Metal Detecting So Far

We haven't had a chance to go metal detecting much this week because it's been pretty hot and sunny. I'm definitely NOT complaining about that, it just makes it a little uncomfortable to be out there digging for too long! 

Before I show you what we've found so far, I'll show you a little of the process. 

After watching many videos on metal detecting we decided to buy this pin pointer. 

It's proven itself to be worth every penny! 

Here the metal detector is beeping that there is a penny down there somewhere! The detector tells us what kind of metal is in there and approximately how far down it should be. 

Depending on how hard the ground is either Rich or I will dig out a divot of grass. When we are on fairly nice grass, we try to dig a divot of at least 2-3 inches so as to not kill the grass in that spot. We always put it on a plastic sheet. Then we can check the divot to see if the metal is in there or if it's still in the hole. 

In this case the coin was still in the hole, so I used the pin pointer to tell me if we need to dig deeper or to a particular side of the hole. It beeps faster and faster the closer you get to the coin. In this case we had to dig a little deeper and...

there is the penny! Even though it's only a penny it's exciting to find!  

The we put the dirt and the divot back and try to make it look like we never dug there! In this particular spot there wasn't much grass so it was easy! 

Here's what we found so far this year. 

Quarter and some pennies. 

Two quarters, 1 dime, 4 pennies, a button and a Swiss army knife.

 

Three pennies, one of which is a wheat penny.

We found this unicorn in front of our house. It needs a good cleaning but I think it's copper. 

A few nights ago we went to our favorite park where we have found the most money and this was our haul! Four quarters, two dimes, two nickels and 11 pennies!

While we were there one of the park workers came up to us to ask if we found anything good. He said he sees a lot of people walking around with metal detectors, so we have lots of competition! 

I'm not worried! There's plenty of treasures under the ground for everyone! 

In other news, our son Chris has a new addition to his family. 

Meet Frank! Chris got him from his friend's sister. She has two other cats and Frank was always being picked on by them. He needed to be in a house where he is the only cat! He was relaxed and purring almost immediately after Chris brought him home. I think he realized he was safe now! He will have a good life with Chris who loves cats as much as we do! 

I can't wait until we can get to New Hampshire to meet him!

Until the next time stay safe and well, my friends!