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[Discrimination Dave]

Hey all of you great people.

I am almost lost way out here in Japan but i have bought a machine and have been reading your posts for some time.
There is just nothing to brag about here.
But i am so envious of all of you Stateside Folks.
I've seen many of your beautiful Barbers and Buckles (north and south included).
Happy half dollar bank coin rolls PLUS....!
I have finally decided to post something...ANYTHING!

So, here it is:
Just in case anyone is interested in the other side of our lovely Big Mom Ball....

Everytime I come home from a hunt in this land of trashy ole' fill dirt, wife keeps asking for the rolex or ancient gold coin that I had promised her when I "invested" in the machine.....

I've shown her about what i am showing you now....(she doesn't really realize how many pull tabs we own yet).

Any way: Sure has been fun so far and Thank you all for such a friendly, informative forum. Wow! So un internet like!

Hey Man! I found this stuff today in a park in Osaka. 6 hours of hunting. Japanese clad, copper sheeting, a button and a rivit, (Nothing special) but i am really happy to be a part of this. Thank you to who ever created this forum.
Hey man! is that a gun sight? or am I reaching?
David John


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[dcinffxva]

I agree with the rear sight conclusion, but not with the Arisaka part. Arisaka's, as do most military arms less than 130 years old had adjustable sights.

 

[woody50]

Hi David.... Glad to see that you are finding some things there in Osaka. I was there several times when I worked on Okinawa back in the 70's, I would image that it's changed quite a bit, just like everyplace. The last time I was there the world fair was there, went with my wife and kids. The most wonderous thing was then trying to get from the city to the fair on the train. You stand there with us 4 waiting for the train/metro and it stops just in front of you and the door opens, but before you can take one step all the people standing around have run into the train and its full! Happened only once with us, the next time we just pushed and ran in too.

Nice finds, where are you searching? Have you studied some of the history of the region or area? Osaka is too large anymore to really search but I am thinking about the villages outside the city. If you could search around the villages I think you could find more interesting things (not to say that these are not interesting). Do you speak Japanese? If not have someone make a card for you with the information, asking permission and telling a bit what you are doing, and that you will fill in the holes and let them see what you find... Should work.

On Okinawa I didn't search, pity, but I didn't start with metal detecting until about 87. What I did do back then was go to a bank, buy $200 worth of dimes/quarters/half's (when I worked there Okinawa used the US dollar) and take them home. Unpack out of the roll, pick out the silver, easy to see clad or silver, repack them and take them to another bank, cash them in. Then to still an different bank and get another $200 and repeat...

I saved all the silver until a few years ago when I cashed the big bag in at a coin dealer. Out of every roll I got at least 10-20% silver, some rolls were almost all silver....! Was a bunch of fun.....

OK, let us all know how your further searches turn out, and good luck.