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metal detectors and treasure hunting
04-12-2006, 09:11 AM
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metal detectors and treasure hunting
Anybody do this for a hobby. I remember seeing magazine advertisments as a kid showing folks making a lot of money at the beach or do you only find pop tops and nails?
This topic isnt really out of the blue....The recent mega thread on gold got me wondering.....
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Re: metal detectors and treasure hunting
04-12-2006, 09:24 AM
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Re: metal detectors and treasure hunting
when i can no longer boast in the physical exercise catagory about my bicycle rides along the ocean down state road a1a, i'll be posting here in the fiscal exercise catagory how much change i've swept and strained off the beach.
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Re: metal detectors and treasure hunting
04-12-2006, 09:30 AM
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Re: metal detectors and treasure hunting
True Story.
This kid, in England, got a Metal Detector, within a few hours discovered a whole cache of buried Roman Gold Coins on his friend's Father's Farm
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Re: metal detectors and treasure hunting
04-12-2006, 09:43 AM
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Re: metal detectors and treasure hunting
i don't think the romans ever wintered in fort lauderdale.
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Re: metal detectors and treasure hunting
04-12-2006, 09:59 AM
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Spaniards..!
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04-12-2006, 10:09 AM
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Re: metal detectors and treasure hunting
I spent a few hours with a metal detector trying to find the corners of my property (marked with rebar driven into the ground). I found lots of bottle caps, pull-tops and nails (after a lot of digging, sweeping with the detector, digging, sweeping the pile of stuff I dug up, etc.). IIRC, it reminded me a lot more of a frustrating day at the office than how I'd like to spend ER. But, some folks apparently enjoy it.
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04-12-2006, 10:17 AM
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Re: metal detectors and treasure hunting
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Originally Posted by samclem
But, some folks apparently enjoy it.
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Your SO will probably enjoy the time that it takes you out of the house...
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04-12-2006, 10:41 AM
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http://www.treasurenet.com/whites/forum/
ahh. a message board yes, probably more benificial to retired folk's marriage (to get the guy out of the house).
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Re: metal detectors and treasure hunting
04-12-2006, 01:41 PM
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04-12-2006, 01:54 PM
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"The confrontation exposed the underbelly of metal detecting: You have to do it either on public or private property, and neither the government nor the property owner necessarily wants you digging around like a colony of monkey-pox-infected prairie dogs."
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04-12-2006, 03:38 PM
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Re: metal detectors and treasure hunting
I have to let dh read that article, he's been bugging me to get one of those things for a couple of years now. His other request has been telescope, think I'll buy him that for his birthday and hopefully he'll forget about the metal detector.
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04-12-2006, 03:45 PM
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Re: metal detectors and treasure hunting
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I thought that was what ice fishing shanties were for.
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04-12-2006, 05:22 PM
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Re: metal detectors and treasure hunting
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Originally Posted by Outtahere
I have to let dh read that article, he's been bugging me to get one of those things for a couple of years now. His other request has been telescope, think I'll buy him that for his birthday and hopefully he'll forget about the metal detector.
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Right. A telescope to view the heavenly bodies. Hmmm Maybe a metal detector would be better after all.
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04-12-2006, 06:01 PM
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Re: metal detectors and treasure hunting
samclem , he's long ago found out that he's invisable to those "heavenly bodies". Use to be they would look at him then the bike and want a ride, now they look at the bike and don't even see him so I'm not too worried about that.
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04-12-2006, 06:10 PM
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Re: metal detectors and treasure hunting
Read through a bunch of her "guinea pig" articles. Pretty interesting stuff.
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04-13-2006, 02:52 AM
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Re: metal detectors and treasure hunting
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I thought that was what ice fishing shanties were for.
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But that only works in the winter. You need to cover the summer as well, and metal detecting is cheaper than golf.
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04-13-2006, 05:19 AM
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Re: metal detectors and treasure hunting
OK I'm outting myself... I AM A METAL DETECTORist. There I've said it. I love hunting the beaches especially at low tide (8 hrs. from now).
Favorite targets:
jewelry
old coins
bikini clasps
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04-13-2006, 06:17 AM
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04-13-2006, 07:23 AM
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Re: metal detectors and treasure hunting
Forget the clasps! I want something to help me find those who lost them.
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04-13-2006, 08:05 AM
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Re: metal detectors and treasure hunting
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bikini clasps
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Is it lawful to wave a detector around and about women sunning themselves on the beach?
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