Metal Detecting discussions and finds

Id be scared to find live munition there

 

It's out there...

Are you finding those bullets in a park?

 

Yep

 

So far no one has hassled me, except yesterday a guy asked if i was finding bullets, then asked if i would give him a few. So i prob gave him 5 or 6

 

Wonder how he knew to ask.

 

He said he used to come there and in a small wash they would be sticking up out of the ground

 

I find 50cal bullets everywhere around here even on the beach.

 

We saw a few intact tank gun shells near Iron Mountain/Cadiz area from Patton’s Desert training area, also some flattened practice bombs.

 

You are getting pretty good with that Nox, hows it working out for you? Curious how hard it is to use and how the numbers work...

 

My next detector will likely be the Nox. I wish I had gotten it first. My Vanquish 540 works pretty well, but the Nox is obviously better.

 

Well, you can let a buddy use it if you have someone to go detecting together. Or perhaps keep using it and eventually get a better used PI detector in the future.

 

im learning the park mode really good, and surprised by what it picks up on standard setting. The other modes i havent used much yet because i havent gotten a good area to test them. The gold one is picking up stuff but dunno if its hot rocks or if im missing stuff. Since the pinpointer doesnt beep on it. The pinpointer is very helpful.


Not sure exactly how the numbers are working but nickels and dimes are lower than 20, but pennies are 20-22quarters are higher and give good sound. Junk or foil usually gives a diferent sound. Have found lots of bottle caps, pop etc. I want to hit a couple beach areas see how the equinox works

 

Also wood pencil metal pieces and lighter striker ping like a coin

 

So apparently one of these parks was a dump site...stuff is pinging all over dig down about 5 inches and its all trash...old beer cans, mirror, etc i quit digging deep. Did find a few pennies. Dime and quarter nothing real old

 

Ha! He did it!

 

Well that made my evening, because I was mulling over something completely different and looked at this website for a distraction. I guess I’ll have to start detecting in my own yard since all 40 million of us are now on stay at home orders here in California...

I am sure glad I got out last weekend, still getting the mud out from under my truck - maybe I should pan it also!

 

I went down the road a bit in a wash, just found a bunch of junk and a small rifle bullet

 

I will probably find the same in my backyard. Hey, start putting some of that Arizona dirt in buckets in selling it to us home bound Californians online!