More days to MD

[mwaynebennett]

I keep reading about all you poor folks who live in the northern climes having to endure bone chilling winds and frozen tundra. I am asking all readers of this forum to eat at least one bowl of chili per day, to burn logs in their fireplace and drive a huge fuel guzzling vehicle in order to pump as much "green house gases" into the atmosphere as possible. Since the average temperature of the earth is going down and record low temperatures are being experienced on every continent, we are obviously ending the present interglacial period and going into another ice age. If we all do our part, we can stave off the hellish ice age and warm the earth which will translate into warmer days and more time to go metal detecting.

Who is with me?

Mark
Elite 2200
WA St.

 

[Aces High 333]

Ate chili this past weekend....

 

[mwaynebennett]

AH 333:

Thanks for your support.

Mark
Elite 2200
WA St.

 

[drummerman]

Well. We just got our first major winter storm here in Minnesota. I got about 7 inches of snow in my area over night. With the wind, I had 4 foot snow drifts in my driveway this morning to plow out. Not to mention. The snow started with small ice crystals, and then the flakes got bigger over night making it really slippery this morning.
Right now it's 10 degrees F, (-12 C) very windy, 27mph gusting to 33mph.
The only good thing is, that this weekend lots of people will be pulling out there sleds, tubes and everything to slide down all the hills around here. If it's warm enough later in the week, I will have to see what I can find. At lease I won't get as dirty as usual.

 

[GoGoGopher]

Ate Chilli, had flatulence worse than 10 cows....I think I did my part...lol

HH,

 

[mwaynebennett]

Hey Triple G, we'll save this hobby one toot at t time.

Does beer cause flatulence? If so, I'll drink to that.

Mark
Elite 2200
WA St.

 

[drummerman]

Well. These days seems just about everything I eat causes flatulence! Maybe I should put away the truck and put some ski's on.

 

[dave5710]

What is this forum coming to?

 

[drummerman]

I don't know. But I think it's a gas!!

Sorry. Just couldn't help myself.

Really now. Anyone else up in the Northern area plan to go out in the snow and search where people were sledding?

 

[dave5710]

That joke stunk, mine is 2/3 of a pun, PU. Seriously though, to answer your question, I have a sledding hill that I hunt in the spring, after the snow melts. It is a part of a fairway on a golf course. The time frame between the snow melting and the reopening of the golf course is slim. It is a south facing slope so it should melt quicker than the rest of the wooded area around it. Based on some info I got last spring I will work up the hill instead of focusing on the bottom. An old timer told me he had found some IH pennies on the slope, 30 to 35 years ago.

The park district workers who recommended this park to me several years ago, told me about the sledding hill out there, so when I found a small one near the entrance I thought that was it. The second one I found is about 10 times higher, longer than the first.

Now here is the weird part. The first time I hunted the small one I found a several coins, including a couple of silver Rosies. As I got to the top I found a Susan B. Anthony dollar. The following year I hunted it again in the same fashion and found a very few coins, but as I got to the top, I found my first ever Large Cent. How the heck did I miss that the year before, when I found the Susan B which is the same size?,

Take care, Dave

 

[johnnynelson]

Over the past few years, I have been asked many, many times what is the best method for cleaning coins.

1. Any coins found, that visually appear to be of some age and some value. Only brush with a soft toothbrush, under running water, to remove dirt.

2. Soaking coins in a container of concentrated lemon juice, and brushing lightly. DO-NOT mix coins in the container of different metal alloys. Rinse well, and wipe dry.

3. Soaking coins in a container with every 1 ounce of white vinegar, 1 teaspoon of common table salt. I use a medium size prescription bottle. Approx. every 5 minutes shake the container. DO-NOT mix coins of different alloys. Rinse well, and wipe dry.

4. Soaking coins in a container with (CLR cleaner) which can be purchased at any store, and some drug stores. Be sure to read safety instructions on the container, as CLR does have fumes. DO-NOT mix coins of different alloys.Rinse well, and wipe dry.

5. Harbour Freight Tools does sell tumblers, one with a single tumbler, and one with 2 tumblers. So that you can tumble 1 with copper, and 1 with silver, at the same time. In each tumbler I use sand, or fine grit bird gravel, that can be purchased at a pet store, or super market.

On items #2,#3,#4, One can add a small amount of aquarium gravel, wrapped in a rag and hit with a hammer, to produce a smaller grit.

GETTING COINS APPRAISED
Although many coin dealers, are honest. If you have any doubt about there honesty, never let the coin ('s) out of your sight.

I hope this article helps, if anyone has other methods, please add.


HAPPY MD'ING

 

[drummerman]

Dave

Just out of curiosity. Do you hunt in the snow?
I haven't (yet) tried to hunt in snow, except last year when I removing snow with my snow-blower. I had dropped my keys when I was starting the snow-blower and didn't know it at the time. I looked all over the house, truck, garage, everywhere I was outside in the snow and couldn't find them. Thought they were gone for good, or until the spring. The next day I was cleaning my basement and when I saw my MT that I put away for the winter, I thought, "maybe I could find my keys with my MT." So I put in some batteries wrapped up the brain to help protect against the cold, and when out for about 10 minutes. I figured I would do it 10 minutes at a time. says operating temp bottoms at 32 degrees F, so I didn't want to ruin my MT. Well not 5 minutes into the hunt, I found them right where I was standing when I was starting the snow-blower. That was also where I searched and dug in the snow, but didn't find them.
I had posted back a few months ago on trying to wrap some of those hand warmers around the brain and maybe an ace bandage around the warmers to search out in the snow. I haven't tried it yet. I have seen people sliding all over the place. I mean, they build little jumps and some of them go a few feet up into the air, and come down hard. Jeeze! That would knock some of the fillings out of my teeth, so who knows what gets lost. Jewelery, watches, coins, phones, KEYS? etc.
It's suppose to be up to 24 degrees tomorrow, so if I get the time, maybe I will give it a try. If there is allot of people sliding, I don't think I will. I may wait until after the holidays to hunt.
I could be a hero finding phones or jewelery and returning it back to the person who lost it!
I know it was a relieve when I found my keys, and it's aways a good feeling when I can put a smile on someones face.

If I don't post until after the holidays, I would like to wish everyone, their families and friends a very happy holiday season. Be safe. God bless, and I will talk to ya in 2010.

 

[mitto]

Living in West Central WI, I have to be ever the optimist.

In this neck of the woods, We get through Jan, and Feb. Things start to thaw in March on the South facing areas. ONLY 2 1/2 SHORT MONTHS BEFORE I CAN SWING AGAIN.

 

[dave5710]

I don't snow hunt, unless it would be after a light dusting, before the frost settles in. I have hunted on New Years Day before. Three or four years ago, we had a mild December and the first snows had melted away. January 1st (Sunday) was 48 degrees so I clad hunted a nearby sports field. After three hours I had $4.99, so I kept hunting until I found another nickel. I hunted again that Saturday which was the 7th, And a couple weeks later about the 19th or so. Then winter came back strong. Hopefully we will have a mild winter again I can get off to a good start that last week of February.

Time now for research and to clean up and sort out this years finds. Gotta hit it hard in 2010, been slacking off to much these last two years.

Take care, Dave

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

One of the detector person on the Garrett goes out all winter.
He uses those heat packets on the battery of his Ace and wraps it up in woolly socks .
He hunts toboggan hills and does quite well in the snow.
No harm to the Ace electronics by the looks of it as he goes hunting in -20 temps.
Not for me as my hands freeze too easily

 

[dave5710]

Joel, I agree with you. I think the risk outweighs the value. It would be easy to slip and fall, hitting your head, turning an ankle, or even breaking a bone. Or heaven forbid, having a heart attack. There might not be anyone around for hours, or longer. Plus I'm to the age where 15 minutes outdoors when it is this cold and I have to pee, bad!!

I won't lack for things to do this winter, I have my model railroad, a couple of computer games, and I think I only rented one movie this year, so I can find something to entertain myself.

Still it is a good time to talk to land owners, learn a little history and to straighten out your coin collection.

Take care all, and best wishes for this holiday season and beyond.

Dave