I Hate These Things!

JunkShopFiddler · Jul 30, 2014

The dirt here has turned to concrete so I decided to detect the shore of a small fishing pond in a public park. The lack of rain has exposed some of the lake bed and it is wet and mucky. First three hits I got were all wheat pennies at least 75 yrs old, By now I'm up to my ankles in muckyness but three out of three hits were wheat pennies.

So i suck my feet out of the lake bed a few more times and Bing! It's quarter hit. Sounds like a quarter hit, reads a perfect quarter hit, so I start poking around in the muck and sure enough I see the bright glint of a silver quarter's rim shining through the glop and took a picture.. Woo hoo!

Then I clean it off a little...

Another Shell Oil game token...they usually signal like zinc pennies but this one hits just like a silver quarter, even in an air test..such are the mysteries of what's in the ground I guess...I hate these things!

wheatfinder13 · Jul 30, 2014

I enjoy finding them. Oh well, to each his own

ToastedWheatie · Jul 30, 2014

I have a new virgin site with house built in 1800. Brought two friends. We each found one on different parts of the property. Enjoy pulling them out. The color and shape give ya that little adrenalin rush. And better than pulling out a pull tab....

shawninNY · Jul 30, 2014

I've never found just 1 if I get 1 there's always more nearby !

vpnavy · Jul 30, 2014

Anything you find is always a great find! Thanks for sharing...

DigIron2 · Jul 30, 2014

at least you got a little excitement out of it.The occasional silver gilded flat button will gets me sometimes,rolling up looking just like a silver coin with dirt on it.A little dissapointing,but I love the thrill all the same!

Papalittle · Jul 30, 2014

I have not found a token yet but it is on my bucket list.

JunkShopFiddler · Jul 30, 2014

I know it's not the end of the world...But right after three 75+ yr old wheat pennies, a quarter hit reading 5 inches down had visions of Liberty standing in my head...Yeah I know....quit cryin' and keep diggin.

G.I.B. · Jul 30, 2014

Hell, I hate pull tabs-

so lets trade.

dirtlooter · Jul 30, 2014

tokens are cool too, some are even valuable... still a good hunt

mr helton · Jul 30, 2014

I found one of those underwater and I thought it was a half dollar because my mask makes everything look bigger in the water. Needless to say I was a bit disappointed lol

CoinandRelicMan · Jul 30, 2014

Far better than the pull-out off the grease tube end!!

beez0404 · Jul 31, 2014

mr helton said:
I found one of those underwater and I thought it was a half dollar because my mask makes everything look bigger in the water. Needless to say I was a bit disappointed lol

I'll have to get one of those masks for my wife for those nights she's feeling frisky.

JunkShopFiddler · Jul 31, 2014

mr helton said:
I found one of those underwater and I thought it was a half dollar because my mask makes everything look bigger in the water. Needless to say I was a bit disappointed lol

That's Hilarious!

Old Dude · Jul 31, 2014

I will take a token any day over a bit of aluminum siding or the pull off end of a tennis ball can, lol. I am almost to the point of not even digging a VDI of 90 on the ATP!

Msbeepbeep · Jul 31, 2014

Congrats on your wheats!

I hear ya! I hate the siding it comes up quarter every time, but my all time favorite thing I hate finding is the little nip caps that are gold colored the top caves in just enough the dirt fills it in looks just like a gold ring in the hole which is what my detector reads it as! Must be some kind of conspiracy!!! Lol!

unfound · Jul 31, 2014

mr helton said:
I found one of those underwater and I thought it was a half dollar because my mask makes everything look bigger in the water. Needless to say I was a bit disappointed lol

Can I borrow that mask for the next time I go skinny dippin....

Wheaties and tokens is a banner day compared to roofing nails and can slaw !!!