My Finds Verses Dad's Finds

My finds left and Dad's finds right.

A little friendly competition is a good thing, right?  This is the our total take from the park this past Saturday.  I found a very rusty pocket knife and a handful of modern clad coins.  Besides the ancient artifact my dad found a nice hefty silver CTR ring.  Even though I had more finds, I would have to say that my Dad won this round.

Pocket Spill

A "Pocket Spill" is a term used to describe a hole where you find multiple targets (coins).  It appears that someone has spilled the contents of their pocket in one location.  Here is a picture of one such pocket spill where 23 coins came out of the same hole.  It would have been so much better if they spilled quarters instead of pennies.

Superman lost his Mojo (ring)

Superman lost his mojo and I found it. The ring which is his true base of power.

I have a goal to metal detect every day. So last night, after I tried to help my brother fix his toilet, I search the grass next to the basketball court within his condo place and within about 10 minutes pulled out this ring. It is pretty hefty, it rang up as a $.50.  Not bad for a quick search in the dark. The ring has the 925 stamp on the inside, wahoo.

Ancient Artifact?

While out metal detecting this past Saturday my Dad found what he called an "Ancient Artifact".  While I don't know if it is ancient, it is interesting.  If he had found it while exploring somewhere in Central or South America I might could believe it to be something authentic, but it was found in a local park here in Utah.  So what do you think?  Is this just some modern jewelry?

1869 Two Cents

Sometimes good things come from unlikely places. I found this to be true when metal detecting a children's play area. The sun was setting and the light was fading.  Pin pointed a target and popped out what looked like a token and I dropped it in my pocket with the rest of my finds. It was not until I got home and examined my pocket full of finds that I learned it was not a token, but instead it was an 1869 two cent.  The town in which I live was not incorporated until 1919.  It is estimated that only 2500 of these coins survive today.  Odds are that some kid raided his dad's coin collection and then dropped it in the playground.  It would have been a better find if it came out of some historic site, but regardless of where it came from I was glad to find it.

Gold Ring Fooled Me

Don't you just hate it when you find something good and then when you go home and clean it up it turns out to be junk! That is what happened to me last night. I found a ring that looked like gold with stones. It register on my White's XLT in the gold range. I tucked it away to clean when I got home. There was no hallmark stamp on inside of ring and the metal did not clean up the way gold does. Bummer!

New Detector - New Tradition

My Dad and metal detecting partner recently celebrated his 84th birthday. Normally when we go MDing, one person uses the White's xlt detector and one digs up the finds. Dad would always have me run the detector and he would do the digging. My siblings felt I was picking on Dad. So on his birthday I bought him a Garrett Ace 350 detector so we could both have one to use. Now we both dig up our own finds.
Along with a new detector, we added a new tradition. We make a stop at In & Out Drive-In and treat ourselves to a cheese burger or two.




-- Ben here done this