wygold
Jr. Member
- Joined
- May 21, 2016
- Messages
- 54
- Reaction score
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- Golden Thread
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- Location
- Chula Vista, Ca.
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab X-Terra 705 Dual Pack
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
I recently bought my first metal detector, a Minelab X-Terra 705(Dec.2016). When I bought my detector, it was to help me get out of the house to be more active than sitting on my rear end stuffing my face with junk food, smoking cigarettes, playing Fallout 4, and watching too much tv. I first started out in my back yard then ended up at a couple of city parks in my neighborhood. I found a few coins mostly modern coins nothing to special and then I came across a small lapel pin from a local sports club. The pin is pretty messed up probably from a lawnmower but I thought it was an awesome find.
I had kept my eye on the weather and with this years winter dumping so much rain, I really didn't feel like going out in the rain, plus the city shut down all city parks due to safety concerns with several storms rolling into the area. I thought well maybe I could try the beach. I have problems getting to the beach as I don't drive nor do I own a vehicle. I have to rely on public transportation to get around. So I can't get out as often as I would like to.
I also felt that if I do go out to the beach, what kind of reactions would I get when swinging my MD, who would try to bother me or harass me. After reading a post from another member about a individual trying to chase off a MDist on the beach so that they could have it all to themselves. So I got the courage to get out and try the beach. Although there's miles along miles of coast I still feel that I would be harassed or that the area would be overworked with others doing the same and would end up walking away with nothing. I'm trying not to step on other people's feet while trying to enjoy this new hobby, but you never know with today's society.
The first day at the beach, I didn't get harassed nor did anyone come up to me to find out what I have found. I didn't have much luck as I kept finding junk and a few modern coins. More junk than anything else, but I said to myself "at least I'm helping out the environment in removing the junk from the beach/parks" with the amount of junk that I found I wouldn't want my kids(if I had any) go and play in the sand. It was on the fifth trip to the beach and I was about to wrap up the day when I got another hit. I was thinking it was probably another piece of melted aluminum pieces due to the fire pits near were I got the target and when I looked in my scoop I couldn't believe my eyes. I found my very first silver ring! I had to keep myself from exploding into joy and alerting others to what I had just found. So I took a quick break and examined the ring, small and very light and the design I thought was very interesting. The ring is shaped like a belt with the markings on the inside of the ring reading .925 Mexico.
After that day I try to get out more often and I also managed to give up my cigarette habit. So the past couple of trips I haven't found anything else with the exception of the junk and coins. I did find a couple more rings, one being a "below the belt ring" and another not turning out to be a ring at all.
Anyways I'm having fun and I wish everyone good luck and happy hunting.
I had kept my eye on the weather and with this years winter dumping so much rain, I really didn't feel like going out in the rain, plus the city shut down all city parks due to safety concerns with several storms rolling into the area. I thought well maybe I could try the beach. I have problems getting to the beach as I don't drive nor do I own a vehicle. I have to rely on public transportation to get around. So I can't get out as often as I would like to.
I also felt that if I do go out to the beach, what kind of reactions would I get when swinging my MD, who would try to bother me or harass me. After reading a post from another member about a individual trying to chase off a MDist on the beach so that they could have it all to themselves. So I got the courage to get out and try the beach. Although there's miles along miles of coast I still feel that I would be harassed or that the area would be overworked with others doing the same and would end up walking away with nothing. I'm trying not to step on other people's feet while trying to enjoy this new hobby, but you never know with today's society.
The first day at the beach, I didn't get harassed nor did anyone come up to me to find out what I have found. I didn't have much luck as I kept finding junk and a few modern coins. More junk than anything else, but I said to myself "at least I'm helping out the environment in removing the junk from the beach/parks" with the amount of junk that I found I wouldn't want my kids(if I had any) go and play in the sand. It was on the fifth trip to the beach and I was about to wrap up the day when I got another hit. I was thinking it was probably another piece of melted aluminum pieces due to the fire pits near were I got the target and when I looked in my scoop I couldn't believe my eyes. I found my very first silver ring! I had to keep myself from exploding into joy and alerting others to what I had just found. So I took a quick break and examined the ring, small and very light and the design I thought was very interesting. The ring is shaped like a belt with the markings on the inside of the ring reading .925 Mexico.
After that day I try to get out more often and I also managed to give up my cigarette habit. So the past couple of trips I haven't found anything else with the exception of the junk and coins. I did find a couple more rings, one being a "below the belt ring" and another not turning out to be a ring at all.
Anyways I'm having fun and I wish everyone good luck and happy hunting.
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