Did they REALLY find that??

[equipmentandstuff]

Originally Posted by sofasurfer

I am writing this purely out of jealousy and envy, but do any of you ever wonder if some of these stories are true?

I'm sure there are places where treasures abound, compared to where I am. And I'm sure that my lack of determination has made me miss a few goodies. But come on! Some of you are finding things that the human mind can not even let its self comprehend.

I confess that I work from home so I have a LOT more time than most MD'ers. The more time you put into it, the more you get out of it. A lot of it balls down to luck. You can research the wheres, hows and whats, but the bottom line is this: if it ain't in the ground, you ain't gonna find it

[Beefcake]

There have been a few finds that will pop up and the declaration of Shenanigans has been proclaimed... There are alot of experienced detectorists on this site and it doesn't take long to figure out a fake. I prefer to believe the members are being honest and with this hobby...You just never know what you are going to find! Sometimes things get lost that don't belong anywhere near where you found them..ie old roman coins found in Michigan... That happened at the DFXonly hunt in a boyscout camp! We've come across some "borrowed" photos of finds that were "borrowed" from an ebay add or google image search... So, if someone wants to fudge reality and take the chance of being called out... so be it! It will be a whole lot less fun being nailed than celebrating an actual find!

[Russ]

I only read the first couple of replies, but I remember the one that was about a year ago on the same subject. C'mon, Why not ask these questions? We all know what the subject of our pics are supposed to look like, how comes every once in awhile we see a 'hmmm'? This little doubt may help keep the websites brethren more honest. Why not? Hoorah for the dirty 'real' warrior here and lets keep it that way. No posers here, please. Because we may know anyway. RW

[dfxing virginia]

Originally Posted by SeabeeRon

99% of our members are honest hunters!! The others will just fade away!

i like that. the way you said it is right on the money i think as long as i find a couple bucks to go toward my next purchas or gas or a soda as i leave the beach im happy. its not the finds as much as the alone, time to think, rush of BEEP, BEEP , what could this be? and the posts keep me going when im out to sea for a few months and the only thing id find with a metal detector is a steel ship anyhow

[Romeo7]

I don't know how I missed this thread... But here are my two eaten Zincolns:

I've been a member of this site for a while now. The pictures posted by the "successful" hunters kept me going. They proved time and time again that "no place is ever hunted out..." (Okay, in reality a place can be hunted out because dropped coins is a finite number...)

I owned an MXT for SIX MONTHS before I found my first silver coin. After that I started finding silver about 90% of the outings. I must of had well over the 100 hours of swing time that the experienced hunters say you need to be good when I found my first. If users didn't post awesome finds, they wouldn't be creditable sources of information on how to use an MXT or MD'ing in general.

So today I am still excited to open up a hole and find a Merc or a Rosie at the bottom. I still get that rush. I just surpassed my 80th silver coin for this year. In contrast, I know guys in the MD club that haven't found a piece of silver in years with their MXT... The reason I post my finds is to show that new member with an MXT or a V3 that if they put the time in they can be successful too. It's not easy to stop, take a picture in the field, or prep finds for posting. I do it not for praises, but as a service of motivation to others (although I don't mind the praises )

In the end, if I was motivated by somebody who posted fake finds, then good for me. I have a book full of silver coins and a box full of rings that makes me smile every time I get to add to my collection after a successful hunt...

Cheers.

-Mark

BTW, here is one of the pictures I submitted to White's for the calendar...

[lovediggingdeep]

Not gonna locate that old stuff in the "Sofa" surfer!

[lovediggingdeep]

Don't think anyone can post or keep up like Mark (Romeo), but he is so right on with the fact that practice and determination do pay off as my mxt has made old places new to me as well! I still am shocked when the beautiful color of silver comes thru and wonder why it has not been found! Persistence is the key and Mark perseveres!

[Silver Eagle]

Originally Posted by sofasurfer

I am writing this purely out of jealousy and envy, but do any of you ever wonder if some of these stories are true?

I'm sure there are places where treasures abound, compared to where I am. And I'm sure that my lack of determination has made me miss a few goodies. But come on! Some of you are finding things that the human mind can not even let its self comprehend.

I for on only post items that I actually find while MD'ing. Further more I will admit, that I only usually post pics or Vids of my better finds, and will also admit that, I do dig a LOT OF PULLTABS AND CAN SLAW, but do not post those pics. Why do I dig the junk, thats where Gold Rings like to hide.
As far as the rest of the forum members go, I believe them too. Some people here are retired, therefore have more time to MD, thus their chances increase exponentially over some one like myself that only gets out once every week or two. Secondly I live in a major city, that has seen hundreds of thousands of detectorist's, so many of the parks, churches, and schools have been cherry picked, and you have to work em harder.
There places off the beaten path, overgrown etc that have not ever been MD'ed, and used to draw large groups of people together, the secret is finding such places.
ANYTHING is possible to find, and I for one have yet to see something posted here that I find to be impossible. I have even taken some Forum Members from here to one of my sweet spots, and theyll all testify that whenever ten of us get together and go there someone if not all of us find silver. In fact Tigger the digger, and his son found more silver coins on our last outing than they had found ALL YEAR!! And 2 Newbies Found their First ever silvers, and Parrothead 56 found his First Gold Ring.
It just depends on where you hunt.

[easom]

I always believe it but am amazed at the amount of value that is dug up sometimes. I have found some great stuff and usually dont post it because it isnt so interesting. I have been very lucky lots of times like the first day I used my bounty hunter (radio shack clone) I had just got it out of the box it came in and loaded it in the car because I didnt have any batterys and headed over to my folks house. It was built in the 30s or 40s so I figured it was a great place to start. I put the batterys in and set it to auto, swung it for about 10 seconds at the base of the steps and got a signal that indicated clad or silver. It was clear and consistent so I popped my digger into the ground about 4 or 5 inches and popped out a crusty pile of dry packed sunbaked dirt and dust, spread it out with the digger and pulled out a fine looking Mercury dime. First find was a coin, and a good one. Found about 50 coins that day including an Indian Head, a second Merc, and lots of clad and one war nickle. That is probably hard to believe but I believed it less than you all probably do and I was there,

[bassgreg]

You know what ? I used to think the same thing.I mean ,I would go out and find no coins at all sometimes and then read about a person finding 50 coins.Then when I did start to find coins,I only found around 10 and I would still say how are these people finding so many coins ? Well as I became better at learning my md and faster at digging,my coin count went up.I'm happy and proud to say that my record for one day is 34 coins.....Ya it was all clad and most of you ,blow me away but one day I'll be over 50 coins in one day and when I post it,I hope that you all believe me....

[Don]

Originally Posted by rusthunter

funny this came up because just today I was out hunting and found black Beard's booty and the holy grail. Both were buried in the same hole aprox. 4 1/2" deep. They rang up as a quarter on my xlt. I was going to take pics, but my camera broke. I was just afraid no one would believe me.

I Believe you rusthunter!!!.......Personally I feel what people post on here is true and acurate. And unless someone gives me a reason not to believe them, I will continue to read about their finds and view their pictures with envy.

[The Natural]

Even if most of the good finds on this site were fake, I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't tell me. It's those great finds, real or not, that keep me motivated out in the field when I keep digging up trash. Today is a good example. I can dig up 30 pop cans in a row, but I always think that next dig is going to be a find that will make the eye-popping section.

[rusthunter]

Just yesterday I found an 1898 indian head penny out in a bean field at about 4' deep that looks like it was minted yesterday and carefully placed out in the field as to not scratch it. 10 feet away I found an 1865 (I think) indian thats was in such bad shape you could hardly make out the date. I did not even bother posting because if someone else posted it there would be no way I would believe it was a detector find.