What Will You Do When The THing Season Is Over?

Michigan Badger · Oct 31, 2005

Greetings fellow northerners!

Do you realize that very soon now our THing season will be done for several months? I mean, that old man winter is breathing down our necks as I write.

QUESTION: What will replace metal detecting until spring arrives? Will you dig out all those treasure videos you've seen maybe 100 times already? I've watched every version of the Athoca so many times I think I'm related to the Fisher family!

Be creative--come up with ideas--share your thoughts--we want to know what YOU think!

Please remember this is G rated

birdman · Nov 5, 2005

get fat

IrishCharlieM · Nov 6, 2005

Maps and satellite photo's ....you would be amazed what you can learn overlaying modern satelite images over old maps.....

ctalmadg · Nov 6, 2005

I will migrate south like the birds!

Zeb said:
Greetings fellow northerners!

Do you realize that very soon now our THing season will be done for several months? I mean, that old man winter is breathing down our necks as I write.

QUESTION: What will replace metal detecting until spring arrives? Will you dig out all those treasure videos you've seen maybe 100 times already? I've watched every version of the Athoca so many times I think I'm related to the Fisher family!

Be creative--come up with ideas--share your thoughts--we want to know what YOU think!

Please remember this is G rated?

Sandman · Nov 6, 2005

Th'ing season is never over really, only digging in frozen ground. If you don't have the cash to go where its warm, do reserch, learn more by buying books, use the web and this forum for study. etc....

As for hunting, you can check out the fences around parking lots for blown paper money, Check the whole lot with your eyeballs too. Walk a beach or visit garage sales. I've recovered plenty gold rings, etc for them. Church sales at good places to use a hand held detector even a pinpointer to search clothing. The list can only get bigger. If in doubt, just sit down with a magn. glass and check out your past finds for rare dates or a good ring that somehow ended up in junk pile.

HH,
Sandman

tallpaul · Nov 6, 2005

irish charlie thats exactley what i do with the maps,, yep it sure does show you what land has still been untouched by modern man, thats the way to do it, infact i was studying a old 1800s mao i have here and i put a tracing of an up to date one over it and holly heck it tells a tale or two, i'll be checking this new site out very soon,.

northeast hunter · Nov 6, 2005

i will take every part off my detectors and clean the real good and put them back in there boxes...then after the holidays do some research...

Snee · Nov 6, 2005

Is the problem with detecting on 'frozen' ground refer to the use of the metal detector, or it just being harder to dig? If it's the metal detector not being able to read very far down, at least you can get that far.

If it's just harder to dig, put your shovels up to a grinder and get em nice and sharp!

Check your couches for loose change...maybe you'll find something good! (be cautious of nails, staples, brown recluses, and gross slimy stuff...) As well as this, if you have an piano, open it up and search it. My father's a piano technician and I was with him once and he found an indian head penny. He gave it to the woman of course, cuz it's really hers. We were given a piano that someone wanted to get rid of this week, that was made in 1909. Unfortunately, all it had in it was a '74 penny and a '67 dime and about fourty pounds of dust...but you might have better luck! (another caution, don't start tearing your piano apart to find to find pennies, as it could cost you a lot of money to repair your damage...if you don't know if something can be removed safely, don't

)

Anyway, have fun all!

miester · Dec 2, 2005

Your kidding about digging frozen ground with a shovel right?? Ain't gonna happen. Even if it was possible what would you do with the chunks?, lug them around till you could melt them?

ZumbroKid · Dec 2, 2005

miester said:
Your kidding about digging frozen ground with a shovel right?? Ain't gonna happen. Even if it was possible what would you do with the chunks?, lug them around till you could melt them?

A pick is better. I got some nice indian heads last jan and feb. You get the signal and bust out a chunk about the size of a football. Then beat it down to hand size and set it in the car. If the coin is showing on the side of the clod of frozen dirt. Once it warms up a bit the coin pops right off.

Snee · Dec 2, 2005

Ok, so frozen ground, to you, is literally solid ground. I'm in the midwest, where one day it can be -10* and the next, 23*. Hence, tornado alley.

bk · Dec 2, 2005

Assist the squirrels looking for their nuts.

gregl01 · Dec 2, 2005

Its hard to hunt in a$$ Deep snow!!!! Oh well, spring is only 3-4 months away >:(

I'll probably do alot of research, looking for a new machine already, spend lots of time here and if I get time, finish remodeling my kitchen!!!! Good luck to all

HH
Greg

Michigan Badger · Dec 3, 2005

gregl01 said:
Its hard to hunt in a$$ Deep snow!!!! Oh well, spring is only 3-4 months away I'll probably do alot of research, looking for a new machine already, spend lots of time here and if I get time, finish remodeling my kitchen!!!! Good luck to all
HH
Greg

Got the same problem here. We were thinking it was going to be a mild winter this year---ya right!

I'm not giving up altogether though. I have one of those small easy to carry snow blowers so I plan to blow out some spots from time to time. I just need to put a new handle on my old pick. I probably post a few pictures next week.

As soon as the Christmas season is over I plan to restore some nice relics I found this past summer. That will be fun and a challenge.

LONE GUNMAN · Dec 3, 2005

here in oregon it gets pretty muddy here...with that said i think i will go play in it tomarrow....as for the rest of the winter....we will be making a trip to goldfield nv, cherry creek nv and maybe a few stops in californa.....hmmm how far is texas? lots of research, if you cant tell it is starting already...look at my other post.....fram some arrow heads and buckles found last yr in nv. polish a few rocks, and head for the coast to do some fossil and agate hunting....and probably some gold panning when the water drops alittle.....that should keep me busy for atleast a month or so.....
lgp

Digginman · Dec 4, 2005

I do more hunting during the colder months. No bugs and better weather to work in. If it's really cold, I'll hunt for relics in the woods. The leaves decompose keeping the ground warm and soft. I'll start Civil War Relic hunting right after the holiday season. I'm busy until then.