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I just moved into a new house and its amazing what you can find. I do a little metal detecting on the side and combine it with my scraping. Collected about 8 lbs of junk from a small spot in the front yard ( I have 3 more acres to check).
The item in the top left is a brass mail door slot. Other than a brass screw the rest is nasty iron but it goes in the pile and it piles up.
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Anyone else do metal detecting on the side and add it to you scrap??
I do.Quote:
Originally Posted by NJSouth
Recently took our first vacation in over 15 years to the beach...packed my metal detector before the clothes.
I do, I get a lot of brass shells and lead for scrap
http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/day-l...ome-scrap.html
Got another 2lbs of junk out of my front yard today. I did find half a dozen brass screws which was kind of nice. Pennies into dimes, dimes into dollars.
I'd like to try sometime. Maybe in the next phase of my life. There's at least one forum for metal detecting, watched some vids on there. Can be some wild stuff. Metal using people have been in s. Jersey a lot longer than around here. Enjoy your digs!
Rounde...I suspect that you can find a lot of spent war metal in your area. Just be careful not to set off some unexploded ordinance. The only thing like that we have in the US is Civil War stuff and many of those sites are off limits to detecting. Your situation should make Americans stop, think, and be very thankful that we've never been occupied (at least not yet) by an foreign aggressor...
P.S. Because you brought up the military metal stuff, I'll tell a little story from the Iraq War. A guy I work with was with a Nat'l Guard unit over there in late 2003/2004. They were located in south Iraq so not a lot of bad guys except "Mad Max" type road bandits. Their main jobs were 1) protect supply convoys heading north from Kuwait, and 2) guard several of Saddam's ammo dumps.
Saddam never had his people stop buying mutations so when we overthrew his gov, there was bang-bang stuff almost everywhere. So, the ammo dumps that these SD Guard guys got to watch had been overrun initially by looters and such during the first month or so of the war before the Americans could take control of them. The people in the south, mostly poor Shiites that Saddam's boys regularly brutalized, had a field day with little supervisor and they started stripping out about anything that could be torn apart.
This one ammo dump had many bunkers of mortar shells and either all of them or a specific size had a copper ring around the middle of the warhead. Anyway, these "scrapping" Iraqis would bang these things around trying to pry that copper ring off of the shell. Usually they succeeded but a few times things went badly and they ended up being splated around the inside of the bunkers. That was some of the first duty of these Guard guys did when they took over these bunkers, getting the place cleared of its grisly relics...
Let us know when you find Hoffa! They put enough lead in him, should be good for a six pack or a couple single 24ozs...
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Come visit NJ, you'd have a field day on my sandbar. We're called the Graveyard of the Atlantic for a reason, so don't be surprised if you pull up AUsome piratey like stuff. Oh an there is civil war, an rev. war stuff also I recall properly.
Cool hobby to have. I have a amature detector. But it dings on the stuff I like so it works for me.
Sirscrapalot - Contact in 5, 4, 3, 1, 0! - Not me.
Avon NC is one of my favorite places in the world. Stayed in the condo just south of Avon Fishing Pier for about 20 years on vacation trips. Hope to get back down next year. There's TONS of stuff in that sand my friends. All the shipwrecks and hurricanes over the years.... I know its a national park but you'd be surprised at what you can do at 0300hrs...lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot
Lots of people are into metal detecting for the high priced stuff. I take ALL the metal in the ground I can find. Anything more than a nail is a bonus to me...lol Oh and its relaxing... good stress reliever... unlike that crappy Fantasy Football you guys talked me into.... I curse more than ever on Sundays now...lol
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I had nothing to do with the football! PJ, BC an the rest of that motley group can take all the credit there. ;)
Well come Visit. Avon is but a 20 minute ride or so away.
Sirscrapalot - You know your in trouble when even the cashier at the grocery store calls you by your full name.
It all counts.
I need to get a better metal detector the HF is junk.
We had the same situation here in Europe after the I. and II. World War, the germans and the us army left a lot of ammo dumps behind and they were looted by poor guys, wanting to get money to eat.Quote:
Originally Posted by DakotaRog
A lot of them died because they even dug up landmine-fields , because the german ones were filled with a lot of lead, and lead was very rare in these days.
I do alot of it but not for scrap. I find all the coins and a good amount of rings and jewelry. If i find some brass i save it but dont go look for it not worth it.
Haha I can imagine your front yard full of random holes right now :)
NJ & Roud: what make/model metal detector would you recommend for a beginner? Not going to spend thousands ;)
I have this one, but they are a little cheaper here.Quote:
Originally Posted by pjost
XP Deus Metal Detector Wireless Metal Detector Save $600 | eBay
I think you will do pretty well in the beginning with this one.(Took the first Link, but I think you can find them cheaper)
Garrett Ace 250 Metal Detector New | eBay
I have a Bounty Hunter Tracker IV and I really do like it. Paid $99 for it on Amazon and the thing hasn't missed. You can pay tons more for top of the line but this thing has done me good.Quote:
Originally Posted by pjost
I just bought my 7 year old daughter a Bounty Hunter Junior detector for her birthday. It can be addicting though... be careful...lol I visit treasurenet.com a lot for inspiration and advice.
I own a minelab metal detector which I purchased used for a little over $500. Here's a link to an ad for one.
Minelab Sovereign GT Metal Detector For Sale - Kellyco Metal Detectors
It seems they have stopped making my model but they may have a few left. I know there are many used ones for sale. The advantage of this particular model is it gives a different tone for ferous and non-ferous. This is a great advantage when searching an area with lots of bits of iron. Mike