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UER Forum > Archived US: Great Lakes > Calling all metal detecting prospectors (Viewed 949 times)
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Calling all metal detecting prospectors
< on 4/4/2007 7:53 PM >
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How many of you out there love urban exploration but love to metal detect at a lot of the sites you go to. A lot of my research on places to explore are also places I can break out the metal detector and find some hidden treasures.

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Re: Calling all metal detecting prospectors
<Reply # 1 on 4/4/2007 8:38 PM >
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I think it would be kinda fun to try do it. Problem is with most places you don't want to be caught outside. Other places the land is just so overgrown I don't see it as easy, but more like impossible to do. There was one hospital that had some hidden courtyards that I am sure would have yielded some awesome finds.

If I had a metal detector, there are a few places I would definitely try it. I've heard people find some amazing stuff doing it. Out of the 1000's of people on this board, there has to be at least one or two people that have done it.

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Re: Calling all metal detecting prospectors
<Reply # 2 on 4/4/2007 8:42 PM >
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I do a ton of metal detecting. Got a White's Spectrum XLT a few years ago, and I have found coins, buttons, buckles, gold nuggets, jewelry and more. I do most of my detecting at ghost towns and old mines, but I'll bet it would be great at the proper urban location.

I have changed my personal exploring ethics code. From now on it will be: "Take only aimed shots, leave only hobo corpses." Copper scrappers, meth heads and homeless beware. The Jonsered cometh among you, bringing fear and dread.

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Re: Calling all metal detecting prospectors
<Reply # 3 on 4/4/2007 9:55 PM >
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spring time and fall when everything isn't so grown over. I prefer metal detecting at night so people cant see whats going on. I have a whites eagle spectrum

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Re: Calling all metal detecting prospectors
<Reply # 4 on 4/4/2007 11:19 PM >
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I metal detect,hard scrabble mine for herkimers,pan for gold,dig privys, look for jesuit trees,search for caches, travel 1000's of miles to mine gemstones...
My name is GV, and, I have a problem....

Looks worse when i type it. right now i'm detectorless, but i'm trying to get my mining partner to sell me his DXI for a good price. And i'm picking up a garrett 150 to travel with.
GV

Ps. I hate pull-tabs
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Re: Calling all metal detecting prospectors
<Reply # 5 on 4/4/2007 11:47 PM >
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I have been entertaining the idea of getting a detector for under water exploration. And my dad has been trying to get me into gold panning. I really like detecting and exploring where there is a story behind it. (looking to go on the almighty treasure hunt)

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Re: Calling all metal detecting prospectors
<Reply # 6 on 4/4/2007 11:49 PM >
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Posted by GeoViolator
I metal detect,hard scrabble mine for herkimers,pan for gold,dig privys, look for jesuit trees,search for caches, travel 1000's of miles to mine gemstones...
My name is GV, and, I have a problem....

Looks worse when i type it. right now i'm detectorless, but i'm trying to get my mining partner to sell me his DXI for a good price. And i'm picking up a garrett 150 to travel with.
GV

Ps. I hate pull-tabs


what are some of your finds? (other than pull tabs) and to everyone else who has found some treasures?
[last edit 4/4/2007 11:50 PM by silvernail - edited 1 times]

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Re: Calling all metal detecting prospectors
<Reply # 7 on 4/5/2007 12:24 AM >
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All the gems,minerals and gold in the table i've mined/found myself from locations on the east coast. Obviously i also use the table to display other interesting trinkets. I made the table too.
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Re: Calling all metal detecting prospectors
<Reply # 8 on 4/5/2007 12:26 AM >
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How timely. I have been getting the itch for a detector after finding this interesting forum and seeing the small treasures and history people are finding.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/

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Re: Calling all metal detecting prospectors
<Reply # 9 on 4/5/2007 12:33 AM >
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Posted by NoOne
http://forum.treasurenet.com/


My other home...
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Re: Calling all metal detecting prospectors
<Reply # 10 on 4/5/2007 1:15 AM >
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wow that is quite the collection GV. how many years have you been prospecting?
From where abouts you from? You are making me want to get out and go detecting but is 30 degrees all week here in michigan

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Re: Calling all metal detecting prospectors
<Reply # 11 on 4/5/2007 6:42 PM >
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I've been prospecting for around 15yrs. I'm in the vampire state(NY), where the taxes are so high...even the minerals left!. btw, 30° is perfect for pounding rocks.
In addition to what i have in the table, there are a few hundred pounds of rough in the attic..it's a bad addiction...there is NO CURE!
GV

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Re: Calling all metal detecting prospectors
<Reply # 12 on 4/5/2007 7:13 PM >
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Posted by GeoViolator
I've been prospecting for around 15yrs. I'm in the vampire state(NY), where the taxes are so high...even the minerals left!. btw, 30° is perfect for pounding rocks.
In addition to what i have in the table, there are a few hundred pounds of rough in the attic..it's a bad addiction...there is NO CURE!
GV


Have you ever done any detecting in michigan or seen any places you would like to go?

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Re: Calling all metal detecting prospectors
<Reply # 13 on 4/5/2007 7:47 PM >
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I usually go metal detecting in Da UP.
We've found quite a bit of copper in the old rockpiles in the Keweenaw.

I've done some detecting in NoVA and found a few civil war relics. Nothing exciting, just a bullet and a button. My buddy found a confederate archer shell once!! That was a sweet find.


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Re: Calling all metal detecting prospectors
<Reply # 14 on 4/5/2007 7:55 PM >
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Posted by Badure
I usually go metal detecting in Da UP.
We've found quite a bit of copper in the old rockpiles in the Keweenaw.

I've done some detecting in NoVA and found a few civil war relics. Nothing exciting, just a bullet and a button. My buddy found a confederate archer shell once!! That was a sweet find.



I was just talking about trying to find some copper in the UP. Price of copper is up. How much copper do you usually find in a day trip.
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Re: Calling all metal detecting prospectors
<Reply # 15 on 4/6/2007 11:44 AM >
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It depends on the rock pile and how lucky you are. Plus the fact that you need a way to get the copper out of the poor rock. Next time I'm at my folks, I'll take a few pics of what we've found.



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Re: Calling all metal detecting prospectors
<Reply # 16 on 4/6/2007 4:05 PM >
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Posted by Badure
It depends on the rock pile and how lucky you are. Plus the fact that you need a way to get the copper out of the poor rock. Next time I'm at my folks, I'll take a few pics of what we've found.




Yeah, Im interested in seening your finds. I only really every search and find coins.

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Re: Calling all metal detecting prospectors
<Reply # 17 on 4/6/2007 9:46 PM >
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How much money does an average metal detector cost? There are some historic ruins and stuff near my house, and I've been dying to metal detect it for years. I'm quite poor though, so I've never been able to afford purchasing a metal detector.

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Re: Calling all metal detecting prospectors
<Reply # 18 on 4/6/2007 9:47 PM >
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My Spectrum XLT was about $900 when I bought it. You can get good units for less though. I just wanted all the bells and whistles.

I have changed my personal exploring ethics code. From now on it will be: "Take only aimed shots, leave only hobo corpses." Copper scrappers, meth heads and homeless beware. The Jonsered cometh among you, bringing fear and dread.

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Re: Calling all metal detecting prospectors
<Reply # 19 on 4/7/2007 3:40 AM >
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As Jons said, a good detector can be much cheaper. the garret 150 is only 150$. And there are many other good units in the 150-250 range.
GV

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