First EVER GOLD..Silver~ Copper~ Fatty injun~ token~ relics~

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what can I say this week has been absolutely amazing for me, I cannot remember a better week in the last three years of detecting.

I met up with my buddy DiggerDan and we went to an abandoned farm house we had permission for, First dig was the toasted buffalo. Then a wheat, then it seemed there was no high tones anywhere, so I focused on low tones. If I have time I dig everything above iron at old farm houses anyway

next find I get is a 12-17, turned out to be a Silver war nickel. Few more minutes go by and I get a 4" deep solid 12-24 from both directions. NORMALLY a pulltab, but I dig them at houses anyway since there isn't that many at old farms anyhow. To my surprise it was a 1863 fatty injun! My second one and I just found my first the day before!!!!!!!
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Like I said before I ALWAYS dig pulltabs at old houses hoping for a ring, and when I get home I throw them in a bucket and said I would save them until I dug gold.........well here is my pile of pulltabs. It took this many pulltabs from old houses till I got my first gold........do you think it was worth it????

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and here is my prize........1939 class ring. There is only a year on it, no school name, or identifying marks. So looks like it is all mine to keep. This came in a solid 14-17 from both directions on the etrac. My buddy said he would never dig a signal like that...lol. When I told him the numbers the fatty injun and gold came in at he said he needs to start checking them numbers out.

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after that we went back to my bean field I have been hitting last couple days, found 2 complete crotal bells, one broken one, old key, token that says good for 3 and a third cents in trade, and a worn out Canadian large cent. This field has been good to me!



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holy s****!!!!!!!! that is a lot of pull tabs!!!1 th egold ring is cool but i like the brass key nore :wink:. erpic hint G4E! :hello2: :headbang:
 

oops for the token pic..lol :laughing7:
 

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nice ring. glad to see all the pulltabs finally paid off.
 

Nice dig. You need to forget those numbers and listen to the tones. If you start beliving the no.s you will miss a lot of good finds. TONES DON'T LIE. BUT NUMBERS WILL. PLUS- you waste time checking the screen. JUST LISTEN

Les
 

diggerfororo said:
Nice dig. You need to forget those numbers and listen to the tones. If you start beliving the no.s you will miss a lot of good finds. TONES DON'T LIE. BUT NUMBERS WILL. PLUS- you waste time checking the screen. JUST LISTEN

Les
As I said on the other forum, awesome finds! Congrats on the gold!

I don't think you "need" to do anything differently, Terry!

Using your ears only is not terrible advice... tones tell you a lot. Especially with older detectors. The E-Trac is the most accurate TID machine I have ever used. The tones match the numbers. The tones work great, but the numbers are a huge help in making a decision on whether or not to dig. Many of us just don't have time to dig every signal. I agree by digging everything you will make more good finds, but you will also dig a ton of trash. In a park or public land situation this is not feasible or advisable. Personally I prefer wasting my time checking the screen (split second) rather than wasting my time digging a neat hole and filling it in properly, and finding a place in my trash pouch for another piece of junk (at least a minute). It's all in how you look at it. Terry is a perfect example of someone who has taken the time to master his machine and use ALL the data it gives him to make a decision to dig. There's a reason that meter is there, use it to your best advantage.
 

looks like you got a few pull tabs, but at least you got gold.
 

anyone have any info on the token?
 

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