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My $40 metal detector found a Civil War button, then a bunch of pull tabs
I bought a cheap detector for a field near Gettysburg, hoping for a cool find. The button got me excited, but the next five signals were all old soda can tabs. Has anyone else had a day where the junk totally outnumbered the good stuff?
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jakeb251d ago
Honestly that sounds like a win to me. Pull tabs mean people were there, and where there's modern trash there's often old stuff mixed in. Those tabs sit at a depth and give a signal really close to older coins. Every tab you dig is practice for the real thing, learning your machine's language. I'd take a button and some trash over a completely silent field any day.
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thomas2751d ago
Totally agree with Jake. Finding that button is a huge success. I spent a whole summer digging nothing but nails and foil wrappers before I got my first decent coin. The junk teaches you patience and how your machine really works. A good find mixed with trash just means you're in the right area and putting in the work.
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