Noob’s best day yet!

[Jet Peddler]

Coin wise that is. Hunted local Boy Scout camp today for a couple hours. Three dimes, a nickel, a quarter (all clad), and three tent stakes. Only been detecting 5 days so I’m happy with the “haul.”

Slowly getting the hang of things. May go out tomorrow to see if I can one-up myself!

 

[markinmichigan]

Those pull tabs/ring pulls are the early style (1960s - 1970s), so you are likely to find some coins that age or earlier. They typically show up in the high 20s to low 30s on the Nokta Legend. Sometimes found detached, causing a separate signal for the tab and ring. I learned from the smart guys here they are called "beaver tails".

If you're hunting for gold, you’ll have to dig some tabs - there’s no perfect way to filter them out. They have similar conductivity. I have a few strategies that I use depending on the location. One strategy is to notch out 20 to 30 on the Legend, but you'll miss some smaller jewelry due to over lapping VDI.

Increase iron bias - It helps distinguish aluminum from potential gold. Use 60 tone mode - Gold tends to have a smoother, more rounded tone than pull tabs, which sound choppier (SP?). Check depth readout -Many tabs sit shallow (1-3 inches), while gold items are often deeper.

As a relative newbe, the biggest and best piece of advice I can give you is to swing slow, that a bouncing VDI is likely trash, and dig it all until you understand your detector. Good luck and HH.

Mark in Michigan

 

[DIG5050]

Scout camps are a great place to detect. They can be loaded with neckerchief slides, scout knives, coins, medals, you name it. I’ve had the best time detecting a private local camp for the last few years. I always had something unique to show the owner of the property. HH.

 

[Jet Peddler]

Those pull tabs/ring pulls are the early style (1960s - 1970s), so you are likely to find some coins that age or earlier. They typically show up in the high 20s to low 30s on the Nokta Legend. Sometimes found detached, causing a separate signal for the tab and ring. I learned from the smart guys here they are called "beaver tails".

If you're hunting for gold, you’ll have to dig some tabs - there’s no perfect way to filter them out. They have similar conductivity. I have a few strategies that I use depending on the location. One strategy is to notch out 20 to 30 on the Legend, but you'll miss some smaller jewelry due to over lapping VDI.

Increase iron bias - It helps distinguish aluminum from potential gold. Use 60 tone mode - Gold tends to have a smoother, more rounded tone than pull tabs, which sound choppier (SP?). Check depth readout -Many tabs sit shallow (1-3 inches), while gold items are often deeper.

As a relative newbe, the biggest and best piece of advice I can give you is to swing slow, that a bouncing VDI is likely trash, and dig it all until you understand your detector. Good luck and HH.

Mark in Michigan

The land for the camp was donated to the BSA in 1969 and before that the land was used for crops and cattle. Most everything I’ll find there will be from 69 onward, but you never know.

The nice thing about scout camps is there is virtually no trash, the bad thing is scouts don’t usually lose gold.

 

[pescadore]

Congratulations on your finds. Patience is necessary in metal detecting. You will find the good stuff in time. Location is the key to finding old coins, jewelry, etc. Knowing your machine and what it's telling you also plays a big part of finding good stuff. Use whatever detector you decide will be your primary and hunt with it and learn it's features and language. The more you use your machine and put yourself in places that people gathered before the 60's the more you up your chances at silver.

 

[Jet Peddler]

Congratulations on your finds. Patience is necessary in metal detecting. You will find the good stuff in time. Location is the key to finding old coins, jewelry, etc. Knowing your machine and what it's telling you also plays a big part of finding good stuff. Use whatever detector you decide will be your primary and hunt with it and learn it's features and language. The more you use your machine and put yourself in places that people gathered before the 60's the more you up your chances at silver.

Amen to that!

 

[Dangerranger60]

I have been working a wedding venue. it started with a lawn they were renovating and after helping locate some buried sprinkler valves for the owners, I now have the run of the place. Its been a wedding and live music venue since the early 70's.
So far I have found a lot of clad, a few silver dimes, 1 silver quarter, and two war nickels. this was the common pocket change from that time.
I was a young kid when clad change started. Even back then my grandfather got me started sorting the silver coins out from the clad. He said," if you are going to save any of them save out the ones that will be worth something some day!"

 

[metaladdict]

Try a school playground with woodchips,sand,or chopped rubber tires. You should do well!

 

[Bajanick]

Nice going, Your finds and that wood kinda share the same patina. Looks cool