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    Look closely at those junk jewelry items.

    I was putting up some old finds and came across a rusty old earring with a very shiny post and back. I figured what the heck and tested it. Turns out it's 10K gold. .1g. Worth a whopping $1.50. That's rounded. I'm still going to list it as a gold find. My only gold in 2010 thus far. That...
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    Two hunts. Mostly clad. I'm getting tired of saying that.

    Last night. Out just before dark. Had a bit of a cold but was feeling much better. Figured it might feel good to stretch my legs. I was followed around by three boys of around 11yo. They were trying to be silly obnoxious funny much of the time. One boy was jumping over my coil as I swung...
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    Just clad again.

    Went to another old faithful clad site. First two places I had in mind were in use so I had to move on. Is that a lot of dimes or what? Almost a coin a minute again. My back gave up before my spirit did. 2.5 hours. Chris
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    Two days worth of mostly clad.

    Yesterday afternoon and a bit past dark. Got coin 1000 for the year. Four rings. One marked 10K but it's actually gold plated. Bummer. Four wheats. Some tokens. Coin from UK. [attachment 158881 041010-1.JPG] Today. This load of coins represents only 3.25 hours. That is almost a coin a...
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    Easter Hunt

    Happily I found silver ring number 5 of the year. That's five silver rings in four hunts! It's small and has a heart design. Four wheats. A mess of clad as usual. (Modern US coins for my Russian friend.) I'm saving the clad up for something special. Brass locket. I opened it and you can...
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    Four Silver Rings and Tons of Clad

    I hunted Thursday and meant to post but after I put away the coins I realized I hadn't photographed them. I got the tiny sterling ring that day. A baby ring for sure. Size 2. 105 coins that day. Today I hit two sites for 3 hours each. Both sites I had found last summer when it was too dry...
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    Look what I stumbled across.

    Two hour hunts are all I can manage so far this year. I have made it out four days in a row. Maybe my mind is right. Went back to yesterdays spot. It was a lot cooler and cloudier today. Still a nice day. Here's the clad and othe junk. One wheat cent. [attachment 156384 032110-1.JPG]...
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    Clad day

    I have to figure out this new camera. Sometimes my photos are OK, sometimes, like today, they're crap. That paper towel isn't helping. No contrast. Its been in use since August 2009. Had a feeling the site I chose today would give up some silver. Not today. It was loaded with clad and I...
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    I might be ready to come back

    I have not been myself lately. It's been hard doing a lot of the things I like to do which include treasure hunting and visiting here. I had a hunt yesterday and today. Found a nice surprise midway through today's digging. A real nifty 1944 quarter. First silver coin in 2010 and also the...
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    Rare February Hunt

    I've been feeling pretty blue lately. It warmed up a bit and while there is still a lot of frost in the ground I thought maybe a hunt would cheer me up. For the first time in my memory I took my worries into the field with me and they stayed. I still had some fun for a couple of hours and...
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    Did my good deed for the day.

    Got a call this morning from my pal in the sheriff's department. He said they needed my service as an avid detectorist and asked if I could attend a briefing at 1 pm concerning a murder. Got there and was fascinated to see a real police sit down. I was asked to comment about the possibility...
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    Been away for some time.

    I don't know if 've posted in 2010 until today. Cold but very little snow. I had a small window to hunt last week-end but I was pursuing something softer and sweeter. Worked out about like it always seems to so suppose I should have gone detecting. I read back a few weeks and commented on a...
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    Maybe there is a little John in me.

    (Maybe more than a little. My middle name is John.) It was warm this afternoon. Well it was 44F which is a heat wave compared to the last two weeks. Of course, I stupidly took out my sparkly clean 2500. My rechargeables were toast so I put in backups that Santa had thoughtfully put in my...
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    Christmas Silver

    I had that article published in Lost Treasure a while back and I brought the issue back home so family members could read it while we were together. My 9 yo niece got a hold of it and early this morning she dumped out her change, as my article suggested, and separated anything out of the...
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    Check out my Lesche.

    This is after two years of serious detecting. When it was new, it looked kind of long and narrow now it is much shorter and appears wider. Take note of the first tooth which has almost worn away. It is almost 1 1/2 inches shorter now. I have a backup given to me by an old prospecting friend...
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    Two years of Rechargeable Battery Experiences

    I am going to replace my rechargeables next year. A new set of 8 is roughly $22.00. My current set started out lasting 22 hours before they needed recharging. After around 100 hours of use, they lasted 15-17 hours. That was about normal over the next 500 hours of use. Their final 80 hours...
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    2009 Clad Totals (From me and my poor old obsolete GTI 2500)

    Here are my 2009 clad totals. This represents 135 hunts for 370.25 hours of total hunting. (Click on the phot to enlarge it. It is the summary of my 2009 spreadsheet. The detailed entries are rather large.) [attachment 147901 2009Clad.JPG] Not included above are: Silver coins: 50 Wheat...
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    Coin Metamorphosis (Silver Style)

    When I read John's metamorphosis post at the end of 2007 I thought it was a great idea but decided it would take too long to accumulate enough dough to get some gold. I decided that every time my penny finds got to 1500 I would cash them in for US silver coins. The first time I did it I bought...
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    2009 Rings

    In my response to John's earlier post I guessed 75-100 rings and broke that down into 4 gold, 30 something silver, 50-60 junkers. Actual was 4 gold, 1 gold and silver mix, 28 silver, and 48 junkers. 81 total. Some are missing from the picture. One was a class ring that I returned. A few I...
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    The definition of sad in a picture. (Many meanings here. Choose the one that fits you best.)

    Chris
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