First Find In Years

[Dirtrelic]

It's been years since I went metal detecting folks. Me and my brother used to do it big time in the late 70's and early 80's He passed away in 1993 and I just gave up doing it without him. Well my wife got me a Bounty Hunter for my birthday and I took it out in the woods in our backyard yesterday and got a good signal. I passed over a ton of junk metal pings and then this one signal kept hitting all the way up. So I started pin pointing it and digging around. At first I thought it was some old jar lid but then out came a pocket watch. Man it's been years since that old feeling has been around. I sure have missed it. The watch turned out to be Hong Kong junk but I still like it. Now I got the fever again!

 

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[RJ55]

Congratulations on the find and glad your getting back into it.

 

[Scrappy]

That must have been a moment full of emotion digging that pocket watch. I'm glad you enjoyed it and I hope to see more finds in the future. Welcome back

Steve

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice find for your first trip back at the controls of your detector. Hope you continue.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Thank your wife for me, she did the right thing getting you that BH for your birthday, I can see that a relapse of the obsession is coming back strong. Congrats on pulling that pocket watch.

By the way, welcome to Tnet and I look forward to reading more of your posts and seeing more of your finds.

 

[kingskid1611]

Welcome to TNet. Glad you have got that bug and your are treating your addictions the right way. Now things will be right in your world again. Congrats to you and your wife!

 

[against the wind]

I will WATCH out for your posts. It's TIME to start swinging again. Welcome to Tnet.

 

[Carolina Tom]

Congrats on re-igniting the fire!

 

[46Wheat]

Welcome back and keep us informed on your finds

 

[Skippy SH13]

AWESOME! The thrill of the hunt is amplified by confirmation of a great find, but never diminished by lack of one. Welcome back to the addiction.

Skippy

 

[Argentium]

Welcome back Dirtrelic ! I would love to hear some of your stories of finds you guys made back in the 70's 80's -
Must have been a lot of silvers on some of those hunts !

 

[The Rebel]

Welcome back to the hunt! We look forward to your future hunts. Must be lots of CW relics to find.

I started off the Hobby with a BH and it wasn't long before I was pulling items from the 1700's & 1800's.

 

[CoilyGirl]

What a welcoming way to get back in the hobby by seeing gold right off the bat! Still was a nice find.

 

[sutphin]

I HAD AN OLE WATCH SIMILAR TO THAT ONE ......

 

[bigfoot1]

your wife is either gonna be thrilled you are back into it...or not so thrilled when she rarely see you anymore.Remember these excuses...they really work

tall grass in the yard is the new green
the garage is fine,those are all collectables
the trash is safer right where it is
what?I'm going hunting for you babe..I want you to have the best.

yup...hooked again !! welcome back and to t-net !!..

 

[hbeaton]

Awesome find! Glad you're back into the swing of things I do have a question though...

Happy Hunting!
-H

 

[Gridwalker306]

Welcome back, that's a pretty cool watch.

"Guys wife buys guy a Bounty Hunter, guy gets hopelessly addicted to detecting." Haha, heard this story before....hey Vino? Lol!

My wife actually had "the talk" with me the other day...apparently I need to detect less and spend more time at home....sigh.

 

[thrifty76now]

Great to hear you have gone back to detecting. That is a real long dry spell between hunting times.I hope you will keep at it. What machine did you originally use?

 

[texjim]

Welcome back, Nice job on the watch

 

[relic nut]

Yep.....fell off the wagon!! Addiction will do that. Sometimes you can control them but they are hard to cure. Won't be long you'll wonder why you even tried. Welcome back and welcome to t-net.