rvpopeye Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 350 THAT is exactly why I picked that mossy spot under the tree to detect first ! There's an abandoned road with a stone wall about 10 feet behind the tree that will be checked . It all was also on a hill overlooking the field. The property was once part of the old farm across the road that one of the kids put a mobile home on back in the 70-80s judging by the design of the interior , so the junk pile will wait a while... The piece of wire said "cows" to me . I really want to get to across the road areas soon too , big barn falling in on itself plus much more fields. Tendonitis trashed elbows reminding me of old far worse pains so scoops on the beach twice for every shovel day on the farm is what I going with this summah . Maybe some relic hunting on colonial sites for good measure in there too , me 'ol Cap is gonna be here researching his Mayflower grampy's old place. (Yup , I think I got 'im hooked on detecting .......) Yo 'oh ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 So ,,, I was sittin' in the shade , coolin' off from the beach and decided to run a coil over the grass here next to me ! It's a barrier with a parking lot next door. They plow all their snow on it every winter. Mining the "Alps" , the easy way , just wait for 'em to melt ! Park 1 , Left the 11" coil on from the beach........ neg ID# opened up . Cleaning up the crap to see what's below. Grid off a 6' by 25' section and stuck a twig on the targets , about 20 of them. Pop on the 6" grab the pointer and the mini spade , the garden knife and my OLD car door window crank remover. Moved in with the pinpointer and checked for surface finds and polished them all off with the knife and window tool. Zeroed in with the 6" tweaking twig locations and then cut in all the plugs at once with the mini spade ! Then used a piece of 6 mil plastic to pop the plugs on next to each hole and began probing and scooping out dirt and dropped all finds in my old floaty 1/4" classifier/ sifter as I went. 2 hours on the nox clock... Plenty of pop tops and bottle caps , can slaw , 2 mangled keys ( from a snow plow blade LOL) a couple pieces of rusty wire , foil , etc.......and a clad dime 1997 plus 5 memorial pennies. Add that to the dime and 3 pennies from the campground site hunt AND the quarter from the beach hunt in march = 53 cents ! My down payment on a 6000 fund grows ever larger.... I hope those kids all get wasted , well except for the designated drivers ! Yeah right ! 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share Posted September 12, 2021 The Return Of The Son OF The Beach to Uptah Camp mode... Just returned from a friend's house . He called and said " bring your detector" ! So ........I went . "What are we diggin' up ?" No answer..... After a couple of hours with no answer or even bringing out his Ace400 I headed back to camp.. A nice day to sit around but no detecting time ??? Don't think so. Wintah's a-comin' Chummy ! Pulled out the Nox (headphone batteries were dead ) and walked over to my "lawn" (that strip where the plow pushes all the snow ) There are a million targets on this little strip next to me so I decide to cherry pick only the ID#23+ 24 today as my plan of attack . In the hour and a half before it got dark ( yup the headlamp needed charging too, I gotta get out more) I found 2 dimes , 2 NonZinc Lincolns and a foil pill bottle seal ( Couldn't resist a # 33 hoping for silver ) and one crown cap I just found in one of the holes along with a dime. I haven't cleaned any up so maybe the crown cap is silver ? well , maybe one of the DIMES ?????? skuh kuh kuh kuh Still no GOLD here , my quest to discover the ancient pirate stronghold thwarted again......ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR A beach festival 70 miles south of me this weekend . Will this "Son Of The Beach" score big ? Stay tuned. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted January 16, 2023 Author Share Posted January 16, 2023 Uptah Camp thawed out Saturday ! ?I got in a few holes. Just here next to my new site at the fairgrounds and only got some junk but I dug the holes with a hori knife and a plastic trowel. Freezing rain and sleet for last 26 hours ...... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 3 hours ago, rvpopeye said: I got in a few holes How long did you spend at the 19th hole? ? Glad you were able to get out, RV. ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted January 17, 2023 Author Share Posted January 17, 2023 Golf , i realized that would be a response when I posted..... I don't get the attraction to that hobby ?? Those people don't have to dig any holes but all they ever find is little white balls ! I know ,,,,more comments ! LOL? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 45 minutes ago, rvpopeye said: Golf , i realized that would be a response when I posted..... I don't get the attraction to that hobby ?? Those people don't have to dig any holes but all they ever find is little white balls ! I know ,,,,more comments ! LOL? Used to play in my corporate days, 1 day a week in the afternoon we went golfing at a local course, ya sorta had to go. It was fun. I find a lot of golf balls on farms. If they get cracked by farm equipment I throw them out, but if not I'll put them by the house if there is one. ? Guess you could say I've got a lot... ? Never mind. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvpopeye Posted March 18, 2023 Author Share Posted March 18, 2023 Well it HAD to happen ! And it's really 'not much"! Got in 9 holes this afternoon and no 350 not golf ? Temp made it to 50s ! Looking at lots of dead grass. Waited till 4pm. The shovel sunk all the way in when I jumped on it ! I walked around with the 800 and 6" coil , this place has so many targets , millions if I count the horseshoe stuff plus the threshold was blanking ~3times a second pretty much targets blanketing the ground ! So I picked a clear one and dug . I didn't have to move much for the 6 plugs . 3 were with the hori knife only. Park 1 recovery 6 sensitivity 18. 9 holes with only one target in each one. 2 pulltabs ,1 with tail , a racetrack pull too. 1 aluminum tarp grommet , a nail and a screw , a roached memorial, a rosie 1981D , AND a little teardrop shaped pendant with the word SISTER engraved into it , the back had a (wait for it) 925 ,,, 1st with the 800 my pocket scales are a rusted hunk of deadness . So weight ? , not much . I took pics with my tablet selfie cam, AND I told y'all I was photo challenged.Now we'll see if I can post em. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F350Platinum Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 2 coins and silver? ? Seems familiar... ? ? That's not bad at all for a short hunt, although usually my trash isn't more than a handful, it numbers many more holes than 9, and there ain't no 19th hole where I'm digging. ? 33% success rate. ? Great job RVP, so glad you're getting out there. ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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