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  1. PL8MAN

    It took almost 20 years , today I found a GOLD COIN !

    I'm still shaking !!!! Went out this morning with Ryan and his buddy Tino and hunting a school that gave up big gold years ago . This school also gives up a silver once in a while too . As for the silver finds today I found a 1943 S Washington and a 1944 Canadian silver dime :grin: . They...
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    Found the biggest ring I have ever found today and it's Silver & Gold ! #10

    Oh ya !!!! Got this morning and hunted a school that I had forgotten about over the years . After a good two hours I only had clad . Then about 15 feet off the black top I had a +86 at 6 inches . Now on the MXT PRO an +86 is almost always a quarter , almost always . I dug down and saw a...
  3. PL8MAN

    First GOLD of 2016 is 22K !!!! Rings #7 - #9

    This year I have been re hunting schools that produced 7 to 10 years ago hoping they have filled up a bit again ! This elementary school has lots of soccer play on it by kids and adults . The clad started up right away ! As I went over by the baseball part of the field I got a strong +45 at...
  4. PL8MAN

    My last hunt of the year produces silver

    Got out one last time for 2015 today ! I hunted two schools and one small park . The schools only had clad . When I first got to the park I remembered that years ago I had found some silver coins and wheats at this same location . I turned on my MXT PRO walked a few steps and found a clad...
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    5 Hour hunt produces Silver & Gold ! Rings #79 - #85 !

    I had a hunt like I use to have 6 and 7 years ago ! Went back to a school I had not hunted in 2 years . Right away I found two rings , a large mood spinner and a Avon gold plated . After that I was on a mission to find something good ! I started to hunt along the outer part of the field when...
  6. PL8MAN

    A little gold today ! Also ring #78

    Got out this morning in between the rain and hunted one of my old stand by schools that always has something to find ! I found wheats , 1952D and 1957D along with some odds and ends . The good find was in the tot lot just under the bark ! It was a +4 and as looked close I saw GOLD ! It is...
  7. PL8MAN

    One sweet little keeper today

    Well I was going to sleep in have some coffee and hang at the house today but the detecting bug got in me again . I headed out to a couple of schools that I had not hunted in a few years . The first one was full of soccer players but the 2nd one was empty . Years ago this field gave up some...
  8. PL8MAN

    Found some nice GOLD today with a funny story ! Rings #69 , #70

    I got out this morning to hunt an old school that dates from the 1940's , I had never hunted before . Well I was only able to hunt for 15 minutes and then every soccer player in the city showed up . I moved on to the next school . As I was leaving my hunting buddy Kevin call and wanted to...
  9. PL8MAN

    Sweet big silver chain and more ! Rings #66 , #67 & #68

    Hunted a elementary school this morning that I had not before . It had one soccer field that looked old , the school was from the early 1960's . It took a good hour before I had the first of two silver finds . I got a +50 right on the side lines at 4 inches . As soon as I pulled back the...
  10. PL8MAN

    950 Platinum and 18K Gold today !!! Ring #64 is a Great one !!!

    The day started with my alarm going off at 5:45 am to go hunting !!! I had picked out two locations , one was a school and the other a park I had never hunted before . The school field had given up silver coins years ago , today nothing but clad . After a good hour I decided to move on to...
  11. PL8MAN

    Two silver rings start the 4 day weekend ! Rings #62 , #63

    First day of my 4 day weekend means get out and hunt ! So off I went to hunt two parks . The first one was a small park with a baseball field , not much found . The one good find was a +74 at 3 inches , a tiny silver ring . I moved on to one of my favorite parks , this one has 4 baseball...
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    Nice big silver ring found , silver dime and wheats . Ring #61

    Got out early this morning and drove almost an hour to just south of San Francisco . I met up with Ryan and Tino at a school they had hunted a couple of weeks ago . Lots of clad to be found and then along the side lines I got a sweet sounding +83 at 5 inches . I was happy to see a nice...
  13. PL8MAN

    BIG GOLD FOUND ! Ring #60

    Got out and hunted a middle school about 45 minutes from home . I had been there once before about three weeks ago and found a bunch of clad . After about an hour or so Ryan , and his buddy Tino joined in on the hunt . We were all just finding clad and lots of youth transit tokens . I did...
  14. PL8MAN

    Sweet GOLD found today ! Ring #59

    On the weekends I almost always hunt schools because they are close but today I decided to change it up . I hunted two small old parks in an area that dates back to the 1930's . I was hoping for some wheats and maybe a silver or two , that didn't happen . The clad was everywhere !!! I don't...
  15. PL8MAN

    Silver is music to my ears ! Also a old lead bullet

    Got out this morning for a local hunt at a school that has given up many treasure since the late 1990's for me . I decided to dig almost every clear sounding target and also worked the side lines under the trees . I started finding clad everywhere . As I moved across the soccer field I got a...
  16. PL8MAN

    Couple of silver rings this weekend , Rings #53 - #57

    Got out this weekend and hunted four schools . Yesterday I found a nice silver ring with a scroll design in a band . It was about three inches deep and was a +83 VDI on my MXT PRO . Also found a large Mexican coin and a tiny half penny from England . Total clad for that hunt was $9.52 . Today...
  17. PL8MAN

    Didn't need to dig dirt to find GOLD today !

    Got up early this morning to got with my son Carson and enter his 1971 Plymouth Duster in the big Mopar show . After we checked in we were walking around looking at all the beautiful cars when on the ground I saw something golden . I picked it up and said to Carson that it looked like gold ...
  18. PL8MAN

    Irish Claddagh ring found , Rings #43 , #44

    When I got out of bed today I just was not in the mood to go digging in the heat but something in my head got me going , Silver & Gold , Silver & Gold . I went out to a school that has a big soccer field and always seems to have something still hiding in the dirt . One of the first targets...
  19. PL8MAN

    Relics , old nickels and silver . Rings #39 - #41

    I decided to look on Google Earth and find a school I had not hunted in a few years . The one I found I remember finding some wheats and two silver dimes years ago so I was hoping for some more . The very first target was a +87 at 3 inches , S.B . Anthony dollar . Then the relics started...
  20. PL8MAN

    Found a little silver this weekend

    Got yesterday and hunted two schools that were in very nice neighborhoods . I was hoping for some gold and silver but only silver was found in the last 10 minutes of a 3 1/2 hour hunt ! After digging clad coins all day I thought I would go home empty handed . I had a very weak sounding high...

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