Kalans Findings

[Kalan850]

Kalan's Findings

While waiting on my detector to get here in the mail I scoped out a location I'd like to hunt. An old park with a small farmers market. A few baseball fields, couple swing sets, many picnic benches, and they use the farmers market in the spring time. while I was there I decided to walk around some of the locations of the park I thought people might gather, in search of anything I might find. Realized right away the park is a bit trashy. I spotted plenty of pull tabs, bottle caps, and foil. Among all this I did find what I consider my very first treasure, my initiation in the hobby(somehow without using a detector ), my inspiration, my fuel to find what treasure lies ahead in the many years to come! "BEHOLD" a 1964 Lincoln! ha I know its not much but I can just feel the joy and the humor and the satisfaction of finding a piece of 50 year old history. I can't imagine what I'm going to do when I find my first old silver!​

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

There you go and now the addiction to detecting and finding goodies is on HAPPY HUNTING.

 

[YumaMarc]

While waiting on my detector to get here in the mail I scoped out a location I'd like to hunt. An old park with a small farmers market. A few baseball fields, couple swing sets, many picnic benches, and they use the farmers market in the spring time. while I was there I decided to walk around some of the locations of the park I thought people might gather, in search of anything I might find. Realized right away the park is a bit trashy. I spotted plenty of pull tabs, bottle caps, and foil. Among all this I did find what I consider my very first treasure, my initiation in the hobby(somehow without using a detector ), my inspiration, my fuel to find what treasure lies ahead in the many years to come! "BEHOLD" a 1964 Lincoln! ha I know its not much but I can just feel the joy and the humor and the satisfaction of finding a piece of 50 year old history. I can't imagine what I'm going to do when I find my first old silver!​

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And a fine Lincoln that is!! At least the older cents don't blow up like popcorn and self-destruct after a couple years like all these modern Stinkin' Lincoln zincs. I know you'll love the F2. It's not complicated, and has pretty much a turn-on-and-go capability, so you'll be finding things the first day. Just don't get frustrated with all the junk, and for the first while just dig the high tones until you get accustomed to the machine. Pretty soon you'll be down there hitting some of those gorgeous white sand beaches!!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Congrats on your first find with out your detector! Now you have the first penny to pay off your detector!
You are in for a good time MD'ing! GL to you and HH!

 

[BARKER]

HI Katlin; Way to go. Just think. If you did not have your detector in your hand you would not have spotted that penny. COOL. Next find, a Spanish Reale. !!! Welcome to the World of Detecting. May God grant you a life time of great finds. PEACE:RONB

 

[Kalan850]

Rediscovered

Hello again and thank you all for your encouragement.
I find that everywhere I go now, I'm searching the ground for coins lol. Today while taking the dog on a walk to the waters edge I found a USPS mail box key and a couple of modern pennies.

Back at the house, while rummaging through a junk drawer I discovered and old worn coin. All the memories began to rush in.
I remember finding this coin years ago. "OH the Exceptional Joy that ran thru my veins that day!?!"

My first Buffalo Nickel


This being said maybe my fascination with treasure hunting began long ago and is resurfacing after all this time haha.
come to think of it I've always been a fan of the movie The Goonies lol​

 

[Kalan850]

Ah... still waiting on my F2 to get here...

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Head up it will be there soon.

 

[Kalan850]

Gearing Up

Well from the tracking information I received, turns out my F2 will be here on Wednesday!
I bought it used from a person on the forum that goes by the name "devilpookie". The setup is coming with: the detector, the stock 8" coil, and the 4" sniper coil. so far I have acquired a couple tools in hopes to aid in my hunting. one being a steel trowel with rubber gripped handle. I've put an edge on it and bent the top ridges down to create a surface to force the trowel into the ground. The second tool is a 1/4 to 3.5 mm headphone adaptor. Since the setup did not come with headphones, now I can use a couple pairs I have around the house. Still throwing the idea around of getting a pro pointer. I've read some great reviews about them, but the they seem a bit pricey. Also considering some rechargeable batteries from Amazon.
!Come On USPS!​

 

[BigWaveDave]

When I pulled my first silver, it literally took my breath away, it will be an awesome feeling for you... as for the pro-pointer, save up for it, highly recommended.