2Valen Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 What a day it has been, Working and then taking a break for an hour so I had to do a little hunting with the 800. Today I went back to a local park just to kill a little bit of time before I had to go to meet someone. I pulled into the park at about 4 pm and grabbed the 800. Turned it on and went to Park 1 with factory setting, did noise cancel, and started swinging. The first 3 hits were all aluminum and the 4th was a bolt from who knows what. The 4th hole made a noise that I had never heard before, a chatter and the ID number changed from a strong 36 to a 21 during the noise. I knelt down to start digging as the depth showed 3 arrows and I proceeded slowly to reach whatever was down there. Because of the chatter I did not truly know what to expect and moved the dirt slowly as to find the reason for the chatter. To my surprise I noticed an edge of something in the dirt, and I pulled more dirt from the sides of the edge so I could get a grip on it. I pulled it out of the ground and to my surprise it was a 1902 dime, it had seen better days but it was still a sight to see. I then hit a area where someone must of lost all of his change and someone else's at the same time. The more I pulled off the ground from under the grass, the more my pin pointer detected. I could not find a place to set the pin pointer without it going off. It took about 15 minutes to pick out the coins from the grass. I looked at the time and had to leave while having so much fun, but had to get back to work. All the coins in the picture ranged from 1902 to 2018. I think I am getting the hang of this detecting thing and can't wait to get out again. Just don't tell my wife because she gets mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Valen Posted September 6, 2019 Author Share Posted September 6, 2019 1 minute ago, phrunt said: You're hooked now 🙂 Just don't let my wife know, she would tell me I can't have that much fun without her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacky Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 48 minutes ago, 2Valen said: Just don't let my wife know, she would tell me I can't have that much fun without her. You must be fairly young. Give it 15 years and she'll be glad you have hobbies to get you out of the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mn90403 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 You never know when you are going to hit a spot someone missed or everyone forgot to hunt it. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Valen Posted September 6, 2019 Author Share Posted September 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, Lacky said: You must be fairly young. Give it 15 years and she'll be glad you have hobbies to get you out of the house. I am 62 and she is 65. After 25 years together all she wants me to do is to wait on her hand and foot. When I want to do something she tells me a list of things she needs done first, and then it is to late for me to do anything. I told her I was going to go ginseng hunting on Saturday and she now tells me that she wants to go to the lake. I don't know why she wants to go because she can't walk more than 50 yards at a time. Last year I went ginseng hunting for the first time and was able to dig almost 5 pounds (dried weight ) over the course of 2 months. She spent the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacky Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Geez, no idea man. Me and mine have been together 26 years and she has always had all kinds of crazy hobbies and so have I. I also used to travel for work quit a bit. We have always been supportive of each others interests. Different dynamic I guess. I guess you'll have to decide if it's worth putting you foot down and just going and doing your thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Valen Posted September 6, 2019 Author Share Posted September 6, 2019 14 minutes ago, Lacky said: I guess you'll have to decide if it's worth putting you foot down and just going and doing your thing. Â What she doesn't know won't hurt me. When she got Lyme disease a few years back she lost it mentally and has never gotten any better. I would hate to unleash her upon the world and see her get hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacky Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Understood. I have an autistic kid. We spent her first 8 years just keeping her alive. Its gotten better as she has gotten older, no longer wanders, developed a self preservation instinct finally. Hobbies took a back seat in my life for about a decade.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveg Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 NICE job, 2Valen!! Nice recovery, on the Barber dime, and those "coin spills" are always unique! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chase Goldman Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 You are killing it. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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