Nothing!

[Illinois Jeff]

Got out for 2 hours at a local forest preserve. If aluminum was worth anything I would be rich. Couldnt even find clad! Went an hour without even hitting junk. I have had off days but this has taken 1st place.

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Illinois Jeff,

congrat on getting out into the woods.

Good days and bad, most just don't post
the bad ones.

The hunting gods owe you one.

have a good un......
SHERMANVILLE

 

[Green1]

i feel your pain,, i'll drive an hour sometimes to get nadda,,
you'll get em next time.......

 

[weasel606]

would not be a fun day for me either but you was out there trying, sounds like the time we went in the woods looking for a old house we was told about and never found , 3 hours of walking. i think its only got to get better on your next hunt ! goodluck

 

[artemis moon]

Got out for 2 hours at a local forest preserve. If aluminum was worth anything I would be rich. Couldnt even find clad! Went an hour without even hitting junk. I have had off days but this has taken 1st place.

I think I one-uped you here-I went out to my local forest preserve and got a "warning ticket" from the ranger police. Apparently, you can use your detector to find stuff that you have lost, but you aren't allowed to "retreive lost/abandoned property, oh, and no digging. The po po was not too happy because I made a hole with my screw driver to retrieve a wheat cent from under an old clothes line - are you allowed to detect in Cook County Preserves? Do you need a permit?

Thanks,
Dawn

 

[Colonial KirkPA]

Any day of detecting is a good day.

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Got out for 2 hours at a local forest preserve. If aluminum was worth anything I would be rich. Couldnt even find clad! Went an hour without even hitting junk. I have had off days but this has taken 1st place.

I think I one-uped you here-I went out to my local forest preserve and got a "warning ticket" from the ranger police. Apparently, you can use your detector to find stuff that you have lost, but you aren't allowed to "retreive lost/abandoned property, oh, and no digging. The po po was not too happy because I made a hole with my screw driver to retrieve a wheat cent from under an old clothes line - are you allowed to detect in Cook County Preserves? Do you need a permit?

Thanks,
Dawn

Were you detecting in Cook County?

Cannot "dig" in Cook County Forest Preserves.
They are thinking of going with a permit system
to raise money.

Most rangers will not say anything , many are
interested in what you are finding.

I stay in the woods and have never had a
problem.

Was asked to leave a Will County Preserve.
Not allowed. Talked to the Ranger for about
1/2 hour. He tried out my 1500, liked it.
Thinks he will be getting something like it.

It's a strange world out here in Illilnois

have a good un.....
SHERMANVILLE

 

[Illinois Jeff]

I stayed out of view of roads and drives where I was at. I have had some minor run-ins but never ticketed or had the detector confiscated. They seemed to like that I was not redepositing the junk I dug up. I tell them they wont find holes or damages and any trash I found is disposed of properly. It would be great to get a permit though. On several occasions they just left me alone, and like some have said, become interested in the hobby. I think the cops that patrol these areas are just bored and need to flex their muscle sometimes. On certain occasions I was actually glad they were around because the forest preserves can be home to some real wierdos.

 

[civilman1]

Any day of detecting is a good day.

I probably own hundred's of those "1st Place" ribbon's....HH!!

 

[piggman1]

Any day of detecting is a good day.

I probably own hundred's of those "1st Place" ribbon's....HH!!

Don't we all. There's good days and there's bad. But at least you get to get out, and that's what counts.

 

[IndianaSmith]

Don't feel bad Jeff, my day mimicked yours. Spent about 2 hours on a "preliminary" search around the site that was supposedly an old grist mill. It evidenty has had fill added over the years......trash & all I was digging beer cans at 6-8".

Smitty

 

[mecke28]

I guess I'm one of the rare who did post my bad day in the back yard my 1st time metal detecting

 

[Prober]

OK, you guys convinced me, my last two hunts weren't as bad as yours & Piggman's. I kinda knew that I wasn't going to find much today, but I didn't want to sit home even though I didn't have a lot of gas. OK, I'll post my small finds. Good luck next time out guys!

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

If aluminum was worth anything I would be rich.

Wait!!! Aluminum is up to $1.08 per Lb. There is hope!!! With metal prices the way they are, guys in pickup trucks come around my neighborhood on trash night to search for scrap!!

http://www.metalprices.com/

 

[Baldingboy]

I went to a school for an hour after work on Tuesday night. I only found a few scraps of aluminum deep, and some gum foil wrappers. That was the first time since getting my detector that I have been skunked. I usually find a few coins, but I guess it wasn't in the cards that night!

I feel your pain.

 

[DPBOB]

Hey Jeff

Not to far away....from you

There is always light at the end of a tunnel...

From now on things can only get better....Like SILVER or GOLD !!!!!!

DPSB

 

[nebstater]

Hey, even a bad day MDing, is still better than a good day working.

 

[desertfox]

I know your pain. I went over to the high school this past weekend for an hour and a half. The ground was hard as rock and I came home with 3 pennies!
Wife LHAO..... HH the gods will smile on you next time out.

Desertfox

 

[Illinois Jeff]

Im gonna give it another shot tomorrow! Keepin all the fingers crossed!

 

[SaintSea]

It's the thrill of the chase.... One weekend I find a sapphire/gold/diamond ring at Daytona... the following week I came home with 36 freakin' cents that I spent all day digging out of the sand. But, yes, any day detecting is a good day. And there's always tomorrow!!!!
R.