D&P-OR said:
Does any of you guys/gals keep track of your total of hunts-total of coin finds--ratio of silver to wheat back finds, etc.?----My wife & I are kind of a nut for keeping these kind of records..--We almost always hunt together & most (but not all) of our finds were made with Minelabs.---In 7 years (since 4/24/'02) we started keeping records and we have been on 1,036 hunts.--Not all of those hunts were for coins-some was gold (nugget) hunting & some relic hunts.---Anyway, out of those 1,036 hunts, we recovered 92,285 coins, of which 2,830 were wheaties & 946 were silver coins.--That's right at a 3 to 1 ratio (wheaties to silver) for total # of hunts & 7 years.--Our average coin finds are 13,000 per yr. (give or take), so if our health holds up & we can keep hunting-we figure to very easily break the 100,000 mark this year.---we won't rest easy till we've got that 1,000 silver & 3,000 wheaties "in the bag"
(which should happen this year also).---Bear in mind, this is two of us hunting-not one.---I know a lot of you are getting way more coin numbers than this, but at 70 & 65 years old, we are still haveing a BLAST in this neat hobby.---Just thought I'd share this.------God Bless, Del & Patsy
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A delightful post, and thank you both for sharing your passion for the hobby.
Do I count the finds ?....Once upon a time maybe, but after 40 years and several generations of changing computers and storage media,etc. I've lost track.
It did get to the stage of where I simply weighed the bullion, regardless of its age etc. Some containers I now can't lift. They would crippled any burglar !!!
Now-a-days, you can walk around my garden and under some bush or in the many 'stored' plastic flower pots, you can find hundreds of unwashed coins and 'things' from the many happy hours I've spent hunting.
The 'big keepers' are to be found in the jewelery boxes or being worn by the females of my family. Only yesterday, when checking out my camping gear for the coming season, did I find a bag of Roman coins and artifacts, still stowed in the tent bag, all from last years expedition to the east side of the UK
Now my eight year old grandson searches the gravel patch in the garden, with his little detector, and enjoys the thrill of finding the bits and bobs I've dropped over the years.
My garage is festooned with the carcases of past detectors. All of which were cherished in their time. Many are the long hours I've spent after the children had gone to bed, studying and tracing out the circuitry. As a professional I was naturally keen to know what made them tick. Now, progressively, the discreet component approach is being replaced by software controlled chips etc.
What has amazed me during those 40 years, is how long it has taken the designers in the hobby, to catch up with the technology that has been available for so long in industry.
White's Vision is a reflection of that awakening. The question is, can their new owners aspire to its potential?
Sadly, in my personal opinion, the handbook is an unworthy appendage to a superb detector.
Yesterday, on the Vision forum, I read one comment from someone being disappointed at it not being any better than the past units at finding gold.....?????????
With that kind of comment, it makes you wonder why they buy anything other than a BFO.
So Del & Patsy, lots of best wishes to you both, and may you share many more future hours of happy companionship enjoying this great hobby.
Best regards............TheMarshall
P.S....I almost forgot......My ratio? Happiness compared to finds......100% to whatever lady luck provides. Copper to silver? 100 : 1, roughly.
Thanks Del and Patsy...Terry
