MaineHunter
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It is sad that some people have such low esteem that they have to make up stories that they think will make others envious of them.
Impossible Clad Counts and Other Bogus Threads
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Jamflicker
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ecoast
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...when I tell my wife about some of the finds here, she says you're all FOS ! lol
Ice Scratcher
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Those are my favorite posts.
Mine too!
I understand some folks don't have places to hunt of the machine to find oldies, gold or relics and they enjoy getting out and scoring some clad..
But without posting at throughout the season and all of a sudden popping on here with a pile of clad that looks like a restaurant server's tip jar is pretty funny...
Another thing is it's impossible to find that much clad without finding a few or more silver rings too, I would say at least one silver ring per $100... Where are those?
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It's not just clad, there's a couple of guys here that have been lying about finds for years, and some of you just eat it up like candy! I would say to them, we all have wives or girlfriends with jewelry boxes *wink wink*
Isaac43
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I don't believe this person is faking at ALL. I have dug $15.59 in 90 minutes in a park a few minutes away from my house. Many pocket spills and quarters added up my clad count very fast, this is my best clad vs. time day... It is more than possible...
I don't believe this person is faking at ALL. I have dug $15.59 in 90 minutes in a park a few minutes away from my house. Many pocket spills and quarters added up my clad count very fast, this is my best clad vs. time day... It is more than possible...
Isaac43
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But I agree............. lots of fake posts... hey more humor for us, right? 
007tallguy
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I hate clad.
There, I said it. I go out of my way NOT to find it. Rather dig less targets and find the deep goodies. I know people that ONLY dig shallow targets, purposely looking for clad. I call them trash men.
There, I said it. I go out of my way NOT to find it. Rather dig less targets and find the deep goodies. I know people that ONLY dig shallow targets, purposely looking for clad. I call them trash men.
Thanks for the reality check, scuba, and thanks for running the numbers! That really tells the tale.
Unfortunately, I tend to believe people until they give me reason to not believe them. Some might call me gullible, but I would call me an honest person who expects honesty from others. What's the point in lying about your finds?
Appreciate the reminder that not everyone is a straight shooter. I guess I won't be moving to Jersey...
Unfortunately, I tend to believe people until they give me reason to not believe them. Some might call me gullible, but I would call me an honest person who expects honesty from others. What's the point in lying about your finds?
Appreciate the reminder that not everyone is a straight shooter. I guess I won't be moving to Jersey...
Captain Silver
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I hate clad.
There, I said it. I go out of my way NOT to find it. Rather dig less targets and find the deep goodies. I know people that ONLY dig shallow targets, purposely looking for clad. I call them trash men.
I agree George...clad to me is just a byproduct of the search for 100+ year old coins and relics, it only gets in the way when you're looking for the silver and gold
Quality...not quantity of targets. And as far as finds go...pictures of the dirty goods are best
My first year in Florida: 2003
I hunted almost exclusively one spot. It was waist to shoulder deep water at the end of a pier and 25 ft around it. people had been throwing coins off for wishes since 1918. I kept all the silver, wheaties, jewelry, rings, and a couple chains. Don't want to forget all the sinkers.
The coins came up in the beginning at 2 to 5 per scoop. The area was littered.
Dewcon and I pretty much raked it clean the following 3 years. Everything now is mostly clad, but I did manage a silver quarter a couple weeks ago.
Bottom line, I hunted 3 to 4 times a week for 9 months and collected 1500 pennies and 1500 nickles dimes and quarters. The grand total was $242.00.
1500 pennies is just 15 dollars. average of 15 cents per unit on the clad and you get 225 dollars.
I thought that was a record
only ti find out others do 3 times that much.
I still get out three times a week and just manage maybe a hundred bucks a year.
I hunted almost exclusively one spot. It was waist to shoulder deep water at the end of a pier and 25 ft around it. people had been throwing coins off for wishes since 1918. I kept all the silver, wheaties, jewelry, rings, and a couple chains. Don't want to forget all the sinkers.
The coins came up in the beginning at 2 to 5 per scoop. The area was littered.
Dewcon and I pretty much raked it clean the following 3 years. Everything now is mostly clad, but I did manage a silver quarter a couple weeks ago.
Bottom line, I hunted 3 to 4 times a week for 9 months and collected 1500 pennies and 1500 nickles dimes and quarters. The grand total was $242.00.
1500 pennies is just 15 dollars. average of 15 cents per unit on the clad and you get 225 dollars.
I thought that was a record
only ti find out others do 3 times that much.I still get out three times a week and just manage maybe a hundred bucks a year.
I hunted almost exclusively one spot. It was waist to shoulder deep water at the end of a pier and 25 ft around it. people had been throwing coins off for wishes since 1918. I kept all the silver, wheaties, jewelry, rings, and a couple chains. Don't want to forget all the sinkers.
The coins came up in the beginning at 2 to 5 per scoop. The area was littered.
Dewcon and I pretty much raked it clean the following 3 years. Everything now is mostly clad, but I did manage a silver quarter a couple weeks ago.
Bottom line, I hunted 3 to 4 times a week for 9 months and collected 1500 pennies and 1500 nickles dimes and quarters. The grand total was $242.00.
1500 pennies is just 15 dollars. average of 15 cents per unit on the clad and you get 225 dollars.
I thought that was a record
I still get out three times a week and just manage maybe a hundred bucks a year.
Who has that much time to detect that they can hit some of these absurd clad numbers? Even if I was retired, I wouldn't have the time or interest in finding all that clad. Not to mention my arm would be hanging by a string and hands would be shot from digging so many plugs.
Just thinking about digging clad gets me
lolAmen, Bruce!
Who has that much time to detect that they can hit some of these absurd clad numbers? Even if I was retired, I wouldn't have the time or interest in finding all that clad. Not to mention my arm would be hanging by a string and hands would be shot from digging so many plugs.
Just thinking about digging clad gets me
Amen, Bruce!
Why don't you take up golf
Sell one more detector and you might get a nice set of Ping's
I hunted almost exclusively one spot. It was waist to shoulder deep water at the end of a pier and 25 ft around it. people had been throwing coins off for wishes since 1918. I kept all the silver, wheaties, jewelry, rings, and a couple chains. Don't want to forget all the sinkers.
The coins came up in the beginning at 2 to 5 per scoop. The area was littered.
Dewcon and I pretty much raked it clean the following 3 years. Everything now is mostly clad, but I did manage a silver quarter a couple weeks ago.
Bottom line, I hunted 3 to 4 times a week for 9 months and collected 1500 pennies and 1500 nickles dimes and quarters. The grand total was $242.00.
1500 pennies is just 15 dollars. average of 15 cents per unit on the clad and you get 225 dollars.
I thought that was a record
I still get out three times a week and just manage maybe a hundred bucks a year.
Maybe those "gators" that share the water with you at that site were guardians to stop others from stealing from the "wishing well"
NoxDude
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Just my 2 cents on this... I was able to find over $700 in clad this year. Last year I found $1050 in clad. Alot of hard work, plenty of parks and living in southern Cali, the clad is easily obtainable.
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METALMANIAC-NY
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Wow...well said and a little eye opening. I've only been here a few months and it didn't event occur to me (until recently) that there might be some embellishments let alone outright BS posts!! That is absolutely pathetic and bizarre.....
Why don't you take up golf
Don't laugh but I have a set of Ping Zing's that have been collecting dust for years. I used to play golf a lot....well I should clarify that statement. I used to drive a golf cart around while consuming entirely too many adult beverages, in between shanking balls into the woods.
And hey, silver and gold got chin punched so the smart thing to do was unload some machines and stack metal
As a newbie, I will admit I was feeling extremely inadequate when I read about the huge clad amounts some people claim. I only get out a few times a month and the last couple of months I haven't been able to get out hardly at all. But since mid July I've gathered about $15 in clad. I just assumed these other people were hunting really hot spots several days a week. Thanks for this post. I don't feel like I'm slacking quite so much now.
I'm with you on that. I spent a lot of hours digging all year (and I'm retired) to get $50 in clad this year. Thanks for this forum thread guys and gals. Now I only feel inadequate about my lack of gold and silver
Detector Nut
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I found a 12lb gold nugget once, until I woke up.
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