First steps..

[J Treasure]

Hey everyone, decided to make a thread of my finds even though I haven't really found anything yet haha. Still in my first week or so of detecting and just learning with a Garrett Ace 400i getting practice coin and relic hunting before I invest in a nice machine and go on a gold hunting hunting adventure.

Spent my first few days just combing a few beaches and only found spendable but enough to be worthwhile. Did my first area away from the beach with a bit of history and found a fair bit of trash, some old tram ironwork, bullets and a couple 60's 20c peices, also found a headache canister with a paper scroll inside (mould damaged) quick search shows me it's an international GPS game but something different. Not sure if that areas searching more but I have a few spots picked out for the near future I'll keep updating.

Jay

 

[Trash]

Gday J

Looks similar to my early hunts .

Check if the 20c are 1966 , there is rare fault in the number 2

The decimal coins will add up in no time .!

Sounds like you are pretty positive , the good stuff will come .

 

[Heatho]

Always good to start your own finds thread early on so you can track your progress, plus the members always like a new thread too. :Y:

 

[Smoky bandit]

Well done..Good luck in your new spots :Y:

 

[J Treasure]

Spendables are adding up, more hunting planned for today.

*Post 1 edit - headache was meant to say geocache (autocorrect)

Happy hunting everyone,
Jay

 

[ktmman]

You will need an ice-cream container to hold them all before you know it.

 

[J Treasure]

Results of a quick park hunt. Up to $58+ in spendables for the week, might head out for a couple hours this arvo to a spot I was researching last night with a bit of history. Fingers crossed.

 

[Smoky bandit]

Adds up pretty quick hey :Y: :Y: Good luck with the new spot.

 

[ctxkid]

half the fun is research, then when it pays off it get even better , nice first haul

 

[J Treasure]

Haven't posted for a few days due to some pretty poor hunts. Spendables is now over 100 dollars which is not too bad for still being in my first 2 weeks of detecting.

Hit a local park this morning for an hour's or so and found a few more dollars and my first pre Dec which looks in pretty good condition after a clean up. 1914 penny which is a rarer year to find I believe, so pretty cool for my first one. Also my first 100+ year old old item so pretty happy.

Might even do another hunt this arvo haha.

 

[ktmman]

Didn't take you long to get your first pre-dec, well done. Silver won't be too far away.

 

[ctxkid]

Didn't take you long to get your first pre-dec, well done. Silver won't be too far away.

Silver is what lights the sniff up, wont be long for you

 

[silver]

Just ease in slowly to build your muscles up to it..... it's like an elite sport activity, n if you overstrain any muscles at the start it'll stay with you later on when your well trained and lookin to dig all day long (That's when you feel it) :Y:

 

[J Treasure]

Just ease in slowly to build your muscles up to it..... it's like an elite sport activity, n if you overstrain any muscles at the start it'll stay with you later on when your well trained and lookin to dig all day long (That's when you feel it) :Y:

Good advice. Have increased water intake also, been much more inclined to eat healthily too. Slow and steady

 

[J Treasure]

Finally found my first silver Been prospecting for gems so not much detecting. Planning a roadtrip for next week.

 

[Goldpick]

A good pair of older silvers to start off on, looks like a site with some promise. :Y:

 

[Heatho]

Nice hunting, hopefully many more old silvers there for you. :Y:

 

[J Treasure]

Yeah, more silver there :Y:
Found a 1921 thrippy in really nice condition shallow in almost a natural cave type overhang. Wasn't much else and I think I've covered most of the area so yeah pretty few and far between, but still, a bit of silver for the treasure chest haha. Might go back when the area burns at some stage, really tricky area to detect.

 

[pete165]

Nice finds mate. Keep up the great work . You might find a rare one . 1923 Halfpennie,1925 penny ,1933 shilling etc.

 

[silver]

Nice scores JT. 8)
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