Just getting started

alabamadan · May 2, 2005

Hi everyone!

I'm just getting started and thanks to the information on this site, I hope I read it right, I've ordered an ACE 250 with all the little trinkets that go along with it. I lost my wedding band and I'm hoping to find it and gain a new hobby along the way. I've never done any MD before, but I love history and old stuff so it seems like a great fit!

Any advice?

Nana40 · May 7, 2005

I knew you would love it! A NAIL! Next you'll be finding BULLETS!...........Have a great day.....I'm going to the lake!

Nana

birdman · May 7, 2005

What part of bama you from? I am from Gulf Shores area originally,lots of nice finds around the old bayous at low tide. It alot busier there now then when I left 12 years ago.Welcome and good luck.

alabamadan · May 9, 2005

birdman said:
What part of bama you from? I am from Gulf....

Small world isn't it. I live in Birmingham but go down to Orange Beach regularly, at least I did before Hurricane Ivan came through last year. It's been almost a year since we last went down there. My family's got a condo down there and it's still being reparied. I hear things are really quiet down there and I'm hoping to go this summer. Perhaps there'll be all kinds of stuff in the State Park as a result of the Hurricane.

alabamadan · May 9, 2005

Well I went out and dug some in my yard yesterday. I can't walk three feet without a beep. My yard must be filled with trash. I am impressed with the abilities of the ACE 250 to locate things. I found a lead pellet about six inches deep. I'm talking about one of those little pellets that shoot out of a kids air gun. I was rather impressed with myself for finding it. 8) I also found the handle to a kids toy gun and some scrap nails and hooks.

I do seem to be havings some trouble finding the things my detector identified. I finally called it a day after I dug a hole about two feet in diameter and a foot deep without finding what my detector was beeping at. $:-\$ I did find a peice of terra cotta pottery in that hole. Looked like a peice of pipe. How long does it take to get to where you can quickly dig the item up?

Nana40 · May 9, 2005

Glad you got to go out and play! I know when I first got my MD, one of the first things I found was an old sewing needle out in the woods! Took me 30 minutes of sifting through the dirt to figure out what it was beeping at!

...And you better be careful not to dig the septic!

That could be bad!

Nana