Silver and Copper hunt!

ringfinder · Nov 10, 2006

Hi all, my partner and I went hunting for places to hunt yesterday and I think we hit the jackpot.

We found this place and got permission from the owner to hunt the site and What a Site it is!!!

Yesterday and today I found Six Washington quarters, 1944, 1948,1953, 1953, 1957 D, 1957 D,
6 Mercury dimes 1917, 1919, 1941, 1943, 1945 D, and 1945, 7 Roosevelt's 1946, 1948,
1952 D, 1952, 1952, and 1953 D, 2 1943 P War nickels and 3 Buffalo nickels 1936, 19?, 19?. I also found 57 Wheat pennies and lots of clad coins.

My parter did very well also, finding 5 silver quarters including 1 barber quarter dated 1900. I don't have the dates of his other coins. I do know he found 4 buffalo nickles and just as many silver dimes.

Wow, what a great two days. Not sure if we can bend over for a day or two haha. We can't wait to return to this site.

HH, all and hope your weekend of detecting is great also. Ringfinder

P.S. My partner and I just retired in July and it really is hard to tell what day it is anymore. Man I love this hobby.

ringfinder · Nov 11, 2006

hollowpointred said:
jackpot is right!! thats what you should call it "the jackpot!" great stuff!

mmmmmmmmmmmmm Jackpot, that's a great name for our site, might just do that, call it our jackpot site. Thanks hollowpointed.

By the way, my partner and I both use the ACE 250 with a SunRay Probe. For an inexpensive detector this little machine will out do many of the high priced machines.

HH, Ringfinder

Thorgrim · Nov 13, 2006

Great finds for a few days there ringfinder! Nice to know that a fairly inexpensive set up can produce such good results.

doyboy · Nov 15, 2006

Nice finds! The Ace 250 is a good machine, but you have hit virgin area. I think anyone and their grandmama's mama could find those coins if put in the right area. The only question to answer is, how does the Ace do in trashy areas? I used to own one and I got very frustrated while working trashy areas.

I have been hitting parks this year and with my White's XL-Pro I have pulled out 15 IHs, 2 Vs, 3 Buffs, 1 Merc., 1875-S Seated dime, 1853 3-cent silver piece, and 14 Wheaties. All of these coins were in trashy areas and I don't think anyone with an Ace 250 would analyze those signals as "decent" ones. The block on the meter would just "spaz" out - back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.

HH!

Monty · Nov 15, 2006

Well, heck doboy, you can't compare an ACE with a Minelab. Two different worlds. My ACE works great in trashy areas with the small coil attached. But it won't out do my GTI 2500 either.

Let's hear it for retirees! I'm the same way about what day it is. I never know the date unless I look at a calendar and if I make an appointment I'm sunk unless I double check with a calendar or ask my wife! She knows everything, just ask her!

No, just kidding she's great about keeping me on schedule.

Just goes to show guys, if you go "prospecting" for good places to hunt you are bound to find one ever now and then. They're never hunted out either. Excellent! Monty

allen · Nov 15, 2006

ID BE CAMPING OUT AT THAT SITE. DETECT AS LONG AS I COULD MOVE. KEEP ON DIGGING...

ringfinder · Nov 15, 2006

doyboy said:
Nice finds! The Ace 250 is a good machine, but you have hit virgin area. I think anyone and their grandmama's mama could find those coins if put in the right area. The only question to answer is, how does the Ace do in trashy areas? I used to own one and I got very frustrated while working trashy areas.

I have been hitting parks this year and with my White's XL-Pro I have pulled out 15 IHs, 2 Vs, 3 Buffs, 1 Merc., 1875-S Seated dime, 1853 3-cent silver piece, and 14 Wheaties. All of these coins were in trashy areas and I don't think anyone with an Ace 250 would analyze those signals as "decent" ones. The block on the meter would just "spaz" out - back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.

HH!

Well OK, you might have a point sort of! I too have over 60 IH's, 15 V's, I don't know how many Buffs, I couldn't tell you how many mercs I have and rosy's. Seated Quarters I think I have two for the year, I also found a 1853 3 cent silver piece, a Silver plated War of 1812 Officers button, a Six pound cannon ball found at over 12" in the ground, man I could write a book on what I've found this year.

I have found coins and token's in trashy area's and virgin area's. I'm so sorry you haven't found your virgin area. All I can say is keep trying. I've dumped my trash barrel four times this year. So all my finds aren't great, but they just keep coming.

I also have a Whites XLT, A Minelab Sovereign, A Detector Pro, A Fisher 1235, and a Tesoro Tiger Shark, Plus the best of all, an ACE 250. I still use the others, but as I am getting older, the ACE is so much lighter and easy to use.

Well I hope you find lots of goodies with your Whites, but I guess I'll just keep plugging along with my lowly ACE 250. By the way, yes the ACE does jump back and forth, in between quarter and Half Dollar, but I always know that it's a quarter or a half dollar. I always like to see that. ha ha

HH, Ringfinder

P.S. You might look at my post today Happy Trails 11/15/06

P.S. P.S. I don't hit a lot of parks, but then I guess that's all you have up your way. I like to relic hunt and hit the old sites in fields. Might do some research and maybe you'll find your Field of Dreams.

Jason in TN · Nov 15, 2006

Ring finder I have a list of Top end detectors. What do I take hunting 85% of the time? You got it my ACE 250.
Is it the best detector for every situation probably not. Do I find as much stuff with it as with my DFX Minelab and
Troy Shadow you bet I do. It is a great machine I have tried most of them and for the money YOU CAN NOT BUY
A BETTER DETECTOR. Awesome finds keep it up. What I meant to say was the 250 is a piece of junk you could not find a beer
can with it at 2 inches. Do not buy one and use it where I detect go get something else.

250 with Camo. Yellow was a little to much for me.

ringfinder · Nov 15, 2006

swingingmydfx said:
Ring finder I have a list of Top end detectors. What do I take hunting 85% of the time? You got it my ACE 250.
Is it the best detector for every situation probably not. Do I find as much stuff with it as with my DFX Minelab and
Troy Shadow you bet I do. It is a great machine I have tried most of them and for the money YOU CAN NOT BUY
A BETTER DETECTOR. Awesome finds keep it up. What I meant to say was the 250 is a piece of junk you could not find a beer
can with it at 2 inches. Do not buy one and use it where I detect go get something else.

250 with Camo. Yellow was a little to much for me.

Good point, I hope no one buys the ACE, hope they just keep buying those heavy $1200 machines. I like the way you camouflaged your detector. Mine sort of looks like that today with all the mud on it.

Thanks for your reply, HH, Ringfinder

doyboy · Nov 16, 2006

Here are Money Mafia's finds for the year:

RP aka Paco - 6 Large cents, 1842 Seated dollar, 1857 half dime, and a shitload of other silver coins.

Blitz aka Silver Zeus - 1878 quarter, 1854 3-center, 1891-O Morgan, 3 Colonials, $1,000 gold ring, 2 Barber quarters, 1778 Half-Reale

Zoyboy - 2 Colonial coppers, 1818 Large cent, 1901 quarter, and a shitload of other silver and old coins.

Doyboy aka Doy Doy - 3 Seated dimes,1 3-center, 3 Colonials, 47 injuns, and a shitload of other special coins.

Ringfinder, we have found our sites. But, hey, buddy, I'll give you a "holler" when Zoy's research project in the working blows away "Zoypy Trails."
hint: old tavern site (1800-1850).

Rosies, Mercs, and Wheats won't be found here!

Monty · Nov 16, 2006

Dang, if I camoed mine I'd probably lay it down and lose it some place. Then I'd have to buy another to go find it! Monty

cheffer · Nov 16, 2006

geez, you guys are cleaning up...
and i thought i did good this week!
steve

Danimal · Nov 16, 2006

swingingmydfx said:
Ring finder I have a list of Top end detectors. What do I take hunting 85% of the time? You got it my ACE 250.
Is it the best detector for every situation probably not. Do I find as much stuff with it as with my DFX Minelab and
Troy Shadow you bet I do. It is a great machine I have tried most of them and for the money YOU CAN NOT BUY
A BETTER DETECTOR. Awesome finds keep it up. What I meant to say was the 250 is a piece of junk you could not find a beer
can with it at 2 inches. Do not buy one and use it where I detect go get something else.

250 with Camo. Yellow was a little to much for me.

Is that just camo tape? looks great!

Nashoba · Nov 16, 2006

HOLYYYYYYYYY CAMOLYYYYY...... THAT'S A LOT OF SILVER COINAGE!!! wtg!

~Nashoba~

Colonial Zoyboy · Nov 16, 2006

Doyster, you forgot about RP's 1778 one reale. Oh, by the way, Blitz's half reale is dated 1777, not 1778.

Sevster, you didn't mention that one of my research sites yielded 4 colonial coppers in two weeks, meaning that we have found our "virgin" sites.

doyboy · Nov 16, 2006

Zoy Zoy, oh, we forgot to tell Zoyfinder about our grove research. We will show that zoyboy what research is all about! "Rosies, Mercs, and Wheats; Rosies, Mercs, and Wheats!" Zooooooooy

The Gemologist · Nov 16, 2006

One question i didn't read or missed, what type of site was this virgin in, was it a park, playfield, old house, store, rodeo parking lot. I must have missed it with all the talk about different MD

Let us know what type of site,

ringfinder · Nov 16, 2006

Thanks for all the replies and I hope this isn't going to be a metal detector war. I really just like to detect and really don't want to get into a war of words.

Hope all of you find your field of dreams, where ever it is. Also hope that the detector your using is working great for you. I like the one I'm using and if you like the one your using that's great also.

Hope all of you keep us posted, with pictures of all your finds.

The place my partner and I are hunting is an old site. The farmer we got permission from asked us
not to tell anyone else about it. He doesn't want a couple hundred people invading his property.

Happy Hunting all, Ringfinder