Metal Detecting discussions and finds

Need some 5hr energy and some rippets

 

And then a week off work to recoup...

 

It’s great you got out, looks like a good spot! I’ve been hunkered down- lots of honey doo’s and payback time for my Franconia fun last weekend...

Ah, just kidding... its all old stuff I said I’d do. I’m hoping to be able to go somewhere with good prospects again soon too.

 

A wee bit of gold.

We busted out the dry washer and shoveled some dirt. Sampled around at a spot we detect at.
I think we pulled $0.47 in gold. Ha!

 

Got out for my first dig of the year at a freinds house that is circa 1875. The only notable finds were these and the brass parts of an oil lamp.

1927 mercury dime, 1906 babrer dime and a nothing special but old 1916 wheatie

 

Very nice! It is always fun to pull old coins out of the ground!

 

Nice Merc!!

 

Id be happy with any of them, the merc is on my bucket list..Congrats!

 

Looks like it was a fine day!
What type of drywasher are you running?

 

This dry washer is a small puffer with an electric motor and a bellows. It is an older Keene. It's a good size for sampling around.
We also have a Keene 151 which is a monster. Two guys can shovel into it all day long and not meet it's capacity. The 151 kicks my butt!

 

Cool- hey just wondering, how many amps is the motor on those?

also, Bacardi 151 will kick your butt too! Especially for the young and stupid...

 

Hmmm... not sure on amperage, would guess 15 amp or so.. We use a smallish deep cycle battery and can go for hours. The motor is roughly equivalent to a windshield wiper motor in size.
The 151 has a stand alone gasoline motor/blower set up, although I think they can be optioned with different blower systems.

 

Pretty cool! I saw a old abandoned pedal powered one at an old mine in Angels Camp a long time ago, it was a puffer made with welded angle iron.

 

You can build/buy a washer with a hand crank, but it doesn't sound like much fun to me.

 

Yeah, a hand cranker is certainly not a very practical tool for working a lot of material. I would think your electric puffer one is much quieter though, that would be more my speed.

 

Yep. A guy can run the puffer all day and not kill himself.

 

Take kids along, tell 'em yer makin' ice cream.

 

Ice cream that tastes like dirt.....

 

That sounds noisier than a blower powered washer, especially when you tell them they made dirt after all their work!