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Dutchess County NY

Sort of first time metal detecting.

Hello all, I joined the forum because i did a Dutchess County metal detecting search on google and found this post as I live in Poughkeepsie, NY. A couple of years ago I borrowed an old Garrett metal detector (dont remember the model, I'll edit this is i do) and needles to say i was hooked the second i used it even though i never really found anything but junk (it also never seemed to work quite right lol). So finally after a couple of years wanting one really badly, I decided to just randomly buy a cheaper one than the one I really want, a Garrett Ace 250. So I got a Bounty Hunter Quick Silver and it came in the mail yesterday so of course I had to go and test it out. My Girlfriend lives in New Paltz so since i had it delivered there (long story) and i was already there we went down to the Wallkill river front by the trails. and even though I didn't find any silver I had a blast. I did find some coins all though they were surface finds next to a picnic bench. The only coin i legit found and dug up was in my girlfriends backyard, to most a 1976 penny is nothing but to me its treasure as it is the very first thing i found with the new detector. anyway i found: a rod that looks like it was either an arrow end (i doubt, it has a lot of iron on the end) or a camping tent rod, an iron rod, a Guiness can, a piece of iron or steel that has a mirror finish on it, 3 bottle caps (1 Pepsi, 2 Guiness), a fishing weight, the surface coins (1 quarter, 1 nickel, 3 pennies), what looks like a car key (I don't know the make or anything as the key doesn't say it on it, but a key is a key haha), and of course the 1976 penny I dug up. Sorry for the long first post and run on sentences. If anyone is interested in meeting up and hunting let me know as I have no one to go with (girlfriend isn't to keen on the whole getting dirty idea haha).

The goods lol...

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Well I hope all is good and happy hunting to everyone.

-Max
 
Got out again yesterday, nothing but trash lol

No coins or anything yesterday, just rusted metal, some aluminum foil, and more rusted metal. Oh well to some it happens a lot to some it happens once in a great while. Yesterday was only day 2 with the Bounty Hunter so who knows how it will go. Plus i think 'detectin in my girlfriends backyard for only about 35 minutes or so had something to do with it :laughing:

anyway, The goods..
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Also I'm not quite sure what this is I found it in the ground and decided to leave it there since it wasnt budging and it looked like something connected to the septic tank although it was a good distance away from where the tank is located. It kind of reminded me of a trip wire of sorts or something that if I pulled just a little to hard a bomb would go off lol. anyway here's the picture.

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A great afternoon of detecting... A day of two firsts for me

I have been detecting the area of an old Quaker meeting house that ceased operation in about 1860, Barely a remnant of the old meeting house remains at the edge of the field and there is an adjoining cemetery that now has barely a few stones left in it with writing on them, in fact most of the stones are just a piece of shale that has been stuck in the ground in rows. Today I was walking to an area near the meeting house that I call Button Hill since a couple years ago I hit the mother load of buttons there. On my way to Button Hill I stopped in my tracks and almost dropped to my knees and Praised Jesus ! What I seen was that the field next to the meeting house had been turned over for growing corn! I have been beating my way through this field for three or four years now since all it was used for was hay and it had not been turned since then.
This field has produced late 1700's american coins, buttons, and 1700's British coins but diminishing returns had set in and my hopes of ever seeing the earth turned over to uncover some new finds was not even on my mind today.
The corn now growing in the field is only about a foot high and the rows are about two to three feet apart so it gave me enough room to detect. After covering a couple rows I was rewarded with a button. Of course I had to be very careful not to damage the corn with the detector or my feet so it was slow going and I know that I am missing something where the corn is already growing but I will have to wait for the corn to be plowed back under before I can discover what is there.
What I was able to see today and never before was that there is a lot of shards of pottery, glass etc, and of course the ubiquitous clam shells that our forefathers loved to leave behind. These indicators of past activity were along every row I detected and really gave me a better understanding of the area of activity. I should note that we just had a couple days of really heavy rain which washed a lot of the soil away leaving small stones and things like the shells, pottery, earthenware very easy to spot.
The finds of the day was the nice little batwing buckle, and the Vermon Auctori. The obverse side of the coin is in really great shape, but the reverse although clean is pretty worn down.I believe the coin is of the Brittania variety. Besides those finds, I recovered a beat up 1817 Large Cent, (my second in a couple weeks, strange), some really nice buttons, pocket knife and some interesting pottery shards.

Besides the Vermom coin which was the first of those I have had the pleasure to recover. I also found two pieces of tombstone (never found one of those before) in the middle of the field. It's a shame that the nicer stones have long ago been looted from the cemetery and almost sadder that this one ended up in the middle of the field broken in pieces.

In case your curious my detector settings and methods have always been fairly simple. Swing slow and swing low to the ground, I use very little discrimination just because I like to hear what is in the ground. With the CTX I have been using the setup frequently referred to has GoneHunting.

One thing I would like to mention is gridding. I know it isn't nearly has much fun as walking around exploring. But I have found that I do much better going back and forth again and again making sure to cover all of the ground rather than just random wandering

Happy Hunting
Pictures below

http://metaldetectingforum.com/album.php?albumid=3271&pictureid=48770
 
Summertime hunts

I haven't wrote on here in a while, I have been busy with family, work, vacations, etc. But that doesn't mean I haven't been detecting!
Shortly after I had wrote the last post about the Vermon Auctori, I found a 1793 Liberty cap cent in the same field. That will probably be my find of a lifetime. You can read about it here http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=157677

I broke down and decided to sell it at auction since the value for that one little penny is amazing. The auction is in September in Philadelphia, I will update the post above with what the outcome is.

I have been hunting quite a bit this summer, but usually smaller hunts. I have found some large cents, buckles, buttons, and I just found a 1929 Standing Liberty quarter at lunch.

How has everyone else been? I hope some of us can get together detecting again soon.
 
Hey Gary, I saw that find...amazing. I have been hunting some but not as much as Id like. Let me know if you want to meet up sometime as I am not too far from you. Maybe we can go door knocking. I am not shy.
 
New to forum!

Hey everyone! I'm new to the forum but have been detecting for about 2 years now. I searched the web originally looking for metal detector clubs and stumbled across you guys. I'm interested in coin hunting and relics. My husband bought me a Garrett AT Gold for Christmas a few years back (lol I wanted the PRO but I don't mind) and I have the pro-pointer too! I would be interested in making some metal detecting buddies!
 
A great day of detecting

I was out yesterday with two forum members and we had a great time detecting a couple parks.
I found a mercury, wheats, and gobs of clad aka trash. One of my fellow hunters found some wheats and the other discovered two nice silver rings, way to go C!
It was a beautiful day to be outside detecting and was made even better by the good company.
I look forward to getting out again soon with them.
 
sounds good im excited to get out and finally try MD. I live in an area that was formed in the early 1800's so hopefully i can find some good locations
 
Dutchess Detector

Bought my wife a detector...and we both use it. Have tried a few places...found a metal part of a barn door...Do you go out often? When is the next time?
 
Welcome to the forum

bepe said:
Bought my wife a detector...and we both use it. Have tried a few places...found a metal part of a barn door...Do you go out often? When is the next time?
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Hi Bepe
I am out very often. The other day we did a group hunt at a park and did pretty well recovering wheats, a mercury dime, and silver rings. Perhaps the next time we get out you could join us.
Most of my detecting is in farm fields and at old homes, fields are being harvested now so I will be busy in them for a while since I want to be there when they are very low.

What type of detector are you using?
 
hey everyone just tried out my new MD along the edge of my property and found some stuff, from what i hear there was an old mill of some sort on the stream if anyone wants to hook up and show me how to really MD that would be great
 
I have cabin fever! And the boredom has me looking at a new metal detectors. Well I decided to get a Russian AKA Sygnum. I should have it by the end of February with one coil that can run in 3 individual frequencies 3k, 7k and 14k. That's like having 3 seperate detectors at once.

Now how about setting up a group hunt when the ground thaws! Any takers?
 
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