My first detector was a Relco, dug a lot of junk, but also found a lot of good coins, coarse back then silver was in circulation and found communly, Bill probably remembers the good old days, one side of your apron filled with junk and the other side filled with IH, wheats, all types of nickels, dimes, quarters, halfs and yes even silver dollars, thats when metal detecting was in it's beginning, but boy the finds were great, especially when compared to todays hunting, when only such coins appear occasionally, OH FOR THE GOOD OLD DAYS!!!
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I started with a Relco, then Garrett Speed King, then Garrett ADS111, then a friend talked me into trying a Whites DFX, what a mistake, a good way to go blind watching the screen, joined the forum and John, Bill and other great members recommended the GTI 2500, great machine, have found more silver, IH and wheats, never found anything but clad with the forrunner and went back over the areas I searched with that machine and recovered the above mentioned coins, a Whites may be a good machine, but I could not get use to watching the screen constantly, with not that good of eyesite in the first place, the bell sound of the Garrett is a definite advantage to people with, poor eye site.
I had just bought a Brand new water metal detector and a friend of mine and I went to the Colorodo river. I put on a wet suit and was getting ready to go out metal detecting in the water. This ranger pulls up and my buddy asks " can we go metal detecting here?" The ranger steps out of his Truck and says " NO you are Not Allowed to metal detect here and they are not allowed in the park If we see any they are confiscated". I am quietly covering my metal detector and all three other metal detectors in the vechile. I tell my friend quietly We NEED to LEAVE NOW! We get into the truck and start driving. I am trying to get out of the park area ASAP but still have my Wet suit on it is hot outside and my a/c is not working,driving up a small hill and my truck is getting close to over heating. We have driven nearly four or five miles and I see these headlights coming up from behind and getting closer. It has to be the ranger and he wants my metal detector I am thinking. I am pushing my old truck to get out of the park before he catches me. I finally get to a small sign that says Thank you for visiting our park and pull over. Nearly ready to pass out I pull over and start takiing off my wetsuit as a car full of women pass us by waving at us as I fell over half naked trying to get out of my wet suit in the middle of the desert. I can imagine those women had a story to tell too after seeing me.
Aussie Chris
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What a pity that person was not reminded that it was a Garrett detector that found the largest gold nugget that exists in the world today, the hand of faith ! 876 troy ounces of pure gold. Untold 100's of millions of dollars worth of gold found with Gerrett detectors here in Australia since the late '70's.
Chris.
Chris.
Mick in Dubbo
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How long has the belltone been around?
Mick Evans.
Mick Evans.
Mick in Dubbo
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Thanks to everybody how has written. I have had several good belly laughs.
I haven't had too much funny stuff that has happened to me this year, but a couple last year.
One one occasion, I went to a neighbouring town on a day off. I asked the lady at the entrance of the town pool, if I could detect around the pool. She said yes, so off I went, armed with my detector, screw driver and coin trowel. After checking out my third target, she comes racing over screaming no, no, you can't go digging up the lawn. I said that it is alright as I'm using the screwdriver to locate and remove the coins. She tried to find the spot that I had just removed a target from and got the wrong spot. I tried to find it too, and only due to something I saw in the ground next to where I removed the target, was I able to show her the spot. She let me continue detecting there, but said, that when I walked in, she thought that I had a walking stick in my hand! (That hunt netted $40)
The other occasion was on the last day of last year, when I was closing in on my end of year target. The spot I went to (in the Sydney suburb of Gladsville. This is an upmarket suburb.)was the second last spot before I hit my target. It was a smallish park with a swing set in it, just half a block from the foreshore of Sydney harbour. There was a chap there, with his 4yr old playing on the equipment. I left them alone and sussed out the rest of the park and had determined where people had played and sat. I was pulling up a few $1 and $2 coins. When the toddler had moved away from the play equipment, I swooped on it, finding a few more coins. WELL, the look on this guys face was just priceless. How dare some lowlife beachcomber swoop on a play area that his little precious was playing in!
With that and the dirtiest look that I seen for a long time, he was OFF! I continued hunting there till I had found as much as I thought I would find, then consulted with my street directory as to where the next lot of play equipment was. It was just around the corner. On arriving there, who do you think I found.
Mick Evans.
I haven't had too much funny stuff that has happened to me this year, but a couple last year.
One one occasion, I went to a neighbouring town on a day off. I asked the lady at the entrance of the town pool, if I could detect around the pool. She said yes, so off I went, armed with my detector, screw driver and coin trowel. After checking out my third target, she comes racing over screaming no, no, you can't go digging up the lawn. I said that it is alright as I'm using the screwdriver to locate and remove the coins. She tried to find the spot that I had just removed a target from and got the wrong spot. I tried to find it too, and only due to something I saw in the ground next to where I removed the target, was I able to show her the spot. She let me continue detecting there, but said, that when I walked in, she thought that I had a walking stick in my hand! (That hunt netted $40)
The other occasion was on the last day of last year, when I was closing in on my end of year target. The spot I went to (in the Sydney suburb of Gladsville. This is an upmarket suburb.)was the second last spot before I hit my target. It was a smallish park with a swing set in it, just half a block from the foreshore of Sydney harbour. There was a chap there, with his 4yr old playing on the equipment. I left them alone and sussed out the rest of the park and had determined where people had played and sat. I was pulling up a few $1 and $2 coins. When the toddler had moved away from the play equipment, I swooped on it, finding a few more coins. WELL, the look on this guys face was just priceless. How dare some lowlife beachcomber swoop on a play area that his little precious was playing in!
With that and the dirtiest look that I seen for a long time, he was OFF! I continued hunting there till I had found as much as I thought I would find, then consulted with my street directory as to where the next lot of play equipment was. It was just around the corner. On arriving there, who do you think I found. Mick Evans.