Any treasure hunters here?

[semen4her]

I've decided to become a high tech scavenger in my spare time.

I read that some kid in England recently found a 4 million dollar religious... something or other.

I'm going to hit the beach tomorrow.

 

[blobfish]

I metal detect once in a while. No treasure, but I've found several silver coins.

 

[oggbashan]

I had a bright idea for our Summer Festival some years ago.

I thought I would have a metal-detecting event as part of the Festival.

Unusually for me, I didn't do my research properly. I had a large pile of very worn 19C French coins and a battered bronze statue. I thought that if I put them in our beach below high tide level, metal detectors could be used to find them. My idea was that the person finding the most French coins would win a prize, and the person finding the bronze statue would get a special prize.

At a very low tide, I went out on the wet sand and strewed the coins around, covering them with about a quarter of inch of sand. I buried the statue about six inches down.

Then I contacted a metal detecting club. I should have done that first!

They told me that wet sand covered twice a day by sea water was almost the most difficult terrain for metal detecting. Only experienced and skilled users with the most sophisticated and expensive equipment specifically designed for wet sand would have any chance of finding a single coin. As for the statue? At six inches down, all it would do was sink further until it hit bedrock, and on that beach bedrock was thirty feet down...

Metal detectors have been used on the beach where I buried the coins for the last six years. No one has found a single 19C French coin.

 

[Super-Surprise]

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[semen4her]

I had a bright idea for our Summer Festival some years ago.

I thought I would have a metal-detecting event as part of the Festival.

Unusually for me, I didn't do my research properly. I had a large pile of very worn 19C French coins and a battered bronze statue. I thought that if I put them in our beach below high tide level, metal detectors could be used to find them. My idea was that the person finding the most French coins would win a prize, and the person finding the bronze statue would get a special prize.

At a very low tide, I went out on the wet sand and strewed the coins around, covering them with about a quarter of inch of sand. I buried the statue about six inches down.

Then I contacted a metal detecting club. I should have done that first!

They told me that wet sand covered twice a day by sea water was almost the most difficult terrain for metal detecting. Only experienced and skilled users with the most sophisticated and expensive equipment specifically designed for wet sand would have any chance of finding a single coin. As for the statue? At six inches down, all it would do was sink further until it hit bedrock, and on that beach bedrock was thirty feet down...

Metal detectors have been used on the beach where I buried the coins for the last six years. No one has found a single 19C French coin.

D'oh!

I just picked up a half decent one that can discriminate between ferrous/ non ferrous, coins (it tells you what it is), gold and silver and relics. It can be used in up to 3 ft of water as well. Me likey.

Going to hit the beach tomorrow.

I found $1.02 in my back yard in like 15 minutes today

 

[shewantsmore]

i wish you luck,you never know you might get lucky

 

[semen4her]

i wish you luck,you never know you might get lucky

Like this kid?

Boy, four, unearths 16th Century gold pendant in Essex

A four-year-old boy from Essex using a metal detector with his father unearthed a gold pendant believed to date from the 16th Century.

James Hyatt, of Billericay, found the reliquary while searching in a field in Hockley in May last year, a treasure trove inquest in Essex heard.

It is believed to be worth up to £2.5m, a sum the Hyatt family would share with the landowner if the pendant is sold.

His father, Jason, said: "We dug down... and got a flash of gold."
Virgin Mary

He added: "All of a sudden we got a buzz from the metal detector, quite a strong buzz.

Pendant believed to be worth up to £2.5m

"We dug six to eight inches down and lo and behold, we got a flash of gold.

"I moved the earth around and brought it to the surface and there it was."

The locket was declared treasure trove at the inquest.

The British Museum examined the locket, which it said weighs a third of an ounce (8.68g) and has a gold content of up to 73%.

It said the image engraved upon it is probably that of the Virgin Mary, and the speckles on the cross she is supporting could signify blood.

The back panel no longer slides out but would have revealed a cavity, probably designed to contain a relic, the museum said.

It is decorated with the five wounds of Christ.

"Devotion to the blood and wounds of Christ was one of the hallmarks of late medieval piety," a letter from the museum to the coroner stated.

As in all treasure trove cases, any proceeds from a sale is split between the landowner and the person or people who discovered it.

 

[shewantsmore]

someone has got to be lucky dont they

 

[semen4her]

someone has got to be lucky dont they

I'll never find anything like that around my parts.

My best bets are war of 1812 items, coins and jewelry.

Americans will pay big bucks for American history stuff.

 

[warrior queen]

We do, but only for gold, and only in the laziest way possible
We put a sluice box in a remote waterfall and colect gold that washes down.

 

[TonyClifton]

I've decided to become a high tech scavenger in my spare time.

I have decided to do the same thing...

 

[kbate]

I was detecting last fall, winter and spring, but sent the detector back to the owner in May.

I found about $50 in general coins, a 200 year old horseshoe and a ton of iron junk. Plus some weird stuff.

Most valuable thing found: Silver Band from cosmetic case or snuff box.
Rarest Thing found: 1 Kronor.
Oldest thing found: Horseshoe.
Neatest thing found: Kid's Hotwheel car.
Most common thing: Tabs from soda and beer cans.

I can't see myself spending $800 on a good metal detector and the time it would take to find anything worth the while.

 

[TonyClifton]

I was detecting last fall, winter and spring, but sent the detector back to the owner in May. Rarest Thing found: 1 Kronor..

I found a Kroner around my house once.

He said his name was Dean Martin.

 

[oggbashan]

D'oh!

I just picked up a half decent one that can discriminate between ferrous/ non ferrous, coins (it tells you what it is), gold and silver and relics. It can be used in up to 3 ft of water as well. Me likey.

Going to hit the beach tomorrow.

I found $1.02 in my back yard in like 15 minutes today

Metal detectors that can be used in water are great, but ones that can detect under wet sand, particularly wet sand that has a high iron content, are rare.