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Article #1346Re: Metal detecting revisited - hobby that pays for itself
From: Mike Carter
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1989 09:46
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1989 09:46
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RE: Searching for buried treasure! Well..my personal experiences include finding a totally unusable and completely rusted .22 calibre rifle (unknown make)...a flashlight circa 1960 (you should have seen the battery!) and several coins (present to as early as 1901) several tent pegs, piles of magnets and an assortment of metallic objects that can only be described as usefull for making bombs as shrapnel. The most valuable item found has been an immaculate Buck Knife with a 6" blade. Someone even went to the trouble of engraving (acid etch) "STING" in Gothic lettering on it. I use the home-made version using an 11" coil. We search mostly around camp-grounds. Last year I sold the "wand" and have since regretted it! -Mike -- ============================================================================= = Mike Carter N7GYX, Phoenix AZ| Q: Why did the Chicken cross the road ? = = hplabs!hp-sdd!crash!xroads!wiz| A: To ESCape the Main Menu . = =============================================================================
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mailrus!ncar!asuvax!mcdphx!xroads!wiz From: wiz@xroads.UUCP (Mike Carter) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.misc Subject: Re: Metal detecting revisited - hobby that pays for itself Message-ID: <816@xroads.UUCP> Date: 29 Aug 89 09:46:05 GMT References: <2575@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> <1019@electro.UUCP> Reply-To: wiz@xroads.UUCP (Mike Carter) Followup-To: sci.electronics Organization: Crossroads, Phoenix, AZ 85046 Lines: 22