Its not all fun and games.

Garabaldi · Nov 19, 2009

Found a 1907 V Nickle today, also wanted to share some behind the scenes images. :wink:

We see the great finds, but rarely see the 90% of trash. The blue bin and clear bin with the pull tabs is what I have dug this month and will be turning into my club tomorrow. Each month our members turn in our scrap metal and a designated member redeems it. We put the money in the treasury. Iv'e had the last two weeks off so have been detecting 5 days a week. The other images are clad I have collected for the last 7 months, my sorting table, keys, iron, bullets etc... I'm sure you can all identify with this. :wink:

Texasgopher · Nov 19, 2009

Great stuff! Cool pics, thanks for sharing! If you can't identify with that then you are doing something wrong.

TG

Mr Tuff · Nov 19, 2009

yep that looks like the pile of scrap i have saved up this year :icon_thumleft:

cool knives!!! MR TUFF

phantomfinder · Nov 19, 2009

Sweet photo's, WTG on the pull tabs :laughing7:

Great stuff , good luck out there :icon_thumleft:

vayank54 · Nov 19, 2009

Some cool stuff. SAYYYYY, that bucket looks like it came out of my barn. I thought I was missing some because I could get in the door without any problem. :laughing7:

It's cool you all sell the scrap. I take all the junk I dug to the dump and put it in the metal recycling container.

Deftone · Nov 19, 2009

And to think he rummages through his pull tab bucket to find that cool one. Nice nice. :headbang:

dfx willy · Nov 20, 2009

yep theres alot of messy people in mass!! $:-\$ willy

stillgottawork · Nov 20, 2009

My back hurts just by looking at that stuff............. at least your cleaning up the neighborhood..... :thumbsup:

Nice pile of coins...... :thumbsup:

artzstuff1 · Nov 20, 2009

Funny how that stuff builds up!!!! ya never know what you will digg up,,, :thumbsup:

thanks for sharin,,,

arthur

Garabaldi · Nov 20, 2009

One day in the near future (3000) there will be a pull tab on the banner. People will be saying what is that, people used to open drinks with that? Wow!!!!

whynot · Nov 20, 2009

Does your club donate the pull tabs or just recycle them?

They are a great way to help your local Ronald McDonald House programs...
Here is one example:
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,51803.0.html
-whynot

CRUSADER · Nov 20, 2009

Garabaldi said:
One day in the near future (3000) there will be a pull tab on the banner. People will be saying what is that, people used to open drinks with that? Wow!!!!

and they may find one of those ones with 'winner' written on it as well & wonder what they won :icon_scratch:

Goes4ever · Nov 20, 2009

thanks for sharing the trash pics! I save all mine and separate out aluminum, brass, copper, etc.....

Garabaldi · Nov 20, 2009

whynot said:
Does your club donate the pull tabs or just recycle them?

They are a great way to help your local Ronald McDonald House programs...
Here is one example:
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,51803.0.html
-whynot

Great sugestion. I just called the RMH in boston and they dont collect them but the Springfield mass branch does. I am going to meantion in tonight at our clubs meeting. Thans you WHYNOT. :icon_thumleft:

WhiteHunter · Nov 20, 2009

do you scrap the shells aswelll :crybaby2:

Napa Steve · Nov 20, 2009

Great idea with the recycling, with all them pulltabs theres got to be some gold finds for ya :thumbsup:

Rusted_Iron · Nov 20, 2009

Thanks for showing the pic. Some newbies will benefit from the realization that there is a huge amount of work involved in finding something good.

I have a question, though. When you turn in scrap metal for recycling, how well does it have to be sorted? Does all the dirt have to be washed out of the aluminum cans?

I have a couple bags of scrap that are all mixed together, very hard to identify by type. It seems sorting it would be a huge amount of work, but I don't want to throw it away.

Breezie · Nov 20, 2009

Cooooool post, plus a great way to clean-up as well as make some $$$. Be sure to grap that harmonica blade and those pocket knives before you throw them out. Breezie

Rusted_Iron · Nov 20, 2009

WhiteHunter said:
do you scrap the shells aswelll

You know, I thought I saw a .45-70 case in there (keeper) and maybe a couple other decent ones in that pile.

I found a 33 Winchester case a few weeks ago (somewhat rare). :icon_thumright:

edit... on second look, is that a .50-70 case in the photo? Looks kind of fat.

And BTW, if you ever find a brass shotgun shell case, don't you dare throw that away! I have been looking for one for years and still haven't dug one.