mapper65
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Some of the regular readers on the forum may remember my post just after Thanksgiving about myself, Hotrod53 and our Mom taking our two brother in laws detecting on Black Friday.
Black Friday Hunt
My one brother in law really didn't seem to have to much of an interest in detecting but my other brother in law who is a native outdoorsman and history buff really connected with why we would go out in the cold for 4 or 5 hours and dig in the dirt. He used one of their old Tesoro detectors and found a small handful of coins that day. Being that it was an analog detector without a display I was impressed with what he was able to find the first time he had a detector in his hands.
Shortly after our outing he wanted to know what detector we were using. Within a week or two after that my sister told me that he was about to order himself a 705 gold package. I sent him off a little cheat sheet that I made up for my uncle and a close friend on how to properly ground balance and also a list of target id's. It just so happens that he lives in an old 1800's farm house with some attached acreage.
The day he received it we spent a little time on the phone being that he lives about 5 hours away and I couldn't just run right over and give him some pointers in person. After a few phone calls it sounded like he had his work cutout for him with a fair amount of trash from the farm and the multiple families that had lived on the property. The first day he had found a few coins and a decent amount of junk. None of the coins were older than 1965.
The following day I talked with him and he had found a few more coins but still nothing old. When he first moved into the house he found an indian head or two on top of the ground so he's sure that there should be some old items on the property. A few hours later he called me and said "I found an old belt buckle and it looks REALLY old." I couldn't wait to see a picture of it. A little while later I got an email with these two pictures attached. I did some Google searching and was surprised to find that it was a Regulation 1851 Civil War era belt plate. It sounded like this was 6 or 7 inches down. Needless to say this has spawned an all out search on his property. I can't wait to hear what he finds after a day of detecting. I know he's going to do really well there but it's a little difficult to learn in a area that has trash mixed in but I'm sure he's going to take to the 705 the longer it's in his hands just like the rest of us. He's more of an outdoors person than an internet person but hopefully we'll get him posting with the rest of us one of these days.
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Black Friday Hunt
My one brother in law really didn't seem to have to much of an interest in detecting but my other brother in law who is a native outdoorsman and history buff really connected with why we would go out in the cold for 4 or 5 hours and dig in the dirt. He used one of their old Tesoro detectors and found a small handful of coins that day. Being that it was an analog detector without a display I was impressed with what he was able to find the first time he had a detector in his hands.
Shortly after our outing he wanted to know what detector we were using. Within a week or two after that my sister told me that he was about to order himself a 705 gold package. I sent him off a little cheat sheet that I made up for my uncle and a close friend on how to properly ground balance and also a list of target id's. It just so happens that he lives in an old 1800's farm house with some attached acreage.
The day he received it we spent a little time on the phone being that he lives about 5 hours away and I couldn't just run right over and give him some pointers in person. After a few phone calls it sounded like he had his work cutout for him with a fair amount of trash from the farm and the multiple families that had lived on the property. The first day he had found a few coins and a decent amount of junk. None of the coins were older than 1965.
The following day I talked with him and he had found a few more coins but still nothing old. When he first moved into the house he found an indian head or two on top of the ground so he's sure that there should be some old items on the property. A few hours later he called me and said "I found an old belt buckle and it looks REALLY old." I couldn't wait to see a picture of it. A little while later I got an email with these two pictures attached. I did some Google searching and was surprised to find that it was a Regulation 1851 Civil War era belt plate. It sounded like this was 6 or 7 inches down. Needless to say this has spawned an all out search on his property. I can't wait to hear what he finds after a day of detecting. I know he's going to do really well there but it's a little difficult to learn in a area that has trash mixed in but I'm sure he's going to take to the 705 the longer it's in his hands just like the rest of us. He's more of an outdoors person than an internet person but hopefully we'll get him posting with the rest of us one of these days.
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