First Day New Bounty Hunter Nothing Big Just A Flat Nail Rusted Do I Clean it and How

[RvPrepper]

So I am in the Desert turn it on lower it and it starts beeping and I find a old square nail, I know it's old not worth much but I will keep it and the a rock set it off, this on stumps me if it had iron in it would a magnet love it too? So do I shine the nail or not and what is best way to do so? Thanks

 

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[Greylock]

I put my squat nails in some apple cider vinegar and let it work the crust off or just a wire wheel if they aren't that bad. The. Put some good outdoor paint and I use them to hang pots and pans or whatever else needs hanging

 

[WHADIFIND]

If this is your very first find, I wouldn't do anything to it at all. Maybe mount it, date it and display. Years down the road, you'll look at it and smile.

 

[Kodiak43351]

Some rocks will set off your detector because they are highly mineralized.

 

[DigIron2]

If you start finding them nails here and there.Slow down and check the area out.

 

[flatbutton]

If you start finding them nails here and there.Slow down and check the area out.

I Agree, Hunt it again! Congrats on your first finds!

 

[RvPrepper]

Those nails where everywhere on the surface too. Thanks