JNimons

My Wife passed from cancer in October. She had no interest in detecting, but she absolutely loved me coming home...asking how I did, and me handing her my finds box. She was very supportive and into my finds!

Nice save on a first year Rosie, but I'm not feeling sorry for your 50 degrees...lol

Thats a whole lot of Wheat! Congrats!

**** WARNING****....This will probably be long and boring 
As a child, my family camped at Hammonassett State Park for 6 weeks every summer. There was a guy that camped near us that was always out MD'ing. I always tagged along and was hooked. This was probably 1977ish. That Christmas my parents bought me Sears-Whites hip mount detector. Straight TR. no discriminator, but I had a blast on the beach with it. Every evening my Dad and I would bicycle, or drive, to the beach, depending on where I was hunting. I found some stuff, but never the kind of things the guy that camped near us found. He was always showing me rings and such. I copied his techniques and talked to him all the time. One night I was scrubbing a portion of the beach, ( What the guy that camped near us called it. Dragging a foot to see where you've been , more or less gridding). A guy I had never seen before came up and started detecting over my scrubbed portion. At dark he walked up and showed me everything I missed, and thanked me for picking up all the junk for him! What a tool. My Dad was livid.

Next morning....My Dad says come on...we're going for a ride...He wouldn't tell me where....Well...it was one of my first of many trips to Will & Jeans Metal Detectors in Killingworth, CT. I was in awe..It was just a room in their house, but they had all the Whites detectors I had been reading about in the magazines. I'm looking around, and my Dad is talking to Will, and I hear him say, I want the best machine you've got. Turned out to be the Whites 6000D. I was shocked at the price, and even more shocked when Dad bought it for me. I was 12 at the time. After a couple hours with Will learning how to use it, and playing in his test garden, We headed to the camp. Of course as soon as the car stopped I was swinging the machine. Within 10 minutes I had a good deep signal. Dad was digging for me. It seemed like it was 2 feet down, but I'm sure it wasn't more then 6 or 8 inches, and out popped a 1951 Franklin Half. I was out of my mind. That evening we headed to the beach and find my first gold. A mans wedding band with 5 or 6 diamonds in it. I was hooked for life at that point! These are finds I will never ever part with!

The next week We went back to Will and Jeans and bought a second 6000D. Dad and I hunted together for many years. I hunted on and off into my early 20s, and then life got busy, and I went 25 years without detecting. Tho, I did think about it on and off, when I would see a place that looked promising.

In 2015 My Mom passed away. Cleaning out her apartment, I found the 2 6000D's and a box with some of my old finds. I wish I knew what happened to the rest....There was so much more! A friend who detected stopped by my work, and handed me his Etrac. Big learning curve from that 6000D , but after  aouple weeks learning the machine, I felt like a 12 year old again!

Here are some pics of some of my finds from back in the day. If you got this far, thanks for reading this!

1 hour ago, Steve Herschbach said:

I’m sorry for the loss and difficulty you have been experiencing, and hope things turn in a more positive direction ASAP. 

Thank you Steve! I feel like I am going to really enjoy your forum!

1 hour ago, GB_Amateur said:

Welcome JN!  Silver always pleases me, even if it's the most beat up Roosie or a tiny piece of jewelry.  I can't begin to relate to the tragedy you've been through losing your wife, but I'm glad to see you still have a positive attitude towards life.  👍  Get well and hit the ground running (well, as soon as it thaws anyway).

Thank you! It was by far the hardest thing I have ever dealt with. Has changed who I am, and made me realize what's important!

35 minutes ago, phrunt said:

It looks like the tide is turning for you, hopefully things improve from here on.  Congratulations on the find and welcome to the forum.

Thank you Sir!

19 minutes ago, Skate said:

Very sorry for your loss but this is a great place with really great people so I hope you stick around and continue to share your detecting triumphs. 

God bless you

Thank you Sir, and God Bless you also!

14 minutes ago, Joe D. said:

Welcome to the forum John,

   So sorry for the loss of your wife!!😞🙏 And the Covid!! 

   But very happy you found us here! How long have you been swinging a coil, and what detector did you find that lucky Rosie with?

   Hope the detecting luck deals you a Royal Flush this year!👍👍

Joe;

 I was swinging the Equinox 800 with the stock coil that day. I have been detecting since the late 70's, with a 20 year plus hiatus. And, thank you....I can really use a Royal Flush right about now!

Beautiful 17 SLK and early Merc. My cleanest SLK is a '17 too. Congrats!

2021 was a horrible year for me. In July my wife was diagnosed with stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer. she passed away in October. I threw myself into detecting again After barely detecting after Memorial Day, to keep myself sane. My focus was on New Years. New Year...New me crap...lol.

1/1 dawned rainy and warm. Rain stopped pretty early, and I immediately headed put to a local trashy park. 55 degrees and foggy. 20 feet from my truck I get a solid conductive signal out of the iron. First hole of the year, flip the plug and see the silver rim. Really! First hole of the year. Doesn't matter that its a '64 Rosie. Hopefully thats a sign of things to come detecting in '22.

Unfortunately, few days later I tested positive for the 'Rona, and contracted pneumonia, so the rest of January has been a wash. Can't wait to get back out in the woods as soon as some of this white stuff disappears.

Bezeled the Rosie and its hanging on the mirror of my truck as a good luck charm

Hello and thank you for accepting me. My name is John, I hunt mostly in Connecticut. I am mostly a colonial relic/coin hunter the past year or so. Before that I was a silver shooter, and I still do from time to time. Looking forward to meeting others here.