months non treasure finds add up!

[rayrayvegas]

Getting this weekend finds together I realized my box of my month go thru finds was rather large, does anyone else find and keep this much to go thru later.have to say its paid off more than once.

 

[cjon455]

now thats alot of stuff!, I often go thru them after each hunt and keep the good metals (copper/brass) and ditch the rest

 

[Produce Guy]

I have one of those brass spray nozzles,found in my front yard ,out by the curb.

 

[rayrayvegas]

Just counted out 21 keys from this pile, I cant remember the last time I lost a key (knock on wood) and how is it always just 1, think it would be a whole key chain?

 

[John_Deere]

How is it always just 1, think it would be a whole key chain?

I honestly wonder the same thing. Maybe it fell of a carabiner or something.

Regardless, that's a lot of stuff! Congrats and HH!

 

[wvwildman]

nice finds congrats HH

 

[BryanM362]

I usually go through everything after each hunt. The trash I toss, right away.

 

[Wildcat1750]

That's a lot of stuff! Actually I save the junk after I separate it out by metal type. Someday if I get enough I might try to sell it for scrap....but then again that might just be wishful thinking on my part.

 

[Jarl]

Looks like a trip to the scrap yard maybe? Cool!

 

[Twinkletoes]

I look through my trash bag, for a second time, at the end of the hunt. All trash gets thrown away. I prefer to not bring it home. Corroded zinc pennies go home for the photo shoot, then in the trash. I do have collections of many of the items in the picture that you may include as trash. For example: keys, dog tags, bullets, spoons, clads, etc. . I don't know why I keep them, but why not? I DO BRING QUESTIONABLE ITEMS HOME for further inspection, sometimes, under a microscope. I don't save scrap, although I think it's a good idea.
Here is a sample one of my collections. NH miscellaneous clads, summer 2007.
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[rayrayvegas]

I look through my trash bag, for a second time, at the end of the hunt. All trash gets thrown away. I prefer to not bring it home. Corroded zinc pennies go home for the photo shoot, then in the trash. I do have collections of many of the items in the picture that you may include as trash. For example: keys, dog tags, bullets, spoons, etc. I don't know why I keep them, but why not? I DO BRING QUESTIONABLE ITEMS HOME for further inspection, sometimes, under a microscope. I don't save scrap, although I think it's a good idea. Good luck with your pile! H Digs!

Twink I also keep the same items you mentioned, same answer.dont know why.a lot of the stuff I worked pretty hard to get out of the ground. And I guess there are so many things that I found that look like nothing and turn out to be some pretty profitable finds after some cleaning.

 

[Twinkletoes]

Twink I also keep the same items you mentioned, same answer.dont know why.a lot of the stuff I worked pretty hard to get out of the ground. And I guess there are so many things that I found that look like nothing and turn out to be some pretty profitable finds after some cleaning.

From your posts I would say you do pretty darn good! Keep up the good digs!

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

Latch key kids lose there house key.

 

[vpnavy]

WOW - one heck of a collection rayrayvegas.

 

[NW Digger]

I have a few 5gallon buckets I keep, brass bucket, copper bucket etc.
It adds up quicker then you would think. I took my last 5er of brass in to the scrap yard and got enough $ back that I stopped at the coin shop and put another couple silver coins into my collection... True trash to treasure lol :P

 

[cjon455]

I have a few 5gallon buckets I keep, brass bucket, copper bucket etc.
It adds up quicker then you would think. I took my last 5er of brass in to the scrap yard and got enough $ back that I stopped at the coin shop and put another couple silver coins into my collection... True trash to treasure lol :P

good idea!

 

[g-olden years]

Ya gotta lotta stuff there! I keep my "best" junk items because sometime this year I'm gonna put the groovier junk together to make a JUNK-O-SAURUS FAMILY, and will post a photo of that here. The rest of my junk goes in the trash can before going home. Sadly that includes a lot of rusty sharp stuff dug from the beaches, which can really mess up a kid's feet when running on the beach! One problem is people making bonfires from palets on the beach, then the nails that remain afterward sink under the sand to be a danger. My question is: what to do with live bullets found? I've been throwing them as far out as I can toward the middle of the lake (it's not a swimming or fishing lake, just scenic), probably a lousy solution, but I don't want to carry live bullets around. Have fun & don't accept any wooden nickels, ha-ha! Andi