Ricardo_NY1
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Hi Everyone,
I'm new to the forum, posted an intro here about a week ago. This weekend was my first real metal detecting weekend with my first metal detector, an inexpensive BH 1100. A couple of weeks ago I went out to a beach for a little while just to try it out. Didn't really have the time. Yesterday and today I went out to a local park. I'm new at this and was digging quite alot of junk, caps, tabs, etc. Finally I got tired and set the thing to discriminate against everything but silver and copper. With that I started getting some result. Day 1 it started out with a penny. My confidence leverl soared with that. Then came a dime, a quarter, followed by a couple more times. 60 something cents of modern coins but my day was made. I figure if I could find those, I can find others. Today I went back out and pulled out a couple of dimes, 3 pennies, one was a 57 with that wheat pattern in the back, and my favorite and best find so far, a 1940 quarter. I was about to give up on that signal, but persistance made it happen. The other coins I would pin point by grabbing chunks of dirt in my hand and passing them over the coil as I dug, the quarter just happened to be right there looking at me as I uncovered about 2 inches of dirt. I had a good time, my confidence level has been raised a little, and I know I'm hooked. I took a couple of pics, nothing has been cleaned. Comments welcome.
I'm new to the forum, posted an intro here about a week ago. This weekend was my first real metal detecting weekend with my first metal detector, an inexpensive BH 1100. A couple of weeks ago I went out to a beach for a little while just to try it out. Didn't really have the time. Yesterday and today I went out to a local park. I'm new at this and was digging quite alot of junk, caps, tabs, etc. Finally I got tired and set the thing to discriminate against everything but silver and copper. With that I started getting some result. Day 1 it started out with a penny. My confidence leverl soared with that. Then came a dime, a quarter, followed by a couple more times. 60 something cents of modern coins but my day was made. I figure if I could find those, I can find others. Today I went back out and pulled out a couple of dimes, 3 pennies, one was a 57 with that wheat pattern in the back, and my favorite and best find so far, a 1940 quarter. I was about to give up on that signal, but persistance made it happen. The other coins I would pin point by grabbing chunks of dirt in my hand and passing them over the coil as I dug, the quarter just happened to be right there looking at me as I uncovered about 2 inches of dirt. I had a good time, my confidence level has been raised a little, and I know I'm hooked. I took a couple of pics, nothing has been cleaned. Comments welcome.
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