My First Hunt Finds [August 01, 2010]

[nhagan]

Well my father and I have always enjoyed 'treasure hunting' in one form or another. I remember watching 'gold fever' on the old C-Band satellite dish years and years ago. Since then we have always talked of grabbing a detector (as there is not a whole lot of gold in Illinois to be found) and staring a hobby together. He came up with a few extra bucks and did a bit of research and in our 'starting out' price-rage settled for an Ace 250. So we spent the first weekend with it just in his back-yard and learning the tones and how to pinpoint so we were not digging a 12" hole 9" deep. So now that we had a pretty good feel for how to use this we hit up a local park (after checking with the city to make sure it was alright). We ended up with about 3.18 in clad a small toe ring? Two necklace pendants (one is marked JM STER) it is very heavy so im guessing it is sterling silver. The other is stamped 925 but also says CHINA on it. My father had a blast for our first time out and figure this is just the beginning to a long-time hobby together!!

Have a great week and good luck out there!
Neil

 

[history hunter]

Looks like you had a great first hunt!! WTG!

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

A big congrats on you and your Dad's first finds
And I'm sure that it's only a matter of time until you strike gold in Illinois!

 

[nhagan]

funny I was just searching around online and came up with this.

http://www.catholiccompany.com/four-way-medal-sterling-silver-18-inch-chain-p2033986/?sli=2033986

which is the exact one I found.

good stuff
Neil

 

[mlayers]

Well I would like to congs you two on your first hunt together. You guys did really well on your first hunt. Finding silver on your first time out is great. I sure there is going to be plenty more to come. Good luck and hope you two have a great time in this awesome hobby.....Matt

 

[romeo-1]

You are off to a great start...the Ace 250 is a great machine so I don't think you settled at all. Everyone should own an Ace 250.

 

[zaxfire69]

I agree everyone should own an Ace 250. Great first hunt. You keep it up and you will have it paid for in no time. Congrats.

 

[GioTheGreek]

Wicked hunt brother.

Welcome to the addiction, welcome to Tnet.

 

[Blind Squirrel]

Congrats on the finds!! It's good to see you and your father are getting to spend some time together with this great hobby. Good luck in the future!! Keep us posted Gene

 

[txconservative]

Great finds ! I am new to this as well , no luck for me just yet. I've got to do a bit of research around the area I live in to figure out the best spots !

 

[nhagan]

Thank you all so much for the great replies! It is a wonderful hobby which gets the old man out of the house and gives us something to do on the weekends for sure!

Again thanks for the warm welcome! Good luck on your finds this week!

Neil

 

[DPBOB]

Welcome...
It's a great start.
Don't forget check in on the ILLINOIS section of this site and introduce yourself.
There are a lot of IL people on this forum.
Great bunch of guys and gals

 

[Happy Harry]

I've had my ACE250 three years and its so much fun to hunt with. I easily keep up with the MXT crowd in the local prospecting club. One of my hunting partners has the v-3 and he and I are dead tied with what we have found.. The machine you settled for is top notch.

Those finds are great!!
Happy Hunting Happy Harry (HHHH)

 

[nhagan]

all i can say is we are both very happy with his purchase! i would recommend the ace 250 to anyone! easy to use easy to learn to pinpoint and im already picking up by ear what to dig and what not to dig!

had a few minutes extra on my lunch break today. so i showed it off to a co-worker who appreciates this type of hunting and has always wanted to pick up a detector of his own. i let him run it and in under ten minutes of walking the same spots i hit up yesterday we had found 2 dimes and a penny. he was impressed with just how small of a plug we had to dig up to get to it. heck we were just using a small garden hand shovel making two insertions with it and lifting up the small 3" section and out fell the coins haha. i think i have him sold on picking up an ace here in the future. garret should offer some referral credit haha

anyway, again thanks for all the positive comments. more hunting to follow! good luck out ther

neil

 

[Tennessee Treasure Hunter]

Awesome finds

 

[Skelly607]

Ace 250 does it again!!! Welcome to the hobby!

 

[Tuberale]

Excellent first hunt!

I'd like to see more photos of the pendant with the stone marked 925, if you take requests.

 

[nhagan]

Excellent first hunt!

I'd like to see more photos of the pendant with the stone marked 925, if you take requests.

not a problem at all. when i get home from work today ill snap some better images post them here and shoot you a quick pm! have a great day. i have some new pics to post from our finds last night as well which ended up being pretty exciting!

neil

 

[nhagan]

as requested here are a couple shots for ya. if you would like better pics just shoot me a pm.

I am limited to a blackberry storm for pictures here at home but my father has a dslr which i could use if needed. I do not know much about this other than it was found on top of the ground (i did not dig to recover this piece) in the park.

neil

 

[47thelement]

Somebody once called my little yellow fellow a "rookie rod." I out hunted his Whites DFX or something.

You done kid!