My first finds EVER

[stanjam]

Well, on my third day of detecting, I finally found some coins. I went over to the playground section of the park. The whole park is EXTREMELY trashy. I get beeps every three steps or so. I finally decided to discard any signal that keeps hopping.

Went to the playground, under the monkey bars knowing I would find coins. Some kids were very interested, and I let them help. I pinpointed and tried to figure where the coins were. The kids scraped the woodchips out of the way, and kept the loot as long as it wasn't old!

Then I moved on. I turned the sensitivity on my ACE 250 WAY down, to like 2-3 bars, and swept. Found two pennies and a dime, each 2-4 inches down. It isn't much, but it is a start! The pennies are 2006 and 1987, while the dime is 2004.

Not a great day, but it was my first. The thrill of digging and FINALLY coming up with a coin was great! Now on to the good stuff!

 

[Genool]

Keep diggin, you'll eventually find the good stuff...

HH
Genool

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

stanjam,

hope you find many more.

have a good un...
SHERMANVILLE

 

[wyattrr]

Welcome to T-Net...Letting the Kids who are interested participate is always cool. You'll master that machine soon enough...HH

 

[Natman]

Welcome to TNet..you got the fever I can tell! Don't forget to check the schools (especially where there's a soccer field). You'll find MUCH loot there.

HH,
Nat

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

It's not as easy as the ads make it look but every time out you'll learn a little more and get better at it. A lot of folks seem to spoil the fun for themselves with self imposed pressure. Sounds like you're in the right frame of mind.

 

[treasurefiend]

Nice start, more will follow!!!

 

[Silver Searcher]

Welcom to T Net...you have the bug now things can only get better

 

[Findone]

There is nowhere to go but up now.
Good luck.

 

[Joe G]

Well, on my third day of detecting, I finally found some coins. I went over to the playground section of the park. The whole park is EXTREMELY trashy. I get beeps every three steps or so. I finally decided to discard any signal that keeps hopping.

Went to the playground, under the monkey bars knowing I would find coins. Some kids were very interested, and I let them help. I pinpointed and tried to figure where the coins were. The kids scraped the woodchips out of the way, and kept the loot as long as it wasn't old!

Then I moved on. I turned the sensitivity on my ACE 250 WAY down, to like 2-3 bars, and swept. Found two pennies and a dime, each 2-4 inches down. It isn't much, but it is a start! The pennies are 2006 and 1987, while the dime is 2004.

Not a great day, but it was my first. The thrill of digging and FINALLY coming up with a coin was great! Now on to the good stuff!

You will absolutely find more cool things! Keep on diggin!

Joe G

 

[Bridge End Farm]

wow your doing great awesome job

 

[Pepper2004]

Welcome to TNet. Congrats on your first hunt. Things will get better the more you hunt.

 

[stanjam]

Thanks for the words of encouragement!

As far as having the right frame of mind, I hope so. I got a little frustrated the second day out, finding lots of trash, but I had read a lot of the forums, and knew that you have to not only learn, but you have to dig the trash to find the good stuff!

I didn't start this hobby with the idea of making a fortune. If I manage to even pay for the detector I will be more than happy! I started it because my doctor said "Get some exercise...walk." I have a couple bad discs, and grad school put weight on. Bad combo. Thing is, I hate walking because it is so boring! I thought that this hobby would be ideal, because I am walking, and doing what is essentially deep knee bends repeatedly, but I am also doing something FUN! Now that I have found a few coins, I am hooked, and can't wait to get back out there (even though I am serious pain right now).

With three days under my belt, and learning, the best bit of advice I can think of is.. don't expect to find the motherlode. In fact, don't expect to make money at all yet. You are basically in school, and learning. You are a student, and the rewards are, in all likelihood, yet to come. Learn the machine you use, try and predict what will come out of the ground. Is it foil? A pull tab? A penny? (by the way, pennies can be darned hard to locate in all that dirt!). Sooner or later I know the surprises will come. I have had a few, none valuable. I found an old metal ash tray, and wondered of its origin.

I hope you all are right, and that some day the rewards, those good pulls I see on this site, will happen. I especially hope this will happen because if I find some things of value, I can buy other things, like a sniper coil! God, I AM hooked, aren't I?

 

[JC dig's]

well your hooked now. Now where ever you go you'll be thinking "I sure would like to detect there". People will start thinking you have a one trac mind. But, thats okay you have plenty of company.