Metal Detector put to good use

[560Dennis]

I lost the hand grip to the Allis Chalmers plow depth lever. So I wanted to see if we could find it , My grandsons helped me swing and pointer. . We did find it at the end of the field in an area I thought it was in some deeper grass . So one thing got back .
Still missing a titan tape measure that slide out of the C tool box. Still doing sweeps in that area. Very hard walking in plowed ground.
I did find alot other wise junk snow fence wire, electric fence pole. Did find hinge pin and the old rusty Oliver seed and fertilizer drop.
I’m use ing a bounty Hunter I got from gander mountain , and a pointer.
im getting back into the search mode , need a better shovel at the end ot the field cause the roots of the grass are thick . The tape measure might have come out on the ends of the field.
Like to hear about your detection machine and find’s looking .

 

[JMOR]

Not effective in finding direct burial electrical cables.

 

[Fawteen]

The Chineseum lynch pins that hold the gauge wheels on my rear finish mower are, to put it mildly, junk. I've lost count of the times I've looked around to check on the mower and noticed missing wheels because the lynch pin spring latch wasn't doing it's job.

Finding the wheel is as simple as going to the last place I lifted the mower to make a corner or whatever. Finding the lynch pin and spacers that set the cutting height is more of a challenge as they'll stay with the mower for a while after the wheel falls out.

My economy-class metal detector has worked well at finding such things, as long as I know the general area to search in.

Since I don't change mowing height, I've replaced them with bolts and nylock nuts. We'll see how long that works...

 

[jwal10]

I have Grandpa's old White detector. He was good friends with Mr. White, both lived in Sweet Home Oregon where Mr. White had his shop. Given to Grandpa before he passed away in 1968. I believe just after he had a lung removed in 1961. I have found a lot of things. Had a lot of people that had me look for rings and other lost jewelry. I have searched a lot of old homesteads and city lots. I have used it to find property pins. I do a lot of city parks, good exercise, a lot of walking. I have the pin pointer also. I have found a lot of coins. Best was a $20 gold piece right on my Son's lot here, in town. Old here is 1840's. My wife's brother had an old farm that was the original stage stop. Still had the original log cabin but a 2 story house was built around it. Some interesting things found there even though they were not worth much. My home town Falls City was started in 1856 as a mill town. Mill driven from a wooden pipe taking water from above the falls and a dam to power a stem works using the power of the elevation change. Mill was 2 blocks below the falls fed by the 30" wooden pipe. Part of the wooden pipe is exposed in a city park. There were 2 mills, the newer one was steam powered, both burned, the newer one when I was young. Both lots are still company owned but never developed. I have spent a lot of time detecting both. A lot of old iron has been found. I have also spent a lot of time at the old city dump, abandoned in the 60's. There are a lot of empty lots, over 600 in a town of 230 houses now. There are only 15 downtown buildings left, including the Boondocks, a wood fire bakery/pizza joint, 3 churches, city hall, fire department, store and community center. New post office was built on part of THE mill lot away from downtown where they are now building a "resource center". The old White detector is pretty heavy, metal box and wand....James

 

[560Dennis]

My friend told me the he could find the clothes line along the foundation of and old house. Said it was good for hunting coins

 

[Caryc]

The Chineseum lynch pins that hold the gauge wheels on my rear finish mower are, to put it mildly, junk. I've lost count of the times I've looked around to check on the mower and noticed missing wheels because the lynch pin spring latch wasn't doing it's job.

Finding the wheel is as simple as going to the last place I lifted the mower to make a corner or whatever. Finding the lynch pin and spacers that set the cutting height is more of a challenge as they'll stay with the mower for a while after the wheel falls out.

My economy-class metal detector has worked well at finding such things, as long as I know the general area to search in.

Since I don't change mowing height, I've replaced them with bolts and nylock nuts. We'll see how long that works...

I don't know if you are aware of this but there are two kinds of lynch pins. There are the regular gold colored ones and then there are the black ones. The black ones are heavy duty lynch pins and the springs are a lot stronger.

 

[sms]

I had a cheap one I used in my sawmill. If I had a log I thought might contain metal I would check it over. Worked pretty good.

 

[Dingo3]

I’ve used mine to fine property boundary stakes, lost keys, jewelry and other items. Years ago I found some civil war items and a cannon ball from the war of 1812.

 

[560Dennis]

I had a cheap one I used in my sawmill. If I had a log I thought might contain metal I would check it over. Worked pretty good.

very good idea, don’t want to hit a shotgun .

 

[Frank(Mi.)]

I lost the hand grip to the Allis Chalmers plow depth lever. So I wanted to see if we could find it , My grandsons helped me swing and pointer. . We did find it at the end of the field in an area I thought it was in some deeper grass . So one thing got back .
Still missing a titan tape measure that slide out of the C tool box. Still doing sweeps in that area. Very hard walking in plowed ground.
I did find alot other wise junk snow fence wire, electric fence pole. Did find hinge pin and the old rusty Oliver seed and fertilizer drop.
I’m use ing a bounty Hunter I got from gander mountain , and a pointer.
im getting back into the search mode , need a better shovel at the end ot the field cause the roots of the grass are thick . The tape measure might have come out on the ends of the field.
Like to hear about your detection machine and find’s looking .

Many years ago I was a Carpenter working for a building contractor. We were building a new house on a site where an old house had been picked up and moved a few miles. As we went about our work we occasionally would find a silver half dollar dating back into the 1920's. I told the owner what was going on and he replied "put 'em in your pocket I already got enough of 'em." So I said jokingly "I'm gonna' bring in my metal detector and really clean up then!" To my surprise he said "DO it!" The next day I took my 79 dollar special in and after work another guy and I found about twenty five more of them. I spotted them and he dug them up. We split the take but he would only take about a third of them cuz he said we wouldn't have found them without my detector. I suppose somebody had squirreled them away in the basement and when the house disappeared and the site was graded they got disturbed and spread around.

 

[Charles in Aus.]

My favourite spots to detect are under washing lines . As well as coins I've found two gold rings and a beautiful piece of trench art ; a brooch mafe from mother of pearl and a silver cigarette case.

 

[SanDogDewey]

What is a washing line?

 

[Charles in Aus.]

What is a washing line?

A line or rope to hang washed laundry to dry on .
It's amusing to realise that common terms used in Australia are indecipherable in some countries .

 

[John Deere D]

A line or rope to hang washed laundry to dry on .
It's amusing to realize that common terms used in Australia are indecipherable in some countries .

That term was stolen from Alberta ..western Canada......LOL.....

 

[SanDogDewey]

A line or rope to hang washed laundry to dry on .
It's amusing to realise that common terms used in Australia are indecipherable in some countries .

Ah, a clothes line! Lol

 

[Caryc]

Ah, a clothes line! Lol

Why are valuable items particularly lost under clothes lines? My Mom hung clothes on ours, not watches or rings or jewelry. If my Dad couldn't find his car keys, he didn't run out and look under the clothes line.

 

[Charles in Aus.]

Why are valuable items particularly lost under clothes lines? My Mom hung clothes on ours, not watches or rings or jewelry. If my Dad couldn't find his car keys, he didn't run out and look under the clothes line.

They fall out of pockets caryc . Once in a pocket things are often forgotten, go through the wash, then when hung upside down like most shirts are , fall into the grass below .
Wet fingers don't help either , I found this where the original line was at our home . It saddened me to think of the grief it's loss must have caused . The inside is inscribed ' Forever ' .

 

[caterpillar guy]

Saw a guy doing that in a parking lot early one morning in NH after the snow was starting to melt looking for whatever was lost in the lot and pushed to the pile with the snow plows. I would guess lots of coins and maybe some keys to be found like that.

 

[Frank(Mi.)]

Saw a guy doing that in a parking lot early one morning in NH after the snow was starting to melt looking for whatever was lost in the lot and pushed to the pile with the snow plows. I would guess lots of coins and maybe some keys to be found like that.

Wife and I used to walk the snowmobile trail that went near our house in the Spring. Found a lot of beer cans, lighters, wrenches, and a few coins. Never found any gold rings tho'!

 

[560Dennis]

What is a washing line?