I had a long day to day. I hunted in the morning and hunted again after lunch. Bad part of the day was when I realized that I left most of my finds on the trunk lid of my car and drove off. I never found any of them:sad: There was about $2 in change and some cheep jewelry and come tokens. I had some other stuff, but to be honest with you, I can't remember what it was.
But it's not that big of a deal. There's more where that came from. And I did keep two of the more interesting finds. I also found some interesting coins at the last place I hunted. I get to keep thoes.
The first place was where I take all my metal detectors to test them out. It's in a park. It was the corner of a carnaval that closed down about 30 years ago. This place was beside an antique mary-go-round. Lots of trash was piled there and removed many times.There are metal post, pipes, reinforced concrete, wires, conduit, screws,nailes and just about any kind of trash in the ground you can think of. But I have made some nice finds there and not many people know about it. It's in the most hunted park in the state. That spot is my TESTING GROUND.
The Compadre was just great. I have never used a metal detector that does as well in trash. I've been putting off using it because I had a Euro Saber and an Eldorado to learn. Now that I started using it, I can't put the little Compadre down.
The womans belt buckle in the photo is probably about 30 to 40 years old. It was sitting on top of some old fine mesh zink galvanized fenceing. There was metal trash under and around and on top of the fencing. The Compadre picked that buckle out and gave a good response. It sounded like a digger. And it was.
I found at least 8 tokens. That's the most I've found at one time there. There were three different kinds of tokens. I lost them.
The Compadre pulled more coins than any metal detector I've used there. I lost them. But I did keep the womans belt buckle.
I also kept a gold plated piece off the old mary-go-round. The piece that looks like a golden flower is actually part of a decoration that adorned one of the horses on the mary-go-round. It is cast iron and gold plated. Look close it still has a few of the little white stones mounted in it.It did have larger red stones around the ouitside but they are all gone . The golden flowers were mounted to the cast iron horse at different points for decoration. The mary-go-round is restored and concidered a priceless work of art. It's the only one of it's kind in existance.
The last place I hunted was a tot lot I've hunted before and I had a few supprises there. In a small area I found two US mint $1 coins, and I found a $5 Mexican coin. It appears to be silver. Haven't checked it out yet. Found two tokens and a shinny magnet, a motor cycle, a buss and a button.
It was a good day even though I lost most of my finds.
HH,
But it's not that big of a deal. There's more where that came from. And I did keep two of the more interesting finds. I also found some interesting coins at the last place I hunted. I get to keep thoes.
The first place was where I take all my metal detectors to test them out. It's in a park. It was the corner of a carnaval that closed down about 30 years ago. This place was beside an antique mary-go-round. Lots of trash was piled there and removed many times.There are metal post, pipes, reinforced concrete, wires, conduit, screws,nailes and just about any kind of trash in the ground you can think of. But I have made some nice finds there and not many people know about it. It's in the most hunted park in the state. That spot is my TESTING GROUND.
The Compadre was just great. I have never used a metal detector that does as well in trash. I've been putting off using it because I had a Euro Saber and an Eldorado to learn. Now that I started using it, I can't put the little Compadre down.
The womans belt buckle in the photo is probably about 30 to 40 years old. It was sitting on top of some old fine mesh zink galvanized fenceing. There was metal trash under and around and on top of the fencing. The Compadre picked that buckle out and gave a good response. It sounded like a digger. And it was.
I found at least 8 tokens. That's the most I've found at one time there. There were three different kinds of tokens. I lost them.
The Compadre pulled more coins than any metal detector I've used there. I lost them. But I did keep the womans belt buckle.
I also kept a gold plated piece off the old mary-go-round. The piece that looks like a golden flower is actually part of a decoration that adorned one of the horses on the mary-go-round. It is cast iron and gold plated. Look close it still has a few of the little white stones mounted in it.It did have larger red stones around the ouitside but they are all gone . The golden flowers were mounted to the cast iron horse at different points for decoration. The mary-go-round is restored and concidered a priceless work of art. It's the only one of it's kind in existance.
The last place I hunted was a tot lot I've hunted before and I had a few supprises there. In a small area I found two US mint $1 coins, and I found a $5 Mexican coin. It appears to be silver. Haven't checked it out yet. Found two tokens and a shinny magnet, a motor cycle, a buss and a button.
It was a good day even though I lost most of my finds.
HH,
