4 Day Campground Hunt (lots of pix)

[F350Platinum]

Just got back from a 13 day camping trip, I'll break it into 2 posts because one place was "as usual", and the next was probably one of the worst beach trips I've been on despite beautiful weather. 🙄 I had a great time, but really didn't find much the second place we went. 

The first 4 days we went to a local campground, a huge place we have gone to for years, we thought it would be fun but summer is over and there were few people there. There wasn't much going on at all.

That's my 40' Toy Hauler. 🙂 It's a palace on wheels.

We got a great space there, and I spent quite a bit of time detecting. The campground has 3 tot lots, volleyball court, lots of Cornhole courts, a lake with a beach, and a huge entertainment field.

I've been detecting there for the last 4 years, and I believe I have found over 1,000 coins there, in the beginning I got wheats and a couple Indian Heads, even a silver coin or two. I generally average about 200 coins per trip.

I brought the Deus 2 with 13" coil on V2, another Deus 2 with V3 and the HF2 coil, and my Manticore with the M15 and the M9.

It never ceases to astound me just how many coins and other things I find at this place, there are about 1,000 campsites and a huge water park as well.

When people ask me what I find when I'm detecting, I usually answer "money, toys, jewelry, and junk".

A typical day's junk looks like this:

I usually dig iron there if it's close to the surface, I'm grateful to have permission to detect, and remove all the trash from the tot lots in particular. I've probably saved a few people from getting Tetanus. 🤔

I find lots of toys on the beach and in the tot lots:

Missing is a monster truck I dug a foot down on the beach. The little opossum appears to be cleverly 3D printed, the head, legs and tail all move. 

I got near my average in coins: 

189 of them, oldest was a 1960 penny, and sadly a 1965 quarter. 🙄 

I even dug a pair of binoculars buried deep in the beach!

Here's the "jewelry", all cheap bling, too bad the huge diamond is a CZ: 

And now the best find:

While searching a "Gaga Ball" pit, I got my best find of the trip on the first evening:

An extremely thin and small 14k chain with a 14k elephant charm attached, I found it with the Manticore and M9. It was an 04.

Later I tried to find the chain alone with the Manticore and the D2 with V2, but neither could "see" it no matter what I did. Gold modes, high sensitivity, nothing. 😵 The D2 with V3 at 89kHz can "see" it, but only about an inch or two above it bunched up. At 53kHz, it sounds as iron with "00". What a great testing tool! If the charm wasn't on the chain I would not have found it. 

I'll do another post on the following beach trip. 

Would I say any detector performed better than another? No. All 3 worked well. The HF2 is going to take more getting used to.

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[Compass]

Nice report F350Platinum. Congrats on the gold! Gold chains are not that easy to find - even with pendants.

[ColonelDan]

Good report.  That’s indicative of a lot of digging my friend!!!!!

[F350Platinum]

13 hours ago, Compass said:

Nice report F350Platinum. Congrats on the gold! Gold chains are not that easy to find - even with pendants.

Thanks Compass,

I think this chain is the first verifiable one I've ever found, just 5 years under my belt detecting. It's 1mm or less, extreme thin. It will be good to test settings on. 🙂

[F350Platinum]

2 hours ago, ColonelDan said:

Good report.  That’s indicative of a lot of digging my friend!!!!!

Thanks Colonel, 

Wish I was more successful at the beach, but as you said there are no guarantees! 🙂

[okara gold]

Nice pictures of your adventure. I'll bet that little gold chain and charm brought a smile to your face! Thanks for sharing.

[1491]

Wow, what a trip! Congrats on the gold chain and charm!

[F350Platinum]

11 hours ago, okara gold said:

Nice pictures of your adventure. I'll bet that little gold chain and charm brought a smile to your face! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks okara,

Sure did, then the charm bright a smile to my wife's face as she added it to her gold charm bracelet. 😏 Sadly the chain is broken, but it will be great for testing settings.

[F350Platinum]

10 hours ago, 1491 said:

Wow, what a trip! Congrats on the gold chain and charm!

Thanks 1491,

The second half wasn't as good but still produced a silver chain. 🙂