have you ever found anything valuable with a metal detector? ( Archived) (11)

Dec 13, 2009 11:02 PM CSThave you ever found anything valuable with a metal detector?
lion131
lion131lion131Wexford, Ireland230 Threads 236 Polls 826 Posts

have you ever found anything valuable with a metal detector?(Vote Below)

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yes
5
14%
no
16
44%
i never used one
15
42%
Total Votes
36
.........or maybe just some old rusty cans?sigh doh
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Dec 13, 2009 11:04 PM CST have you ever found anything valuable with a metal detector?
sultryash
sultryashsultryashBridgetown, Saint Michael Barbados36 Threads 3,203 Posts
lion131: .........or maybe just some old rusty cans?


yes i did...............about 8 years ago i found a gold ring on the beach with a metal detector..still have that ringapplause
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Dec 13, 2009 11:05 PM CST have you ever found anything valuable with a metal detector?
steve6610
steve6610steve6610Goolwa, South Australia Australia2,184 Posts
lion131: .........or maybe just some old rusty cans?



I found a small gold nugget in Ballarat ( Victoria Australia ) ....it was worth $1400.00 that was in 1989

also found a Boer War service medal at Moonta in South Australia and the same day another metal detector laugh
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Dec 13, 2009 11:05 PM CST have you ever found anything valuable with a metal detector?
lion131
lion131lion131wexford, Wexford Ireland230 Threads 236 Polls 826 Posts
sultryash: yes i did...............about 8 years ago i found a gold ring on the beach with a metal detector..still have that ring
well done!applause handshake
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Dec 13, 2009 11:06 PM CST have you ever found anything valuable with a metal detector?
lion131
lion131lion131wexford, Wexford Ireland230 Threads 236 Polls 826 Posts
steve6610: I found a small gold nugget in Ballarat ( Victoria Australia ) ....it was worth $1400.00 that was in 1989

also found a Boer War service medal at Moonta in South Australia and the same day another metal detector
you are an expert at it!grin cheers
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Dec 13, 2009 11:09 PM CST have you ever found anything valuable with a metal detector?
steve6610
steve6610steve6610Goolwa, South Australia Australia2,184 Posts
lion131: you are an expert at it!



No mate just damn lucky both times grin hug
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Dec 13, 2009 11:13 PM CST have you ever found anything valuable with a metal detector?
Englishman55
Englishman55Englishman55Salisbury, Wiltshire, England UK31 Threads 2 Polls 6,405 Posts
lion131: .........or maybe just some old rusty cans?


I used to have one as a teenager and spent many a happy hour digging up rust.

Once found a whole load of musket bullets from the Napoleonic era in the UK, which although not valuable got the local historical society interested.
They found out the area where I found them was an old firing range, and once known you could see the banked areas and where the soldiers stood

Have found many old coins but none of real high value, maybe £100 at most.

Now living in Italy, I have been considering getting another detector in the hope of finding some Roman gold.
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Dec 13, 2009 11:15 PM CST have you ever found anything valuable with a metal detector?
lion131
lion131lion131wexford, Wexford Ireland230 Threads 236 Polls 826 Posts
steve6610: No mate just damn lucky both times
well done,great finds!grin cheers handshake
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Dec 13, 2009 11:15 PM CST have you ever found anything valuable with a metal detector?
steve6610
steve6610steve6610Goolwa, South Australia Australia2,184 Posts
Englishman55: I used to have one as a teenager and spent many a happy hour digging up rust.

Once found a whole load of musket bullets from the Napoleonic era in the UK, which although not valuable got the local historical society interested.
They found out the area where I found them was an old firing range, and once known you could see the banked areas and where the soldiers stood

Have found many old coins but none of real high value, maybe £100 at most.

Now living in Italy, I have been considering getting another detector in the hope of finding some Roman gold.



Thats what I have always wanted, I have friends who visit the Western Front regularly with theirs & have found all sort of artefacts the largest being a German Krupp Howitzer
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Dec 13, 2009 11:15 PM CST have you ever found anything valuable with a metal detector?
lion131
lion131lion131wexford, Wexford Ireland230 Threads 236 Polls 826 Posts
Englishman55: I used to have one as a teenager and spent many a happy hour digging up rust.

Once found a whole load of musket bullets from the Napoleonic era in the UK, which although not valuable got the local historical society interested.
They found out the area where I found them was an old firing range, and once known you could see the banked areas and where the soldiers stood

Have found many old coins but none of real high value, maybe £100 at most.

Now living in Italy, I have been considering getting another detector in the hope of finding some Roman gold.
well done,and happy hunting!grin cheers
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Dec 13, 2009 11:19 PM CST have you ever found anything valuable with a metal detector?
Englishman55
Englishman55Englishman55Salisbury, Wiltshire, England UK31 Threads 2 Polls 6,405 Posts
steve6610: Thats what I have always wanted, I have friends who visit the Western Front regularly with theirs & have found all sort of artefacts the largest being a German Krupp Howitzer


Hell... bet that wasn't easy to get home ! laugh

It reminds me of the dating game.... looking for that golden nugget.... all the excitement of the search, and always hopefull.



laugh laugh
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Dec 13, 2009 11:20 PM CST have you ever found anything valuable with a metal detector?
steve6610
steve6610steve6610Goolwa, South Australia Australia2,184 Posts
Englishman55: Hell... bet that wasn't easy to get home !

It reminds me of the dating game.... looking for that golden nugget.... all the excitement of the search, and always hopefull.


it was donated to a war museum in France, same as in 2004 a French farmer ploughing his field uncovered a British WW1 Tank not the sort of thing you expect to find farming laugh
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