angellionel
05-12-2011, 09:02 PM
Yesterday late in the day, after taking care of several chores around the house, I headed to a local site to detect for a couple of hours. It was actually mostly to check and make sure my E-Trac was working okay as I had been having some falsing issues with it lately, but it worked just fine, and it even rewarded me with a Seated Liberty dime. :smitten: It also threw in two Indian Head cents and thirteen wheat cents to make up for the headaches. :cheesysmile:
http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2011/May/silverandih_051111.jpg
http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2011/May/wheatcents_051111.jpg
Today I did the same, but at a different location. I was happily going about my business, swinging the coil, digging here and there, until at the end I decided to reach for my camera to take some photos of the mercury dime and several wheat cents I had found. But it was not in my back pocket where I always place it while detecting! :shocked04: ":daydream:kay, don't panic yet; retrace your steps - and forget about the slightly tall grass and wooded areas with layers of dead leaves you just walked through. You will find it. Or so I thought. 8/ I looked, but I just could not find my camera. :crying02: I was then hoping that I had just left it in my car trunk, but it was not there either. My Pentax Optio W30 was gone. :crying02: It had served me well for a good number of years. Oh well, time for a new camera. :cheesysmile:
I arrived home, did some quick research, and settled on the Canon PowerShot ELPH 300 HS 12 MP. I rushed to a local dealer and bought one. I took the following photo with it. It was taken inside the house under poor lighting conditions and with the default settings, yet I can already see that the details on the photos it produces will be quite nice. :smitten: I can't wait to take some outside shots of finds. :cheesysmile:
http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2011/May/silverandwheats_051211.jpg
HH!
http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2011/May/silverandih_051111.jpg
http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2011/May/wheatcents_051111.jpg
Today I did the same, but at a different location. I was happily going about my business, swinging the coil, digging here and there, until at the end I decided to reach for my camera to take some photos of the mercury dime and several wheat cents I had found. But it was not in my back pocket where I always place it while detecting! :shocked04: ":daydream:kay, don't panic yet; retrace your steps - and forget about the slightly tall grass and wooded areas with layers of dead leaves you just walked through. You will find it. Or so I thought. 8/ I looked, but I just could not find my camera. :crying02: I was then hoping that I had just left it in my car trunk, but it was not there either. My Pentax Optio W30 was gone. :crying02: It had served me well for a good number of years. Oh well, time for a new camera. :cheesysmile:
I arrived home, did some quick research, and settled on the Canon PowerShot ELPH 300 HS 12 MP. I rushed to a local dealer and bought one. I took the following photo with it. It was taken inside the house under poor lighting conditions and with the default settings, yet I can already see that the details on the photos it produces will be quite nice. :smitten: I can't wait to take some outside shots of finds. :cheesysmile:
http://www.angellionel.com/myfinds/2011/May/silverandwheats_051211.jpg
HH!