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re: Any treasure hunters or metal detectors here?
Posted on 2/22/15 at 4:23 pm to TheIndulger
Posted on 2/22/15 at 4:23 pm to TheIndulger
Different strokes...
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Posted on 2/22/15 at 4:29 pm to BobABooey
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I've found a ton of stuff from Louisiana's colonial period, civil war, etc on up to modern times
interesting...could you share some of the more interesting things that you have found?...
also, it seems to me that it would be hard to know what is signifigant and what is just scraps of iron...how do you learn what is what?...
Posted on 2/22/15 at 4:36 pm to TheIndulger
Found this once.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 4:41 pm to Assassin
Funny, my son has been asking for one recently. He's 6, and has been watching youtube videos of treasure hunters digging stuff up using detectors 
Posted on 2/22/15 at 4:49 pm to Spankum
The best thing I ever found was a piece of coinage used in Louisiana between 1812 and 1814. The one at the link is not mine but it explains what it is in great detail. Mine was in better condition. You could actually see the details of the Spanish reale that they used to strike the new "coin". I found that in a cow pasture near Donaldsonville. I've seen people find gold coins but I never have but I've found gold jewelry.
Better detectors are able to easily discriminate junk from possibly good metal but you'll never know for sure until you dig the target up. When you are in a playground, you'll turn the discrimination up but if you are out in a sugar cane field that's just been plowed up, you want to turn it down and dig almost every signal. You'll get to the point where you can tell just from the sound but most detectors have displays that help show you whether a target is worth digging or not. Just get a good name brand like Garret or White's and you'll be fine. YouTube has a ton of videos to help.
Join a club and they'll most likely arrange hunts. People get pretty touchy about trespassing so always have permission.
Better detectors are able to easily discriminate junk from possibly good metal but you'll never know for sure until you dig the target up. When you are in a playground, you'll turn the discrimination up but if you are out in a sugar cane field that's just been plowed up, you want to turn it down and dig almost every signal. You'll get to the point where you can tell just from the sound but most detectors have displays that help show you whether a target is worth digging or not. Just get a good name brand like Garret or White's and you'll be fine. YouTube has a ton of videos to help.
Join a club and they'll most likely arrange hunts. People get pretty touchy about trespassing so always have permission.
Posted on 3/4/18 at 8:54 pm to TheIndulger
Anybody enjoy doing this?
Posted on 3/4/18 at 8:58 pm to TheIndulger
I have a metal detector but have only searched on family land. The most interesting thing I've found are two .58 caliber minie balls in my front field. I know there were troop movements around here during the Civil War. I've found some old wheat pennies, a tax token from the 19 teens, an old ID bracelet with my grandfather's initials on it, and a couple of other knick-knacks. I got tired of it after a couple of years, but the old detector is in the garage if I ever decide to get back into it.
There is a good message board for the hobby called Treasure Net.
There is a good message board for the hobby called Treasure Net.
This post was edited on 3/4/18 at 8:59 pm
Posted on 3/4/18 at 9:05 pm to BobABooey
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electronic archeologist
Is this like a Subway sandwich artist?
Posted on 3/4/18 at 9:20 pm to Gcockboi
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I'm thinking about buying one and searching for civil war
Where?
Posted on 3/4/18 at 9:23 pm to toosleaux
Man, this is one hell of a bump!
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