Four new Records!!!! One Hunt!!!!

I broke four records today, and tied a fifth!
First I broke my nickel record that I set yesterday. Yesterday from the cold wet ground I dug 15 nickels, a new record after two years of beeping. Today, I broke it with a total of 19 nickels. I broke my penny record, previously 85, today 103. I tied my previous dime record of 28. I broke my number of coins record previously 139, today 177. I also broke my total clad count record, previously $9.77 today $12.28! It was a great morning in the wood chips!

10-01-2010 Challenge finally completed!!!!

It took way longer than expected, but it is done. The totals are, 75 quarters @ 18.75, 91 dimes @ 9.10, 40 nickels @ 2.00, and 261 pennies @ 2.61. For a total of 467 coins @ 32.46. Take the challenge, let me know your totals!

09-25-2010 California Trip.

I went to a park in California last Friday. It is a good looking park with some old trees. I noticed that someone had recently moved two picnic tables. That is where I started hunting. My first find was a nickel. My second was a 1 gram Engelhard gold bar!! I could not believe it! About three targets later I pulled the 14k 7 Diamond gold ring!! A pretty good day. I noticed I had a flat tire, and had to call it quits. I only hunted about an hour, what a day!

Last day of challenge... Fail!!

Went up to Tahoe to finish up the challenge. As expected, the nickels were my downfall. I came real close on the dimes though. Ended the day with Q-7, D-14, N-2, P-29, including one no date wheatie. The totals for the whole weekend are Q-46, D-42, N-19, P-128. Not bad I guess, total of $17.80. One roll of quarters, and two rolls of pennies. I will still keep track to see what the actual total will be.

Day two of the challenge.

I hit five different tot lots today. The Totals for today are,1 Sacajawea, Q-21, D-19, N-9, P-71 for $9.31. Which makes the total for the challenge Q-39, D-28, N-17, P-99 for $15.39. So far i've got almost two rolls of pennies, and one roll of quarters. I'll need to come up with 1-Q, 22-D, 23-N, and no pennies. It's going to be tough, but we're heading to Tahoe Sunday, hopefully I can clean up the beach, and maybe get some gold too.

The four roll challenge!

I was recently thinking about finding all four major rolls of coin in one day. Only $17.50, but that would make for a great day. Then I got to thinking about how much I would actually end up with, if I kept track. So that's what I'm going to do. I think it's too hot here to find them all in one day, so I'm going to try to get them all this weekend. I started last night after work, and the total so far is. Q-18, D-9, N-8, P-28. No surprise pennies took the early lead, I was shocked at the lack of dimes though. I'll post again with updates. If you want to take the challenge with me, leave a comment with your results. I would love to hear them.

Quick hunt before work. Scary Ring

Went to a park before work today. Found this ring that gave me quite a scare. After I turned my plug, I could see gold peeking through the edge of the hole. I spun it around my finger a few times before I realized it was fake. I also found a little clad, and a cool skull valve stem cap. Total coins 25 @ .82 not too bad.

Quick soccer field hunt.

Went out for a quick hunt. Hunted the sidelines of a soccer field. Ended up with five coins @ .38. Popped a 1944 wheat from just under the grass, probably a recent drop, but a nice surprise.

Two Tot Lots, 151 Coins!!!! $9.45

With a rare day off to myself, I planned on an all day clad fest. I went to my first spot and found 139 coins @ $7.95 . It was so hot that I started to feel sick. I drank a bottle of water, and took a break in the shade. It didn't help, so I hit 7/11, drank a vitamin water with potassium, and headed to my next spot. I could only handle the heat for a short time. Ended up with 12 coins @ $1.50. It was still a great day for clad, but I would've liked to of hit a couple more lots. Oh well, I guess I'm getting old! HH

First Post

So far my Metal Detecting totals are, 4,083 coins for a total of $289.20. I have found two silver dimes, and a 1907 Indian Head Penny. I have found 11 pieces of gold, four of which were rings. 13 pieces of assorted .925 silver jewelery. I use an Ace 250, a pro-pointer, a Lesche digger, and Killer B headphones. I like to metal detect almost anywhere. I usually don't detect in the winter due to hunting. I like to fly fish when possible as well. My best find so far is a 14.4 gram 14k gold ring with 5 diamonds. I had the diamonds put into a ring for my wife.