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Blew the dust off my E-trac

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OhioCoinHunter

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Today I blew the dust off my E-trac and hunted a newer park in an old, rundown section of town. It's the kind of place where it's best to keep an eye on what's happening around you so you don't get mugged. Though the park is new, older homes are right across the street. Maybe there were houses there before they made it a park. I figured it was worth a shot. I wandered around and didn't get a "dig me!" signal until I was on the west end. About 6" down was an 1890 Indian Head penny. Man, it felt good to dig that indian! I haven't been detecting for about a year. (Why? Long story short - burn out.) Time to slow down and listen hard. Soon I got a high pitched signal and dug a dirt encrusted silver dime. It turned out to be a 1964 Rosie. I'll take it. There was a lot of garbage, nulling and masking. However I got another high tone that hit from two directions - a screamer! I cut a U-shaped plug, pushed the flap back and saw a silver rim. It turned out to be an 1892 Barber dime. I also dug a 1944 wheatie, a lead musket ball, a small AAA badge and a junk ring. I dug quite a few Memorials, a clad quarter and two clad dimes plus the usual garbage.

In the past I always took a video camera and filmed my hunts for posting. After a while it seemed like I was just hunting for the sake of making a good video. It became work. Today I felt a new sense of freedom as I left the house sans camera. I just went hunting for the fun of it. That's just what I needed - to have fun. I found I was much more relaxed and enjoyed not stopping to film and make comments. Peace & quiet and a cool breeze. Just what the doctor orderded. I took some pics for you guys after I got home.

I hunted with my 12x10 sef butterfly coil. Super coil!

All my finds
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The good stuff
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1890 Indian, 1892 Barber dime, 1964 Rosie
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Congrats on the great finds! Glad you are back at it. I dont know if I could go a year without it though.
 
Glad your back.. Its like riding a bike right?? What part of Ohio you in?
 
spark456 said:
Glad your back.. Its like riding a bike right?? What part of Ohio you in?
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Yes, it's just like riding a bike. I live in central Ohio.
 
Nice job for just starting back up!!! Looks like you found a good spot.
 
Good for you Dan! I know what you mean about videoing. I haven't really been filming either, too much. We do some, but haven't been posting! I've happy for you and your finds! Good to see you back at it and a HUGE congratulations on the finds my friend and mentor!!!!

NebTrac
 
OhioCoinHunter said:
In the past I always took a video camera and filmed my hunts for posting. After a while it seemed like I was just hunting for the sake of making a good video. It became work.
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well...I'll just keep my pie hole shut for now.:rolleyes:

Always enjoyed your videos Dan. Neb Trac and a couple others had some great ones too but I can't say the same for some others I see. They are everywhere and many you just have to "take with a grain of salt".

I could go on...but no need to:cool:

Anyway my friend...SWEET finds:thumbup:

That is one sharp looking Barber too:beers:
 
Bryce-IL said:
OhioCoinHunter said:
In the past I always took a video camera and filmed my hunts for posting. After a while it seemed like I was just hunting for the sake of making a good video. It became work.
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well...I'll just keep my pie hole shut for now.:rolleyes:

Always enjoyed your videos Dan. Neb Trac and a couple others had some great ones too but I can't say the same for some others I see. They are everywhere and many you just have to "take with a grain of salt".

I could go on...but no need to:cool:

Anyway my friend...SWEET finds:thumbup:

That is one sharp looking Barber too:beers:
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I know what you mean about making videos, Bryce. I too cringe when I watch some of them. Before I got back into detecting in 2009, I watched a lot of detecting videos. Most were well done and showed our hobby in a positive light. And they got me fired up to go hunting again. I really enjoyed watching LaDigger's videos. I wanted to give back so I started filming and posting my hunts. I also did my best to promote metal detecting responsibly. I did that for a couple of years. It's work if you're serious about it. I was. I'm in no hurry to start filming and posting again. It just cuts into detecting time and becomes a chore...and metal detecting should be a joy - not a chore.

Even if a video is done very responsibly, it can still be viewed negatively by some. For example, even if you show how to cut & replace the perfect plug, some still view it as vandalism. Also a video can unintentionally reveal clues to the identity of a site. It won't take long for your honey hole to get hammered by those who figure out where it's at. Recently the owner of a metal detecting club site was threatened with a suit after a park director saw the pics and videos posted. With lightening speed and no ceremony, the site was shut down. Detecting was then prohibited at all the parks in that particular city. Tragic. The more I think about it...nah...I'm not going to make any more videos.

Anyone else have thoughts about filming and posting hunts?
 
Glad to see you're back at it. Kind of got that feeling after I read your post the other night about why you took a break that you were close to getting back on that horse again. I thought about making some video's but decided not to, due to the same reasons you gave. Posting my stories and pics on the forum is good enough for me. I'd rather focus my energies on the hunt, researching new places to hunt, researching my finds, and locating the owners of certain finds in an attempt to return them. Detecting should be fun and stress free. Keep that video recorder at home and enjoy yourself. Congrats on some very nice finds. Looks like you have not forgotten how to find the good stuff. Looking forward to more (pics only please).
 
So Much to say
Many of you have said my thoughts
But i do believe well made video's help new and others with MDing

Welcome Back and Great Finds:clapping:
 
I can fully understand your thoughts on filming your hunts - I've wrestled with it myself - but in the end - I sure like watching other guys finding stuff and still think it's a benefit to give back (I bought my E-Trac based upon information I gleaned from watching videos). I hope to see some more vids from you as I've enjoyed them in the past - oh, by the way, great finds buddy!:thumbup:
 
Been burned out myself will still keep you on my favorites channel along with couple other guys I never see on this forum but love there video's they have slowed up also.
 
Glad your back Dan, your videos did inspire me and instructed me quite a bit. My videos aren't fantastic, I just like to show the fun of detecting with friends. I hope I have achieved that.
 
We have a couple clowns here in Chicago filming tearing up the parks with there shovels. I think all they care about like most newbees is there silver count. I never even use to keep track of silver in 15 years detecting. But when I got the E-trac I did the first year or two just to see how many I could get. Anyways these clowns hunted one of my sites with there shovels and got all detecting banned there. They are the big silver guys on another forum. I guess as long as they get there big silver count that is all they care about so they can be the big man on the other forum. They already got most cook county preserves closed to detecting and pretty soon it will be the parks.
 
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