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<p>[QUOTE="tie.dye.cat, post: 202715, member: 152"]I used to love metal detecting though I could never get a really good grasp on finding items. I had plenty of practice, but I always had a hard time distinguishing between the different tones of different metals.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of my favorite finds was probably part of an old railroad watch I dug up in potter county, PA. There was not enough left of it to entertain the idea of restoring it, but it was just cool holding a piece of history and wondering how it made its way there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other things I've found - a 1940's dog tag from Bloomsburg, a small engraved silver tab that I can only guess where it came from, plenty of coins (though none real old), a couple of bullets.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's been so long since I had to sell my white's detector (30 years maybe) that I can hardly remember what all I did find when I had it. More may come to mind after thinking about it more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tie.dye.cat, post: 202715, member: 152"]I used to love metal detecting though I could never get a really good grasp on finding items. I had plenty of practice, but I always had a hard time distinguishing between the different tones of different metals. One of my favorite finds was probably part of an old railroad watch I dug up in potter county, PA. There was not enough left of it to entertain the idea of restoring it, but it was just cool holding a piece of history and wondering how it made its way there. Other things I've found - a 1940's dog tag from Bloomsburg, a small engraved silver tab that I can only guess where it came from, plenty of coins (though none real old), a couple of bullets. It's been so long since I had to sell my white's detector (30 years maybe) that I can hardly remember what all I did find when I had it. More may come to mind after thinking about it more.[/QUOTE]
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