Newbie Observations and a New Friend

Call Me V said:

Observation #1 - This is going to sound obvious to most of you, but between school and dance team practice I've only had a chance to take my detector out a couple of times, and a few of those times for barely an hour. So to me finding anything other than a pull-tab is kind of exciting. Even if it's just a penny, to pull it out of the ground evokes excitement at finding something that was essentially lost forever. Nickels, dimes, and quarters even more so. Still waiting on that first ring (fingers crossed).

Observation #2 - When I bought my detector I wasn't sure how much I was going to actually like it, so I went cheap on my pin pointer. I need to change that before I even upgrade my detector.

And a new friend - I was in my creative writing class Monday when a boy mentioned the subject of his paper was going to be about metal detecting. My attention perked up. I talked to him after class, and found out he's been metal detecting for about six months. We went out at lunch time to a park close to school and did about 30 minutes of detecting (4 pennies, 1 nickel, 3 pull tabs). He's teaching me how to read the signals better and to get my pinpointing down. I'm enjoying going out with someone who knows what they're doing, and I'm not out there just fumbling around. This weekend we're going to try and get to a house built in the 40's for a search!

Can't wait for Sunday!!

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Call Me V said:

Observation #1 - This is going to sound obvious to most of you, but between school and dance team practice I've only had a chance to take my detector out a couple of times, and a few of those times for barely an hour. So to me finding anything other than a pull-tab is kind of exciting. Even if it's just a penny, to pull it out of the ground evokes excitement at finding something that was essentially lost forever. Nickels, dimes, and quarters even more so. Still waiting on that first ring (fingers crossed).

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Observation #2 - When I bought my detector I wasn't sure how much I was going to actually like it, so I went cheap on my pin pointer. I need to change that before I even upgrade my detector.

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And a new friend - I was in my creative writing class Monday when a boy mentioned the subject of his paper was going to be about metal detecting. My attention perked up. I talked to him after class, and found out he's been metal detecting for about six months. We went out at lunch time to a park close to school and did about 30 minutes of detecting (4 pennies, 1 nickel, 3 pull tabs). He's teaching me how to read the signals better and to get my pinpointing down. I'm enjoying going out with someone who knows what they're doing, and I'm not out there just fumbling around. This weekend we're going to try and get to a house built in the 40's for a search!

Can't wait for Sunday!!

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Call Me V said:

Observation #1 - This is going to sound obvious to most of you, but between school and dance team practice I've only had a chance to take my detector out a couple of times, and a few of those times for barely an hour. So to me finding anything other than a pull-tab is kind of exciting. Even if it's just a penny, to pull it out of the ground evokes excitement at finding something that was essentially lost forever. Nickels, dimes, and quarters even more so. Still waiting on that first ring (fingers crossed).

Observation #2 - When I bought my detector I wasn't sure how much I was going to actually like it, so I went cheap on my pin pointer. I need to change that before I even upgrade my detector.

And a new friend - I was in my creative writing class Monday when a boy mentioned the subject of his paper was going to be about metal detecting. My attention perked up. I talked to him after class, and found out he's been metal detecting for about six months. We went out at lunch time to a park close to school and did about 30 minutes of detecting (4 pennies, 1 nickel, 3 pull tabs). He's teaching me how to read the signals better and to get my pinpointing down. I'm enjoying going out with someone who knows what they're doing, and I'm not out there just fumbling around. This weekend we're going to try and get to a house built in the 40's for a search!

Can't wait for Sunday!!

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DIGGER27 said:

I started in mid Feb 2010, didn't find any rings until June and they were both junk but I was still thrilled.

http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=49494&highlight=rings



I kept learning and digging and eventually I added way more rings to my collection including a bunch that were silver and gold.

By November 2012 here was my ring collection.

The top row is gold, second row is silver.



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Most were found using lower end detectors, the F2 and Compadre, in public parks.

I have added a whole lot more in the years since then but it all started with those two junk rings.





Never give up...never surrender!

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