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[tabdog]

About 24 years ago I had a Technatics. It was the first Technatics company and wasn't owned by BH. It was an early motion discriminator VLF type detector. The coil had to be swung at break neck speed. It had some advantages over the more common non motion VLF detectors of the day. I finally swung it to pieces:sad: and didn't get another MD until 5 months ago.

When I had the old Technatics the Little Rock Zoo decided to drain and clean out the old duck pond. It hadn't been cleaned out sense the 1800s. I didn't find out about it until I read in the news paper that the pond had been drained and that metal detectorist had found all these neat coins and stuff. I was bummed out because I missed out on it.

One day I noticed a big pile of stuff and asked what it was. An employee told me that that was the sludge from the bottom of the duck pond. That

 

[DrJoeprime]

Thanks for the story Tabdog. This brings a NEW category of "DUCK PONDS" into my hunting research.

Sometimes it feels almost as much fun doing the research as the detecting. I've found out so much about my and the surrounding neighborhood. So..this short story is about one small amazing (to me) fact I learned.

Being in Southern California with everything so seemingly new and modern it's sometimes discouraging. All that "old" stuff back East. BUT I discovered that the beach I detect at which is only 3 miles away was the site of an 1850's port! The beach was called Bay City. Researched and downloaded a bunch of photos of the Internet then bought a book off of Amazon....walked there and saw the plaque and drooled about detecting there on the OTHER SIDE of the fence. The port area, unfortunately is now a military base. Imagine the artifacts we could pull out of there...from 1850's to 1900's. Yikes. I've included an 1888 photo of the area.

I've also discovered that these ports are called "LANDINGS" and I've found a few more former "landings" scattered up and down the California coast. Perhaps one of these will yield me what I'm looking for? But then again maybe the search alone was what I needed...hmmm?

Metal detecting opens our eyes in a different way...there is history and past..just need a little effort to search for it.

HH Joe

 

[beatty_dt]

Looks like you have launched into a new sea of research and discovery.

New eyes, new findings.

Well done.

David at Edmonton

 

[mailman14]

Tabdog: I also had a Technetics, think it was an Eagle model, I had to load 18 Asiatic batteries in it.
It was a Kellyco upgrade for a Tesoro which was noisy but regret trading. There was a ranch just across a
barbwire fence that had been abandoned, It even had bunkhouses, a collapsed house, barns and enough
room to roam for months. Well I had my new Eagle and went to work and only after weeks detecting
discovered one of the batts had been put in backwards. Egg on my face but that was one of two dectectors
I have sold. Kept the rest.

 

[mailman14]

Tabdog: I also had a Technetics, think it was an Eagle model, I had to load 18 Asiatic batteries in it.
It was a Kellyco upgrade for a Tesoro which was noisy but regret trading. There was a ranch just across a
barbwire fence that had been abandoned, It even had bunkhouses, a collapsed house, barns and enough
room to roam for months. Well I had my new Eagle and went to work and only after weeks detecting
discovered one of the batts had been put in backwards. Egg on my face but that was one of two dectectors
I have sold. Kept the rest.

 

[rmptr]

One day I can recall was many years ago, cabin fever during winter snows & no work, but we HAD to get out...
Drove 150 miles to beach & warmer WX, different scenery.
Parked car at small swimming beach, family got out, down jackets and moon boots n' all...
I grabbed the old fisher, turning it on as I walked to the waterline.
Got a beep as I first set the coil towards the sand and pulled up a yellow metal ring w sparkly rock that wasn't 2" down.
A few hours later a pawn shop gave me enough so we could spend the night in a motel room, so we got another day at the beach!
It's all good!

HH

 

[tabdog]

Now that's a good hunt. Talk about productive!

It's always nice to cash in on your finds.

HH,