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Article #1260Metal detecting revisited - hobby that pays for itself
From: Bob Parnass, AJ9S
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1989 17:00
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1989 17:00
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A year has elapsed since I posted questions and an arti-
cle about metal detecting. At that time, a few other
metal detector owners responded with fascinating informa-
tion.
I'm interested in hearing from detectorists about their
activities during the past year.
My wife and I started detecting a year ago and now use a
White's 6000 Di Pro Plus with 9.5 inch searchcoil. We
searched at least one day a week last summer. Unfor-
tunately, we've been out only a half dozen times this
summer, during which time we found:
engagement ring
sterling silver ring
decorative gold ring (worth about $200)
several Mercury dimes
coins dating back to the turn of the century
a lot of modern coins
paper money, including a $20 bill,
found while "surface hunting" :-)
dog tax license tag from 1923
Pearl Harbor memorial token
shotgun shells, bullets, pocket knife, US Army compass,
machete, toy cars, etc.
Have you any new insights since we last discussed this
topic? What have you found this year? What kind of
detector(s) do you use? How big is the searchcoil? Did
you use a trowel, knife, or rod to recover found items?
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