Metal Detecting discussions and finds

Thanks. I did actually know what it was and I researched how to clean it before I did anything besides clean it gently with water and a soft bristle brush. Honestly, I did like it better before I cleaned it with CLR, but I don't think the CLR damaged it in any way. I'll give it some time on the next artifact that I find.

 

Funny you say that. I found a 1876 Seated Liberty Quarter and cleaned the gunk off of it. It is super worn and not worth much, but after I cleaned it, I wish I hadn't. It looked better with the desert patina.

 

I'm very new to this hobby of metal detecting, but I think I learned the value of keeping things as close as possible to the way they were found. From now on, I will probably do just enough cleaning to get a good ID and then leave stuff be. Live and learn. After all, I got my first detector on Feb 5th, so I'm learning as I go.

 

New to MD here too.

 

Found another city park to hit up tomorrow. Ive found mostly junk, that and me not wanting to dig to deep and tear up where im digging...lol

 

Me too- at least with a real detector! My last one cost a buck or so at a garage sale almost 50 years ago. damn, I’m how old now?!

 

Young at heart thats all that matters

 

For you Azites, a very pretty map. There’s some interesting parts North of the 10, may be worth taking a look, like the Sugarloaf Peak area. Look at the mineral section described in the insert top right for details:
http://repository.azgs.az.gov/sites...s/nid1739/middlecampmountain_dgm121_final.pdf

 

Cool map. I'll have to scour through it later.

 

Shes in golden valley now i guess.. thats where google maps shows

 

Went mine touring in my area- Santa Rosa (Northern Belle) and others nearby. Detected on the mine dumps and some tailings. Skunked. Every prospect I found was destroyed by jerks. Why do people fill prospects up with fricken trash!?!?

It’s BLM land but they’re not really dealing with the trash issue, they keep putting up carsonite signs, working the trails and do a good job at it but the place is effed up with trash and other junk. Urban public land syndrome.

 

Also got 2 blm maps for kingman

 

@Hobbs...i guess that "tseek" guy that was digging a 40' hole under his house on treasure net got banned, thats why no updates. Theres some new posts talking about it

 

I was thinking he finally hit China and got the virus.

 

Lol, i thought his tunnel caved in on him...

 

Its really deep! And there’s no shoring- video starts while looking up, he’s filming it from the bottom of the hole and says there is a round object at the bottom (a cast of the bottom of his dig bucket? ).

https://youtu.be/G1wCyScdkB0

 

Isn't it funny how biologists turn into contractors after all that time bio monitoring construction sites?

 

I know what you are saying... but I don’t know what the hell you are talking about.

Eh, not a contractor but I did build our cabin in the mountains... come to think of it, the septic tank did have some issues because I didn’t know about perc tests before putting it in

 

Your reference to shoring throughout the recent topic. Being that both of us are former biological monitors.

 

I'm looking forward to getting a detector once my kids are bigger. Love seeing all your guys finds.