I was just wondering if anyone was interested in treasure hunting hobby, also?

By this hobby, I mean using a metal detectors to unearth treasures.

Anyone from Tdub do this?
Has anyone done this in the past?
What tips do you have?
What types of metal detectors are the best?
Would you be interested in going out in a group and treasure hunting?

4/12/2012 10:27:07 PM

i don't do this...but i'd be interested in hearing about some of the cooler things you people have found.

4/12/2012 10:54:45 PM

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"i don't do this...but i'd be interested in hearing about some of the cooler things you people have found."

Same here. I've had mild interest in metal detectors but never enough to actually get one.

4/13/2012 7:53:10 AM

I'm digging for gold as we speak.

4/13/2012 3:42:22 PM

I've spent a little bit of time doing it, only because the two people that have done most of my advising like to distract me with it. I've never found anything too interesting, but they have an old drive-in theater where they've found a lot of old coins, including silver. Lucked into a glass button while digging. I've found some turn-of-the-century shotgun head stamps and a supposedly very old .22 shell. Oh, that and some old explosives. Very nerve-wracking digging one of those up. Every time I find a coin, it turns out it's pretty recent. I might have found some musket balls...not totally sure on those.

You have to be very careful where you go. Evidently, some people are very sensitive about having their property scanned/dug up. Don't do it too close to your house unless you're willing to risk cutting cables if you dig deep.

The "good" detectors I've heard about aren't cheap. We're talking ~$1000 or more. Ideally, you'd want to control gain, sensitivity, and high-end detectors will allow you to switch around between metal types. If you don't have something that can discriminate between iron and other metals, you're going to waste a lot of time digging up old nails and shit.

4/14/2012 2:25:35 PM

I lived in Wilmington growing up and the neighbor would troll the beach at 5am with a $200 detector. He found all kinds of money and jewelry.

4/14/2012 6:13:13 PM

Unless you are looking around on a beach all the time I couldn't imagine finding anything too valuable.

4/14/2012 7:07:24 PM

You could use a metal detector to find the steel rods in the ground that mark the corners of lots. Then move the flags marking them.

4/14/2012 7:30:51 PM

Finally went out to the beach for the first time and metal detected. I only got to spend 90 minutes. Spent about 30 minutes playing around with the settings and getting comfortable with the device. Spend 60 minutes searching and scooping.

Found a shitload of beer tops, so please, if you drink on the beach please dispose of your lids in the proper receptacles

I found 70 cents. lol.

Better luck next time.

It is a real workout too. You have to bend down, scoop, sift sand, stand up, and walk x 1000.

7/8/2012 5:35:06 AM

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"i don't do this...but i'd be interested in hearing about some of the cooler things you people have found. Same here. I've had mild interest in metal detectors but never enough to actually get one."

[Edited on July 8, 2012 at 7:03 AM. Reason : Duh]

7/8/2012 7:03:04 AM

My gf's dad has done this for awhile, he has a large collection of civil war projectiles found on his family property in VA where civil war battles supposedly took place. Hes also found some nice gold jewelry and coins on the beach from what I've been told.

7/8/2012 9:31:22 AM

Temerity Magazine has a lot of cool finds on it. But be warned, the website is terrible:

http://temeritymag.com/

7/8/2012 3:22:38 PM

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"USING A DETECTORS"

7/8/2012 8:28:47 PM

I found a message in a bottle when I was 13 from some guy in japan that threw it in 15 years earlier. We contacted him and were in the paper over there.

Good luck searching

7/8/2012 9:48:53 PM

^Was it written in Japanese?

7/8/2012 10:09:54 PM

So I went out for my 4th time today...


Found my first notable finds of a 1945 Silver Mercury Dime and a 925 marked Silver toe ring.

Among other things, I found an 8 ounce sinker, about 10 Roosevelt dimes, a few pennies, couple quarters, and couple nickles.


I'm using a Minelab E-track metal detector. I looove it

11/5/2012 2:50:15 AM

more worthless cunts trying to get rich without actually generating any wealth. you deserve your brand new highspeed metal detector.

11/5/2012 7:10:53 AM

Where do people go treasure hunting? (besides the beach) Do you just pick open fields?

11/5/2012 12:27:38 PM

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"Where do people go treasure hunting? (besides the beach) Do you just pick open fields?"

Well the beach is the best place to go to find rings and money. You're not going to find many relics.

For relic hunting, you have to do your research about the history of your city. There is a ton of history in virginia beach and norfolk. Virginia beach is the site of the first landing on 1607 of Christopher Newport and the Virginia Company colonists before establishing themselves at Jamestown.

It was also the city of Adam Thoroughgood (1604–1640) who settled in Virginia Beach.


The preserved sites are off limits to metal detecting, but not the areas surrounding. It is a challenge because developed areas are disturbed and they bulldoze and add layers of dirt. We avoid those places for relic hunting, but the areas that "woods" still exist is fair game.

IMO, the best part is the challenge and when you get a hit, you never know what you're going to dig up

11/5/2012 12:42:44 PM

i've always wanted a metal detector and lurk these forums all the damn time.

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/forum.php


best of the best finds ...

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/my-best-finds/

11/5/2012 6:09:26 PM

LMFAO. I made it on The Soup at time 1:27. It says Virginia Beach

11/7/2012 10:51:36 PM

you are the idiot on the beach?

11/7/2012 11:13:09 PM

Yep.

Sandy was pretty tame. The tidal surge was the only thing that destroyed infrastructure and high tide wasn't for another 6 hours from when we were there.

11/7/2012 11:18:38 PM

bttt, does anyone in the Raleigh area have land to do some metal detecting on?

11/26/2012 7:50:59 PM