Its all genuine excitement from those guys, none of that fake idiocy of the Digger tv show.

"Dig it all, and take your trash with ya." Why Bill, "cause all holes matter"

Lol yeah they have fun.The Diggers"are they the two guys with Garret detectors?Jump around and yell nectar in the hole?If so,it was interesting seeing there finds but it did seem very scripted.

I liked that those guys got to dig in spots most of us would get shot at for going. Did dig some cool stuff because they were in those places. Don't care for all their whooping and hollering and major roundage in the hole type yaking though. Roll around,flopping on ground like been hit on head. To much drama!

Most everyone I know will show some friends when they find something cool. But a lot of folks treat it like fishing. Never want to say where they caught the big one. I've got some gold rings and coins from the 30s-40s. Still waiting on that one real Wow! lookie what I found. That too is all perspective other than a gold coin or something of solid value. One mans trash is another mans treasure as they say.

mac

check out treasurenet.com, that's a amazing sight about detecting and finding treasures.
I had the money saved up to buy the at pro but spent it on a Springfield xds that was on sale instead.

Gonna start saving again. Cool looking hobby. Like I need another, but I'll get there.

Well been having fun with my metal detector.In two afternoons iv found 7 old flat buttons,a harmonica and an accordion reed,a few old round balls and a few other old things.Have a couple friends that hunt with me and are helping me learn.They regularly hunt with the Hoover boys and have been on a few of the videos.They found a few things on my permission too,including a 1859 fatty Indian Head Penny.They gave that and a flat button to me for letting them go.They are brothers and one of them asked me to stop by his house after work yesterday.Figured he found something he wanted to show me.When I got there,they handed me a big box and said it was for me.Opened it up and it was a brand new At Max Metal detector with Z link wireless headphones,a backpack,digger and other stuff.They had went halves on it for me,I was shocked,lol.Real nice guys.Were heading out shortly for my first hunt with it.I was also gonna meet the Hoover boys at there house but they were still out detecting the river.Save that for another day.Its a fun hobby to get into.

Wow that was mighty nice of them...
You don't need a $500 detector to find coins, and rings. I've found lot's of coins with an old Garrett freedom ace. I have a Garrett Ace 250 plus, and to tell you the truth I like the old one better. If your detecting trashy areas the old Garrett freedom ace is great detector.

Been playing around on my property with my new Garrett AT Max. For some reason it has taken a liking to detecting beer caps around the camp fire pit and one .25 cent quarter. I have also found a significant amount of .22 and 5.56 casing everywhere else..
One of my best investments along with the metal detector was the Garrett Pro pointer. The pointer makes it so much easier to pinpoint a target once the detector has identified a decent piece of metal.

I agree,I bought the garrett carrot pro pointer and it makes it nice.Tonight I found my first wheat penny,1944.Friends found 3 more wheatys,oldest being 1912.I also found my first dandy flat button and an old tiny drawer knob it looks like.Other guys found a flat button and old round balls too.Fun hunt.

Was actually thinking of buy another machine a Minelab Equinox. Then I had the issue with my Excal so sent that out. turn around time was really quick and I have it back. But what I spent for repairs on Excal shot my buying another machine. so I got to get out there now find that rare item if I want another toy. Haven't had the Excal out since it back. rivers a little wild right now. But I got a couple lake spots going to be hitting. I'll share if I find anything cool. For sure will have the usual pile of trash to show.
Happy Hunting

Mac

Didn't find much yesterday but a fun hunt.Found my first big dandy flat button,a 1944 Wheat penny and a tiny little drawer pull it looks like.Plus the normal trash.Friends with me found a few wheatys,oldest was 1912.A flat button and a few small round balls.Gonna hunt some river banks soon,know some guys that have been finding quite a few old coins along them.Even one or two Spanish silver reals.

I never seem to have time anymore I hunted hard for years with first a garrett gta 350 , than a 500 and now have a gti 1500 , I found better stuff with the 350 but have found some silver coins a little deeper with the 1500, was wanting to get the AT PRO now the AT MAX but when I have some time .

I haven't found any silver coins yet,hopefully soon.Iv got a Garrett Ace 400 that I really like.Now using a AT Max.Did notice I found stuff with the Max in ground that I already hunted with the 400.Guess just because of better depth.But I like them both.Lack of time is my issue too.Between work and other more important responsibilities,I just get out when I can.

A few years ago, there was a show on where these two guys would detect various places mostly in the east. When one would find something, he would scream like a little kid, saying he found "Nectar." His partner would drop everything and come running. Really stupid. Another reality show that didn't last.

Now that my machine is back from repairs I finally got out the other day. Went to a place on local lake where all the kids hang out now. Wasn't expecting to find any thing expensive and of course I didn't. Found 50 cents in coins with oldest being 1964 penny. Is funny how the old pennies hold up so much better in the water than newer ones. Anyway I thought I find at least some low end jewelry and found none this trip. Was the usual trash but not much newer trash. Lot of old type beer can tops. So at least the kids aren't throwing their twist off bottle caps in.
I did find a couple old items, trash really but I don't mind them so much their interesting.
Base off old paper shot shell, older brass spinner blade, inner aluminum spool off a fly reel. Been in the water long enough the outer steel part was all rusted away.
Then there is a brass lure part I don't recognize??? Seems to be some kind of spinner part/spoon other parts rusted or rotted away??? any body know what it is off of???





Mac

Man,im not sure what those pieces are.Bet it was still nice to get out.I like old shotgun bases.I found one recently that after researching it,found they were made between 1884-1897.And another from 1905-1938.Still cool history.Gonna hunt a new field this weekend,think there used to be an old house there from 1870.Looked the other day without my detector.Didn't see anything but my daughter did find a little porcelain doll or figurine head laying in the dirt that looked really old.So who knows,

The spinner blade is a Colorado spinner blade. They are very common blades used on small spinners.

No pictures gwc?
You gotta take pictures. Here is one of my finds. I don't know exactly what it is but it's probably from a Chinese miner. It's copper with dragons on the sides.

That's really a neat piece oldtrapper.I take pictures of everything ,I just dont know how to post pictures on here.Wish I did.

oldtrapper
That is way cool I love that kind of stuff. I can't tell from the pic is that like a ring? maybe was used like tie bolo on bandanna??
I search mostly in water so have found a lot of old brass lure part over the years. In all my years fishing and detecting, I just don't recall ever seeing a blade like the one I found the other day. I'm always looking at old lures too. don't collect them or anything but do look just to compare.

Mac

Kinda excited,gonna do my first river shore hunt today with a couple friends.Same spot where Brad off Hoover Boys found his French gold coin from the 1700s.A lot of flat buttons and other coins have been found there too.So hopefully we find some cool stuff.I'm gonna have fun either way tho.Starting out in farm fields.Extreme low tide isn't till close to 9 tonight so gonna be doing a night hunt.Gonna be interesting.