You hit it with youre SHOVEL? WHAT!!!

[HutSiteDigger]

You hit it with you're SHOVEL? WHAT!!!

SO you just hit one of you're most awesome finds with the shovel

What was it Mine happen in 1999 when I basically broke an OVM plate in Ansted, West Virginia with the force of "Oh it's another shotgun shell" type attitude! we all make mistakes but some are just worse than others..

Happy Hunting all !!

 

[kdbrich]

What's an OVM plate?

 

[HutSiteDigger]

Ohio Volunteer Militia.. Ansted, West VA had a fairly large Ohio camp near Hawks Nest dam.

 

[HutSiteDigger]

I seriously almost threw the detector over a 100 feet cliff and then on the way home i was thinking of just driving til i ran out of gas then walk the rest of the 150 miles home If you want a good spot to do some detecting try around Hawks Nest dam in Ansted, WV there are more OVM's to be found. (IT's state park land now, if they catch you with a metal detector they say "What's yah find? oh thats kewl, well we really dont allow detecting but i guess you can finish up for the day but please we dont allow it" in other words. ITS all good!

 

[Jason in Enid]

Hopefully that horrible mistake will teach you to be more careful with ALL future digs. Never get complacent on target recovery. My worst mistake was hacking a walking liberty half. After digging about a half dozen crushed cans, all of them reading as 1/2 dollars, I got one more while walking back to my truck. Learned my lesson and haven't scratched another half dollar since!

 

[TNGUNS]

I think it is safe to say we have all done it.....still a bitter pill to swallow. Always seems to be on the good stuff.

 

[truckinbutch]

I think it is safe to say we have all done it.....still a bitter pill to swallow. Always seems to be on the good stuff.

Thing is , ya never notice when ya damage trash . And , yup , we've all done it .

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Yup, I chopped a nice heavy 24k necklace right in half once.... nearly cut a silver chain in half last year, but I saw it just in time.....

 

[eolson3]

quite frankly, with my luck, I would love to hit ANYTHING with a shovel...

 

[coinshooter]

I was in England hunting under a huge 200+ yr old oak tree. The field had been plowed.
I got a huge signal and figured it was a large aluminum can. I dug a hole about 2 ft deep
and kept getting the signal. Finally I realized the signal was on the side of the hole at about
8 inches. It was a.1652 Silver Shilling from King James the (?). It was the size of a US half. But...
When I looked at it, I had scratched it ever so slightly. bummer!
Also scratched a nice silver cigarette case I found in a local park. My advice....
Dig the soda can signals wide and.carefully.