So yesterday our local gold prospecting club did a MD only outing. It was really a lot of fun but not our typical get together. There were 25-30 members there with metal detectors. Just about every kind of MD's you could think of. Of course my wifey and I were there with our Mine Lab Equinox 800.
So what they did was mark off a fairly large area and they had buried a good number of coins mostly and then a couple of other items. There was one particular item (a washer) that when found was going to be the grand prize, a 10th oz gold coin worth about $200. There were also 5 nickles marked with red sharpie that were worth a 1oz silver eagle. And then there were a number of door prizes. I actually found 2 nickles but one of them was a leftover from a previous year I got an extra door prize for finding that one. My wife and I worked as a team I would locate and mark and she did the digging.
So we ended up with a 2013 silver eagle, a 5 gallon water jug, a roll of Gorilla tape, a nice box cutter, and a pocket full of change. Not bad and more importantly,......We had a great time.
So what they did was mark off a fairly large area and they had buried a good number of coins mostly and then a couple of other items. There was one particular item (a washer) that when found was going to be the grand prize, a 10th oz gold coin worth about $200. There were also 5 nickles marked with red sharpie that were worth a 1oz silver eagle. And then there were a number of door prizes. I actually found 2 nickles but one of them was a leftover from a previous year I got an extra door prize for finding that one. My wife and I worked as a team I would locate and mark and she did the digging.
So we ended up with a 2013 silver eagle, a 5 gallon water jug, a roll of Gorilla tape, a nice box cutter, and a pocket full of change. Not bad and more importantly,......We had a great time.
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