Very first day with new detector!

[CanadianTrout]

Hi all. New detector just arrived today so when my 10yr old daughter came home from school (she was almost as excited as I was) we headed out to the local school yard. Mission for today was to get swinging and see what we could come up with. I've been doing a lot of reading here and on other sites for tips and how to's and it help this rookie get started for sure.

Didn't come up with anything really exciting but just being out there finally and my daughters enthusiasm was exciting enough. Nothing older than 1970 and we got 1 nickel, 1 dime, hand full of pennies, 1 fake silver earing and an assortment of junk. I dug everthing lol! I can see how that might wear thin after awhile.. but oh well I'm just learning.

 

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[Cynangyl]

Looks like you had a great day for a first day! So glad to hear your daughter was so excited too! She will make a great hunting partner for you I am sure. You might wanna hide that zipper pull before Mastereagle22 sees it though! lol You guys did great!

 

[Goldiver]

First I want to say Welcome! I also see you did a great job with the new detector. That is very smart digging all till you get the hang of it. I like to dig all but iron. Gold will be missed if you turn the disc. up to high, you also will miss alot of old coins and nickels. You are doing well keep it up!

Steve

 

[gates21]

Do all elementary school students in Canada drink Mikes hard lemonade I grew up in the wrong country!

 

[Prober]

Welcome! You guys did great...my first day I found 4 pennies. Keep at it.

 

[Brett2259]

Good job....I just search for coins....when nickle readings come up I just pass them up...too many pull tabs and junk....

 

[goldencoin]

welcome to the asylum- I hope you make a lot of friends

HH
-GC

 

[TN-Joe]

O look a green pulltab. Cool!!!!!
Nice finds for the first time out. The real treasure is spending time with the daughter.
Joe

 

[Jeep]

WTG

Love that Green pulltab, I still need to get one of the green ones for my collection.

I dig and dig and never a green

 

[Ron B]

Hello CT & Welcome aboard!
You don't disclose your weapon of choice?

Digging every signal can be frustrating for a new detectorist. I'd suggest considering one of the presets if your detector has them. At least, for a while until you get more familiar with your machine. Doing so may save a lot of digging.

GRB

 

[Derek752]

Dear GOD another person hooked on MD'ing

Congrats CanadianTrout you and daughter make a good team..Nice finds

HH !

Derek

 

[pennyfarmer]

Welcome to a great hobby.

I don't think I found that much stuff will my first detector in the first week. It had manual ground balance and it took awhile to figure that out.

 

[Ramapirate]

That is some beautiful stuff, there's nothing like the first time out no mwtter what you find. You are bitten my friend, and there's no cure...

Thanks for sharing,
Ramapirate

 

[acevillav]

Welcome to Tnet. Nothing takes the place of quality time spent w/your daughter. Dig everything, dig everything, dig everything. Gold rings the same as a pull tab on my detector so after a few million pull tabs I found a gold and 4 diamond ring. Also my ten year old found a mercury dime (old us coin) on the first hunt and a white 18 k gold ring on her second hunt. So you never know. Keep us posted and best of luck.

Acevillav

 

[Fishstank]

What kind of detector do you have. Welcome to TNet and happy hunting!!

Fishstank

 

[CanadianTrout]

hahahaha that's funny. When I got home I showed my wife and said "Hey look, a GREEN pulltab, Cool!" She just looked at me strange....

There's no way I'm going anywhere near grass yet though.... you shoulda saw the size of the holes I was digging! Deep and w i d e ! Sand and wood chips everywhere only to discover the find had come out on the first scoop and put in the pile off to the side. Oops.

Another thing I did was as I grabbed handfuls of sand I ran it under the coil looking for the target. I was puzzled as to why EVERY handful kept ringing loud but I could never find the target. Then I realized I had my wedding ring on..... what a dork.


What year did US and Can coins stop using silver? 1963? 1968? And what content of silver is in these older coins? And how do you "politely" deal with swarming children? The buggers kept grabbing my Leche everytime I set it down and at the first tone there'd be 6 pairs of grubby little hands in the hole before I could even think about pinpointing..... lol

Anyway, sticking with tot-lots and parks for awile and leaving the wedding ring at home.....

Thanks everyone!

EDIT: oh ya, I use an Ace 250. Brand new out of the box, 2 days old.

 

[Jeep]

To answer your question about silver content I will refer you to this web site.

http://www.coinflation.com/

It lists melt value of the different year coins and the silver, copper and nickel content of each.

Welcome to the Hobby, now you also get to spend time on research.

 

[49er]

No day of detecting with your daughter will replace the lack of finds you found today... . Keep up the great detecting....

 

[Bridge End Farm]

Another thing I did was as I grabbed handfuls of sand I ran it under the coil looking for the target. I was puzzled as to why EVERY handful kept ringing loud but I could never find the target. Then I realized I had my wedding ring on..... what a dork.

thats alright when I first started I used to wear safety shoes as I hunted right after work and get beeps as the coil passed in front of a shoe if I have it forward walking. I'd stop and it would go away lol I be like mmmmmmm where did it go I know that was a good solid beep lol

Enjoy those hands and enjoy your family sounds like you already have the biggest treasures following you

Welcome to the TN

 

[jsu]

And how do you "politely" deal with swarming children? The buggers kept grabbing my Leche everytime I set it down and at the first tone there'd be 6 pairs of grubby little hands in the hole before I could even think about pinpointing..... lol
Do you have headphones? Just pretend you don`t hear them and go the other way. They will lose interest eventually.