What, exactly, is a "relic"?

[Lash]

What, exactly, is a "relic"?

A Civil War Button? An old coin? An old piece of jewelry?

What is a relic in the eyes and brain of a MD?

Is a relic distinguished from everything else by metal composition? By age? By likely depth? Deteriorated condition?

ps. Bought my first MD, a Fisher 1270, from my local dealer last night. Hope to have some time and energy left to play with it when I'm done working today.

 

[Eu_citzen]

Re: What, exactly, is a "relic"?

Try to google "Relic definition"

1. Something that has survived the passage of time, especially an object or custom whose original culture has disappeared: "Corporal punishment was a relic of barbarism" Cyril Connolly.
2. Something cherished for its age or historic interest.
3. An object kept for its association with the past; a memento.
4. An object of religious veneration, especially a piece of the body or a personal item of a saint.
5. or relics A corpse; remains.

From: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/relic

Hope this helps,
Eu

 

[mastereagle22]

Re: What, exactly, is a "relic"?

I'm not sure what question you are asking but I think you might mean, when you set your machine on Relic mode what exactly is it doing?

In my experience, relic mode has a lot less discrimination than say coin mode. Since some relics are made out of Iron if and when I am hunting relics I just run in all-metal mode.

Some older buttons are made from brass, copper, and some even are gold plated. As for other relics a lot of the tax tokens were made out of zinc and some aluminum. So you never know when you are relic hunting what you might get.

The brain of the detector really cannot do anything except discriminate out the high iron signals if that's the way you set yours up.

The BEST brain of a detector is the one inside your head. You are the one that has to decide whether to dig a signal or not, whether it is a target you might want to recover. No detector out there today is 100% accurate.

 

[Cynangyl]

Re: What, exactly, is a "relic"?

Looks to me like you got some great definitions to answer your question. Congrats on the new detector. I am betting no matter how hard you work today you are gonna find the energy to play with it just a little at the very least! Best of luck to you!

 

[deepskyal]

Re: What, exactly, is a "relic"?

I think Mastereagle is a relic......

I like hunting relics..(not the Mastereagle Kind),...and it's an all metal mode.

Like was said...I've found old brass tags that sound weird, big chunks of iron that indicates activity, old rail spikes, things out in the middle of nowhere that running in some preset program would never have found.

A relic is simply something out of the past that coinshooters dont look for....thus the settings on some machines. But...in relic mode...you'll still find coins and jewelry....since you'll be digging everything anyhow.

Al

 

[CWnut]

Re: What, exactly, is a "relic"?

yesterday's junk

 

[SHERMANVILLE ILLINOIS]

Re: What, exactly, is a "relic"?

yesterday's junk

THE JUNK MAN

I am glad God saw Death
And gave Death a job taking care of all who are tired
of living:

When all the wheels in a clock are worn and slow and
the connections loose
And the clock goes on ticking and telling the wrong time
from hour to hour
And people around the house joke about what a bum
clock it is,
How glad the clock is when the big Junk Man drives
his wagon
Up to the house and puts his arms around the clock and
says:
"You don't belong here,
You gotta come
Along with me,"
How glad the clock is then, when it feels the arms of the
Junk Man close around it and carry it away.


Carl Sandburg


all have a good un...........
SHERMANVILLE

 

[mastereagle22]

Re: What, exactly, is a "relic"?

I think I agree with the last two posts.....

A relic is anything that is from a previous time that is not a coin or jewelry.

For instance 3-ring bullets could be classified as a Civil War Relic as can buttons, belt plates etc. Old square nails can be considered a relic because some people collect them.

To me a Relic is anything that is not monetary in nature (coin or token with date) that I or someone else might find interesting and collect.

For instance I like to collect Zipper Pulls. To me those are cool "relics" to others they are just junk. I also like to find old shotgun shell head stamps but a LOT of people toss them out as trash.

A relic is basically whatever you determine it is.

 

[dahut]

Everything is a "relic"

Like I said - if you're digging it from the ground, it's a relic. After that, the subtleties make the only difference.

 

[DPBOB]

Re: What, exactly, is a "relic"?

ME

 

[Lash]

Re: What, exactly, is a "relic"?

All valid answers above.

The Fisher 1270 is billed by the manufacturer as "Relic and Coin Machine". But, by the above definitions, aren't all metal detectors relicmachines? What distinguishes the 1270 as a "coin and relic machine"?