9 y/o with a BH3300 vs 41 y/o and an ETRAC. Who won? Took my 9 y/o daughter out this afternoon for her first official hunt. The first time she came with me it was to watch, and since it was cold out she didn't last more than 30 minutes. My over/under on her today and using her MD was about 30 minutes until she gave up, and I was almost right. So I take her to a lot that's been producing pretty well for me lately. It used to have a carnival on it at the turn of the century, so I was optimistic about finding older coins. Last night on my way out I found a Mercury dime, so hopefully today we could find some more. Thirty minutes into her hunt she got frustrated and gave-up. She had dug about 4 twist caps, and then had my pin-pointer on for about an hour chasing phantom signals. I could tell she didn't like this hobby at all. Not as fun as she thought it was gonna be. I told her that it's not swing and find every time, that it takes a lot of hours to find good stuff, and digging a lot of trash is what usually happens with good finds here and there. Try telling that to a 9 y/o. All they care about is "I have a MD, and now I will find buried treasure in a few minutes." So, she quit hunting and went to climb a tree while I picked a lot of trash, a little clad, and found a few Wheats. As the sun was setting I told her it was time to start heading to the Jeep. I made a B-Line right for the spot I found the Merc last night, and since she was way ahead of me and wanting nothing more than to leave, I told her to stop and turn the 3300 back on and search the spot she was standing. It was right where I found the Merc last night. As I'm getting closer I hear these words "Dad, I found 'one'..." One? One what? I walk up and she's digging a little hole with grandma's garden tool, and out pops a shiny dime. Now it's dark, the hole is about the length of my index finger, and I'm thinking "Nice, her first coin is a clad dime." I squint in the dark and turn my iPhone light on, and think it looks like a 2000, but then I see '60 on the end and can't believe it. I think I literally said "No freaking way this is a 1960 Rosie" out-loud. Upon further squinting, it's a 1960 Rosie. Are you Efing kidding me?! My 9 y/o finds her first coin ever, and it's a silver dime?! I went about a month of finding pennies before I even found my first clad dime! ugh. As I'm standing there in bewilderment, I didn't notice that she had walked away and started swinging afew feet from me, until I heard her say "Dad, found another 'ONE'..." No freaking way. Another silver Rosie? Oh no, that would be fine, but she pops out a 1943 Merc! Her second coin ever, and her second silver! ugh. I hadn't even filled in the first hole yet for her since I let her walk away from it, and she finds another "ONE". So here I am with my $1200 ETRAC and a little pocket of clad and trash, and my smiling daughter has two silver dimes in her hand with her $200 Bounty Hunter 3300 like that's how it's done. Emasculated by my little girl. lol Un***believable. This is why metal detecting is for anyone, with any machine. You never know. I just had my top-of-line ETRAC crushed by a BH3300 and a 9 y/o. I need a beer, and a few days away from hunting now. haha My junk: mod_embed_images_loadimage( '190f571923cd011341b0a0d5c69a06bd', 'http://www.findmall.com/addon.php?63,module=embed_images,url=http%3A%2F%2Fimg692.imageshack.us%2Fimg692%2F5339%2Fmytotalsapril102012.jpg', 'http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/5339/mytotalsapril102012.jpg', 'http://www.findmall.com/addon.php?63,module=embed_images,check_scaling=1,url=http%3A%2F%2Fimg692.imageshack.us%2Fimg692%2F5339%2Fmytotalsapril102012.jpg', 'http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/692/mytotalsapril102012.jpg/', 1677725, 400, 0, 'Loading image ...', false ); Uploaded with ImageShack.us Her coins: mod_embed_images_loadimage( 'f0d1705880c33307cafa88b181066140', 'http://www.findmall.com/addon.php?63,module=embed_images,url=http%3A%2F%2Fimg21.imageshack.us%2Fimg21%2F7172%2F2dimes.jpg', 'http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7172/2dimes.jpg', 'http://www.findmall.com/addon.php?63,module=embed_images,check_scaling=1,url=http%3A%2F%2Fimg21.imageshack.us%2Fimg21%2F7172%2F2dimes.jpg', 'http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/21/2dimes.jpg/', 1677725, 400, 0, 'Loading image ...', false ); Uploaded with ImageShack.us :laughing: "Dad, I found ONE!" ughhttp://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1677725,1677725#msg-1677725Fri, 24 May 2013 17:30:58 -0500 Phorum 5.2.18 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1677725,1680221#msg-1680221 Re: 9 y/o with a BH3300 vs 41 y/o and an ETRAC. Who won?http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1677725,1680221#msg-1680221 nge Minelab E-TRAC ForumSun, 15 Apr 2012 06:09:25 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1677725,1678992#msg-1678992 Re: 9 y/o with a BH3300 vs 41 y/o and an ETRAC. Who won?http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1677725,1678992#msg-1678992 ds6191 Minelab E-TRAC ForumFri, 13 Apr 2012 10:31:36 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1677725,1678321#msg-1678321 Re: 9 y/o with a BH3300 vs 41 y/o and an ETRAC. Who won?http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1677725,1678321#msg-1678321
Great job and nice finds (pass that on to her! ehehe)

EMS]]> earthmansurfer Minelab E-TRAC ForumThu, 12 Apr 2012 12:55:44 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1677725,1677860#msg-1677860 Re: 9 y/o with a BH3300 vs 41 y/o and an ETRAC. Who won?http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1677725,1677860#msg-1677860
By the way, I am letting my friend borrow my BH3300 to get him into the hobby. His folks have an old schoolhouse on their land. We hit it last week, and he pulled a Barber half to go along with the Merc and 1884 Indian he found the day before. I found only a 1907 Indian and a 1911 Wheat. Just goes to show, sometimes those $200 detectors can dredge up good finds.]]> ironman200081 Minelab E-TRAC ForumWed, 11 Apr 2012 08:03:18 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1677725,1677771#msg-1677771 Re: 9 y/o with a BH3300 vs 41 y/o and an ETRAC. Who won?http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1677725,1677771#msg-1677771
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Haha my kid did it to me the other day with our Deus and I missed it with the E trac,by a couple feet,I'm just happy he got his first silver!

Glad I'm not the only one! :thumbup:]]> ronfin Minelab E-TRAC ForumWed, 11 Apr 2012 00:45:18 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1677725,1677763#msg-1677763 Re: 9 y/o with a BH3300 vs 41 y/o and an ETRAC. Who won?http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1677725,1677763#msg-1677763 pghmole Minelab E-TRAC ForumWed, 11 Apr 2012 00:20:38 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1677725,1677739#msg-1677739 Re: 9 y/o with a BH3300 vs 41 y/o and an ETRAC. Who won?http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1677725,1677739#msg-1677739
Major Congrats to Both of You:clapping:]]> banditicey Minelab E-TRAC ForumTue, 10 Apr 2012 23:35:30 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1677725,1677730#msg-1677730 Re: 9 y/o with a BH3300 vs 41 y/o and an ETRAC. Who won?http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1677725,1677730#msg-1677730 E-TREC-Virginia Minelab E-TRAC ForumTue, 10 Apr 2012 23:24:46 -0500 http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1677725,1677725#msg-1677725 9 y/o with a BH3300 vs 41 y/o and an ETRAC. Who won?http://www.findmall.com/read.php?63,1677725,1677725#msg-1677725
So I take her to a lot that's been producing pretty well for me lately. It used to have a carnival on it at the turn of the century, so I was optimistic about finding older coins. Last night on my way out I found a Mercury dime, so hopefully today we could find some more.

Thirty minutes into her hunt she got frustrated and gave-up. She had dug about 4 twist caps, and then had my pin-pointer on for about an hour chasing phantom signals. I could tell she didn't like this hobby at all. Not as fun as she thought it was gonna be. I told her that it's not swing and find every time, that it takes a lot of hours to find good stuff, and digging a lot of trash is what usually happens with good finds here and there. Try telling that to a 9 y/o. All they care about is "I have a MD, and now I will find buried treasure in a few minutes." So, she quit hunting and went to climb a tree while I picked a lot of trash, a little clad, and found a few Wheats. As the sun was setting I told her it was time to start heading to the Jeep. I made a B-Line right for the spot I found the Merc last night, and since she was way ahead of me and wanting nothing more than to leave, I told her to stop and turn the 3300 back on and search the spot she was standing. It was right where I found the Merc last night. As I'm getting closer I hear these words "Dad, I found 'one'..." One? One what? I walk up and she's digging a little hole with grandma's garden tool, and out pops a shiny dime. Now it's dark, the hole is about the length of my index finger, and I'm thinking "Nice, her first coin is a clad dime." I squint in the dark and turn my iPhone light on, and think it looks like a 2000, but then I see '60 on the end and can't believe it. I think I literally said "No freaking way this is a 1960 Rosie" out-loud. Upon further squinting, it's a 1960 Rosie. Are you Efing kidding me?! My 9 y/o finds her first coin ever, and it's a silver dime?! I went about a month of finding pennies before I even found my first clad dime! ugh. As I'm standing there in bewilderment, I didn't notice that she had walked away and started swinging afew feet from me, until I heard her say "Dad, found another 'ONE'..." No freaking way. Another silver Rosie? Oh no, that would be fine, but she pops out a 1943 Merc! Her second coin ever, and her second silver! ugh. I hadn't even filled in the first hole yet for her since I let her walk away from it, and she finds another "ONE". So here I am with my $1200 ETRAC and a little pocket of clad and trash, and my smiling daughter has two silver dimes in her hand with her $200 Bounty Hunter 3300 like that's how it's done. Emasculated by my little girl. lol Un***believable. This is why metal detecting is for anyone, with any machine. You never know. I just had my top-of-line ETRAC crushed by a BH3300 and a 9 y/o. I need a beer, and a few days away from hunting now. haha

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:laughing: "Dad, I found ONE!" ugh
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