Metal detecting….what is this?
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Fuddyduddy1952
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I have a White's detector for years. My Dad (rip) was cleaning gutters and lost his wedding band and very distraught since it hadn't been off his finger in 50 years. I found it and never saw someone that elated.
I wrote White Corp, they published the story in their newsletter and sent me a deep scan attachment for my detector.
I need to detect their again because I've found so many interesting things, a steam whistle, tiny judges gavel for a watch chain, silverware at a slave cabin site, coins (old but nothing real valuable...yet!
).
I recently got a pin-point detector so it will be faster finding things.
Just finding Dad's wedding band was worth it. He has it with him now
I wrote White Corp, they published the story in their newsletter and sent me a deep scan attachment for my detector.
I need to detect their again because I've found so many interesting things, a steam whistle, tiny judges gavel for a watch chain, silverware at a slave cabin site, coins (old but nothing real valuable...yet!
).I recently got a pin-point detector so it will be faster finding things.
Just finding Dad's wedding band was worth it. He has it with him now
grsthegreat
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I found a 2 ft piece of railroad rail and some draft horse shoes and nails from late 1800’s logging site in a cedar grove. Was about 18” underground when located near the base of an ancient cedar. Theres records of the trees removed and when it was done. The piece of rr steel was used as a portable anvil during horse logging. I now have that in my shop and i use it.
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oosik
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I have a metal detector. Use it to find the nuts/bolts dropped on my lawn when working on the tractor. It's save quite a few trips into the Kubota dealer.
I've even tried it out and around the old homestead buildings. NAILS, spikes - old bits of iron. I avoid the immediate area around the old building sites with the tractor. Too many nails & old rusty spikes. The old homesteader never knew a nail/spike he didn't like.
I've even tried it out and around the old homestead buildings. NAILS, spikes - old bits of iron. I avoid the immediate area around the old building sites with the tractor. Too many nails & old rusty spikes. The old homesteader never knew a nail/spike he didn't like.
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When I was a little kid I went with my uncle to a local park beach on Lake Michigan to watch him metal detect. By a tree in a corner of a parking lot he found a case of beer buried in a bag of ice under the soft sand. He drank one and buried it back up. 
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I've a several of the HF 18 in. Magnetic Tool Holders on lengths of 1/4" nylon rope scattered amongst my shops, plus numerous strong neodymium magnets. I keep them handy for retrieving nuts and bolts that roll under furniture, drop in the grass etc.
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A few years back, I hired a contractor to replace my barn roof. He subbed the job out to an outfit that used day laborers who spoke no English. They showed up on the windiest day of the year and spread a large tarp on the ground to catch nails & debris as they stripped off the old roofing. I tried to tell them the wind would pick up the tarp but they had no idea what I was talking about and just kept on working. Sure enough, a few minutes later, a gust of wind lifted the tarp and scattered the nails & debris all over the adjacent field.
My wife and I spent the next week with a metal detector and bar magnet cleaning up the mess the crew left behind. We picked up a 2 gallon bucket full of nails and other metal pieces.
If it weren't for the metal detector, I'm sure my tractor tires would have found them!
My wife and I spent the next week with a metal detector and bar magnet cleaning up the mess the crew left behind. We picked up a 2 gallon bucket full of nails and other metal pieces.
If it weren't for the metal detector, I'm sure my tractor tires would have found them!
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Over the years here S.Central Va. I've found some things, nothing of value. I did find a Civil War minie ball near a back door. One melted slag a Civil War buff friend said Confederate soldiers would melt bullets down so Union soldiers couldn't use them.
A few things. One decorative piece seems to have a really thin silver plating, maybe it was on a belt or horse tack?
A few things. One decorative piece seems to have a really thin silver plating, maybe it was on a belt or horse tack?
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Many years ago I lost something in the yard and went to Radio Shack and picked up one of these Treasure Finders. It worked. Keys or ring or something.
Years later, at our new-to-us house, we had it re-roofed and sided. There were a lot of nails in the grass. I've mentioned before that I offered my kid a nickel for every nail she found....
That was enough incentive for her. I sometimes think I'm still paying that deal off! She found way more than I expected!
Years later, at our new-to-us house, we had it re-roofed and sided. There were a lot of nails in the grass. I've mentioned before that I offered my kid a nickel for every nail she found....
That was enough incentive for her. I sometimes think I'm still paying that deal off! She found way more than I expected!
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I’m a retired land surveyor and spent my fair share of time swinging a metal detector. Unfortunately I dug up a lot of things that looked like what the op found instead of property corners.