dollar bills

rustyrichards

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Mud Hut

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Is there a detector that will detect dollar bills - My stepdad died about a year ago and we we have found quite a bit of cash he had hidden. as you can imagine, it's hard to throw anything away without searching it for cash.To make things worse he was a hoarder.

Thanks for your help!
Rusty

Not unless it is a Silver Certificate .. just kidding. No metal detector will pick up old paper money. Good luck
 

Tony in SC

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Depending on the soil, paper money doesn't last very long. My dad, coming through the Depression, never used a bank. I found cash in a mason jar, and a can with rotten bills. Mom always said there was more?
 

SusanMN

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Let’s hope he placed the money in some kind of a chest or container that has metal on it, like the hinges on a box or a metal lid. Even with that if it’s indoors then it could be difficult to find because of all the metal like nails in walls and floors.
 

Carl-NC

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The ink used in paper money contains iron oxides that are very slightly detectable. Back in the 60s/70s Garrett advertisements for their BFO detectors claimed they would detect paper money, and they would if it was a decent stack. I expect most VLF will ignore paper money unless it has a manual GB set negative.
 

prospexican

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Is there a detector that will detect dollar bills - My stepdad died about a year ago and we we have found quite a bit of cash he had hidden. as you can imagine, it's hard to throw anything away without searching it for cash.To make things worse he was a hoarder.

Thanks for your help!
Rusty
yes it is, it is called trained dog
 

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