I actually use a wide blade digging knife specific for short deep hole creation. It's got a wide hilt to two-hand into the soil if you need to. It basically looks like a trowel with a saw blade on the side (which works, ergo my finger gash).

This is cool! What kind of digging tool do you use? A small spade or is it something else?

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siggy47

This is one of those hobbies I've always been kind of interested in -- I collect some coins and I watch a bunch of scrap metal Youtube channels, so the idea of cool finds is nifty. Hope you have less blood and even more finds next time!

StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears

Cool!

I'd like to do this sometime down the track. We tried panning for gold once and I really enjoyed it despite not finding anything.

depends on how many fingers i have left...

Undisciplined

I'm actually doing that. So far, I'm at $0.75 back on $200. Big leaps there.

Wouldn't you mind to start a challenge: "Find a treasure and get back money you spent on metal detector"?

030e0dca83

Thanks for sharing. I'd say fate spared you and us since it didn't present a diamond ring on the first outing! My favorite is the switch part. Looks like the thumb stick of a model airplane remote control.

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grayruby

My starting target was a city park that's about 25 years old. Nothing major here, but the condition of the some of the coins was very interesting. With a bit of help indentifying, the quarter's toning is clearly a chemical reaction common to nickel clad coins left under ground for years. My gut feeling is that the pennies suffered more, one massacred by a park lawnmower is my guess.

The odder stuff was the scrap metal. Aside from a bunch of torn up aluminum can bits, an electronic switch and some weird pocket-knife tool were in my finds this morning. I also noted that two hours of detecting gives your body core a workout. All that stooping and digging and then standing up gives you something to feel in your back by the end of the shift. All was good til I cut my finger with my digging tool saw edge. doof. Should've worn gloves. First dig, first blood.

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My starting target was a city park that's about 25 years old. Nothing major here, but the condition of the some of the coins was very interesting. With a bit of help indentifying, the quarter's toning is clearly a chemical reaction common to nickel clad coins left under ground for years. My gut feeling is that the pennies suffered more, one massacred by a park lawnmower is my guess. 

The odder stuff was the scrap metal. Aside from a bunch of torn up aluminum can bits, an electronic switch and some weird pocket-knife tool were in my finds this morning. I also noted that two hours of detecting gives your body core a workout. All that stooping and digging and then standing up gives you something to feel in your back by the end of the shift. All was good til I cut my finger with my digging tool saw edge. doof. Should've worn gloves. First dig, first blood.