Yeah, crushed cans are a real pain. On my machine they sound like silver coins (not that I've actually found any yet). I can't tell you how disappointing it is to keep thinking that I'm going to dig my first big silver only to find that it is another stinking can! I don't know which is worse, cans or pulltabs. At least with pulltabs I don't have any trouble with pinpointing. When it is a smashed can my Garrett ProPointer goes crazy regardless of where in the hole I put it. So I have to detune it several times until I finally figure out where the can is. I've actually gotten to the point where I recognize cans due to the way my ProPointer reacts. If the pinpointer goes crazy when you put it into the whole then it is a relatively large object. That means it is probably either a can or a cache. And the odds of it being a cache are miniscule.

 

[Jack(IN)]

Cans are a pain, but part of the "experience"!! I don't like can slaw personally, but it all goes in 5 gallon buckets, don't like wasting any metal and it all adds up when I junk it!! I have a bucket full of junk rings, ear rings, chains, and other items that will help towards a vacation or gas money! Just keep trying and soon that old can will be a shining silver coin!!

 

[creeper71]

yeah i have a ace 250 an cans ring in loud an clear as Silver it really p''ses me off when I dig a can or worse yet can slaw

 

[davest]

nice earring, and the clad all adds up. Keep on keepin on.

 

[Nana40]

And the canning jar lids are stinkers too. Great earring, Pookie~!

 

[Mental Granny]

A day in the park is a great day!

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

I hate those cans, they come in as 2-4 inch Silver you dig down 9 inches and you find out its a coin. You learn over time, if you dig a 4 inch coin and your down 7" with nothing you learn to give up on the hole. Sure sometimes it will be a half dollar or something, but if your digging a 3 inch dime at 7 inches its not.

Keep @ it and HH!!