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.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
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.
Friday, July 30, 2010
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.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Quick soccer field hunt.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
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.

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