First find ever-Thanks Tnet!

Gunny71 · Jul 18, 2009

I have been visiting this site for a few months now and enjoy it greatly and visit every day.
Seeing everyones finds gets me exited, and because of this and all of the other helpfull information I have finally become one of the elite and have picked up a detector. I was out right after work yesterday, went to visit my mom and try my luck in her yard. I hunted for a little over three hours, and It is definitely not as easy as I thought it would be, but I can tell that I am already starting to learn my machine. Thanks to the information I have gotten here on TNET I definitely feel like I have a leg up on the learning curve. I found quite a bit of trash at first, but right before I quit for the day I got my first keeper. It is a 1945 wheat penny, not much I know, but I got to feel what the happy dance feels like! That little old penny sure picked my spirits up.

My right bicep is a little sore this morning, but what the heck, gonna head out to the fairgrounds before it gets hot.
Thanks again Tnet for getting me motivated enough to just do it!

Jack(IN) · Jul 20, 2009

Congrats on the wheatie :thumbsup:

always good to get that "first" out of the way. A couple decades ago a wheatie would be another penny, now its considered an oldie!! I'd prefer digging a wheatie over a clad cent any day and if there is a wheat cent there...might be a silver dime or quarter hiding in the junk too!!

Nighthunter · Jul 20, 2009

Congrats on your first find! A wheatie is a great first find. Heck I still enjoy finding them now and do a little happy dance when I do. :hello2:

Like it was mentioned above, keep after it now and enjoy. It will become more enjoyable as you continue to learn your machine. To some of us it become passion, possibly bordering on obsession!!! When I quit feeling 'the rush' of a find, it'll be time to quit, or plant me in the ground. Congrats and HH.

hikeinmts · Jul 20, 2009

Congrats, Gunny, on your first find. My first, can't remember, was about 35 or so years ago......still hunting....but now, in S. Korea. So, congrats from S. Korea. And may the wheatie be the first of many many coins you find. (U.S. Army, 1SG, Ret.)

Gunny71 · Jul 20, 2009

Thanks again! I noticed that some of you guys have served our country, and didn't realize until rereading the post that my screen name gave many of you the impression that I have. I salute all of you gentlemen and thank you for your service. Unfortunately I was never able to do so. We took the ASBAV test either my junior or senior year in highschool, and I scored in the top three. Had recruiters calling night and day, and I WANTED to join. As soon as I told them I was blind in my right eye, they all said thanks but no thanks. Made me mad as hell, but I was able to get over that and understand why it must be so.

My screen name really has no reflection on me personally, besides the 71, its the year of my birth. I have been playing on line games with the same group of guys for six years now, and they all call me Gunny, short for my in-game name, which is Gunslinger. That and the fact that I collect milsurp firearms make the name fit, so I use it. :dontknow: