Trash Finds

[MXT Man]

Trash FindsPosted by Titan Man on May 16, 2008 at 10:18pm in Research Dept.

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Delete Discussion Hi fellow members! I have been having some bad days swinging my 4 inch coil in my back yard. Since my wife is recovering from a dog bite on her hand from our Terrier I have been staying close to the house in case she needs me. My back yard must have been a junk yard that was covered over with about 4 inches of top soil. I have been finding all kinds of stuff from old square nails to foil and rusted metal pieces. I cant move more than a couple feet in the all metal settin without getting a hit. I nulled out all metal and pop tabs leaving me pennies and silver only to search for. I get quite a few hits in this mode. When I dig I end up with Aluminum cans and foil. I also am getting some iron and steel pieces out of the hole mixed in with the foil and cans. There also many square nails in the mix. The nails steel and iron are discriminated out and do not give any audible signal as it should be with my settings. The aluminum cans ring as a dime or on occasions a quarter. This is frustrating the heck out of me. I have only found 2 clad pennies and a nickle and have dug 50 or more holes in the back yard. I guess I should just give up on my back yard and front yard also since it is very trashy to. I figured with all the old square nails I am finding there ought to be some old coins but nothing but clad. If anyone has any suggestions on a better way to sweep these yards let me know. Thanks and keep in touch.

Titan Man

 

[Thomas007]

Hey Bounty Seeker

If your property is from the old days then by ridding your yard of the junk stuff then the old coins will reveal themselves.

It is tedious to do this and most individuals prefer to go elsewhere however if your land was occupied in the 1800's or early 1900's then you will undoubtedly find the dropped coins and lost jewelry from those eras.

Good luck in your endeavor no matter which approach you use

Happy Hunting

Sanat

 

[Detectingfreak]

You should keep on going with digging your yard! You are making a path to where the really good stuff if by clearing all of the trash out! What year was your house built?

 

[MXT Man]

The house that exists now is only about 20 years old.

Thanks for your help on clearing out the trash. After 4 pop cans that rang up as a dime I disc'd the dime out and the next detect I got showed it as a wheat penny and the VDI was right on also. My detector said it was 6 inches down so I dug and found it with my pin pointer. To my amazement I found it to be a 1954 Wheat. This is my first find in coins that was not clad. I am one happy camper with my Detector and my find. I know it is not much but it is a start.

Titan Man

 

[liftloop]

nice job. get that magnet the cyotie used on bugs bunny that shound do it for the metal eny way.