Making use of metal detectors as a hobby has been around for a long time. It can be incredibly exciting discovering lost or buried treasures in all kinds of areas. You can find it very exciting and rewarding financially locating “buried treasures” at the beach, the park or in the woods. Not only will you uncover a lot of interesting lost items, but it’s constructive and the exercise and sunshine is good for your health as well.
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Today June 25th 2010 ,Pops and I went metal detecting at a hunted out home site where i found my 1861 half dime, i had the best day ever, so many sivler coins. Watch the video to see what i found. dug 3 halo effect signals , i silver and another was …
Metal detection hobby is an exciting hobby due to the possibility of discovering buried treasures. The basic tool of this hobby is a metal detector, which is available in various brands in all the leading retail stores. The price of this tool varies and the type that is finally purchased is usually based on the choice of the user.
Most metal detectors can identify metal objects made from copper, iron or gold. There is a whole range of man-made objects made from these metals and some examples are coins, jewelry, bullets, belt buckets and musket balls. Non-man made objects like gold nuggets and metal meteorites can be detected too. However one should take note that the optimum depth for detection is not more than one meter. Any things deeper will require a higher power metal detector but it will cost more. Then again even if one can detect objects at deeper depths, excavating them can be a problem unless one has the necessary digging equipment.
The most common objects usually found during a detecting hunt are made of iron. Most do not have any value but are common objects like nails, bottle caps, iron bars and other left over building materials that had been left there after the construction work had been completed. However most detectors today have built in discrimination function. When used, the detector will be able to neglect objects with iron content but is still able to detect other form of metals as mentioned in the above paragraph.
A likely scenario during a detecting hunt is that, for every ten metal objects detected, only one or two could be worth to keep while the rest are not. As such one who is pursuing this hobby should not be disheartened with such finds. There are people who do not throw away these metals but maintain them as a separate collection. Therefore it is a good idea to have a separate collection for these objects. Who knows, one day, they may turn out to be real treasures.
Cornelius Gee has an interest in metal detecting. Access more articles, videos and tips on metal detecting at Metal Detecting for Beginners
