Well, i went out metal detecting today and I found something a bit odd.
By ESKARENA1
@ESKARENA1 (18260)
June 17, 2007 11:05am CST
I enjoy the odd hour or two of recreational metal detecting, so i went out this afternooon and had my first substantial find. I found a coin well over 300 years old! Just to think that this had been in the ground for such a length of time. Well, i think it will be going on E.Bay very soon. Anyone else felt the thril of this first find, what did you do with it?
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@derek_a (10873)
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17 Jun 07
I used to have a metal detector and enjoyed going around with it. The most I ever found though was threepennny bits and old pennies. That were quite interesting because with one in particular I could almost "see" the man who dropped it, who seemed to be sat on the grass in a local beauty spot eating sandwiches on a bank holiday time. The threepence slipped out of his pocket.
To add interest, I used to dowse first of all on a local map to see where to go where we may find something of interest. Once, we found at the bottom of a quarry a smashed car - exactly the same model as I had, but it had a beautifully preserved drivers seat in it - mine was ripped, so I took it out and fitted it in my car. My dowsing lead me there, not my metal detector LOL.
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@ESKARENA1 (18260)
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17 Jun 07
wow i just have to try dousing. I think i am still high from my find lol
blessed be
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@derek_a (10873)
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18 Jun 07
Oh yes, do try dowsing. I think it may open up a whole new world to you. What I found is that it's best to visualise yourself with your metal detector for a few moments, then let it go. Focus on the breaths entering and leaving the body whilst you dowse. Then, try not to let the intellect interfere and just head for the place on the map. Ordinance survey maps are good for this. Good luck my friend :-)
@ESKARENA1 (18260)
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18 Jun 07
next time i am planning a trip i will certainly give it a go. Thank you again
blessed be
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@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
20 Jun 07
OMG I SO WANT TO TRY THAT!! do you own your own metal detector or do you rent one from somewhere...I would love to take one into our back woods and see what I can find....that'd be so cool!!!
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@ESKARENA1 (18260)
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20 Jun 07
yes i bought it a few weeks ago. I found the coin on my first trip out lol. There are lots of em on Ebay
@Ravenladyj (22902)
• United States
25 Jun 07
Ya I'll be checking there actually....but first I have so many questions! LOL I had no idea that so many ppl in here did this!
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@ESKARENA1 (18260)
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18 Jun 07
ohhhhhh my friend you just gave me a wonderful mental image, you detecting out with gissi. You have a find and drop to your knees trowel in hand and start to dig. Lol, that would certainly confuse the little man, lol
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@apakabar2007 (1693)
• Netherlands
18 Jun 07
Wow !!!! Good finding eskarena1 !!! How deep it was when you found it ??? Maybe I should start thinking about metal detector since my belated mother in law had lost her precious wedding ring. Who knows....maybe somewhere in our garden because when she was alive she did gardening a lot. It will be nice for my father in law if we'll be able to find it for him. Once again, good jobb eskarena1 !!!
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@ESKARENA1 (18260)
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18 Jun 07
it was only about six inches down, but i had been clearing the ground anyway and may well have disturbed it. Good luck with finding your ring. Im certainly having another go next weekend lol
blessed be
@ESKARENA1 (18260)
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18 Jun 07
apparently, finding stuff like this is not at all unusual but it certainly made me take more notice lol
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@kitty1234 (1476)
• United States
25 Jun 07
Oh beautiful coin!!!!! I love walking with my metal detector but I have not had any big finds, Congradulations!!!!!! I will look for it on e-bay, I only purchase silver coins before 1964, but this is a rare fine, you should take it to a dealer to find the value.
@brendalee (6082)
• United States
18 Jun 07
I have never been out metal detecting but I have been hearing alot about it lately. There is another girl on here who is really into it. I am thinking of trying it. Congrats on your find. You must be very excited.
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@ESKARENA1 (18260)
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18 Jun 07
well, this is my first substantial find, when i got the earth off it I was so excited to see the date
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@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
18 Jun 07
That must have been exciting! Is it genuine? Did you have it appraised? Not that I doubt you but I am just curious how one knows if something that old is genuine.
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@ESKARENA1 (18260)
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18 Jun 07
well, as far as i know it is genuine, it either is or its a very good fake the smoothness of the wear as you see on the picture can only usually be found on very old items
@blackbriar (9075)
• United States
17 Jun 07
Wow! What a great find. I head my town park a few mornings a week and usually see the same guy there with his metal detector scouring every inch of it. I asked him if he ever found anything valuable and only thing he came up with other than the odd penny or 2 was a watch that was bout 6" in the ground. He had it cleaned and it still worked. Was a wind-up type of watch. Anyways, where he took it to get cleaned, they offered him almost a grand for it. Talk about shock. lol I would like to get a decent metal detecter one of these days and go over my property with it and see what it finds. Good luck on future finds.
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@ESKARENA1 (18260)
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18 Jun 07
well, it was down by the river at the bottom of my garden, in a very nice spot that i have only just cleared but has very early associations with the primative methodist movement in the North of England.
I have tried to shown the beauty of the place in my picture
@sjohnson628 (3197)
• United States
18 Jun 07
Wow that is awesome! I went metal detecting once at a beach but I didn't find anything. Have you looked it up online to find out it's worth? When you put it on ebay will you let us know? Thanks!
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@ESKARENA1 (18260)
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18 Jun 07
ill certainly let everyone know, it will have to wait till pay day because ive been told im better putting it on with a reserve of 500 pounds lol
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@makingpots (11915)
• United States
18 Jun 07
Wow, that is amazing. How exciting for you!! You are likely to do well with that when you sell it.
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@Rickrocks8 (1751)
• United States
18 Jun 07
Well that is really cool! My Dad had one and he had frun with it for a few years!
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@ESKARENA1 (18260)
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18 Jun 07
thats great, i certainly intend to be using it a lot more often this summer
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@Sherry12 (2472)
• United States
17 Jun 07
I love to go metal detecting, but we never have had a really good metal detector. Your find is exciting, finding a coin that old is awesome. We only found a few pennies when we did it. Your find is making me want to get out and start looking.
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@ESKARENA1 (18260)
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17 Jun 07
well, it has certainly motivated me to have another go at finding others like it
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