The Official Asylum Metal Detecting & Finds Thread

[Tikihut27]

Cutlery. It's odd how the waves can bend the spoons like that...



Matchbox cars. Notice how popular police cars are for leaving buried in the sand...



Other stuff. People practice drive golf balls into the lake. I call it littering.

[Tikihut27]

Sunglasses are popular for losing in the water.



So are cell phones. I was able to find the owners of two of these by pulling miniSD cards. I called the owners and they didn't want them back. The Samsung still works fine, too.



And of course, keys are popular to lose as well. I had two people stop and ask if I'd found keys they'd lost. I hadn't.

[Zeuceone]

Does that mean someones ashes ended up at that location?

[Tikihut27]

Originally Posted by Zeuceone

Does that mean someones ashes ended up at that location?

Yes.

[Tikihut27]

And the best for last.

27.36 grams of Gold

1.13 ounces of Silver

and a honking big stainless wedding band



Thanks for looking. I had fun finding all this stuff. It is true you can find the good stuff, but you have to do an awful lot of digging! Not included here are hundreds of pieces of metal scrap/nails/screws/etc. that go directly in the trash.

I hope to do better in 2012, now that I am learning the ins-and-outs of the hobby. It's not as easy as just swinging the detector around, although you can get lucky that way, too!

[Zeuceone]

Originally Posted by Tikihut27

Yes.

Will you be keeping it or does it go back?

Great finds btw.

[Tikihut27]

Originally Posted by Zeuceone

Will you be keeping it or does it go back?

Great finds btw.

I'll take it out deep when I put the boat in the water in the spring. If I just flip it back in the water someone (probably me) will just find it again.

[backwoods357]

Thanks for keeping this thread alive! Some really interesting finds.

[357]

Great pics. I love it. My dad's would love this thread too. I wish I could get him to check it out.

Thinking about getting one of the old White brand detectors out of his basement and taking my son out this comming summer.

[Blak Smyth]

I love this thread, keep those find pics coming guys!!!

[Mr B]

Great finds Tiki. Thanks for sharing.

[Tikihut27]

Even though there hasn't been a post here in a while, I've been out fairly regularly. It's nice to be outside, even in the colder weather. It hasn't been a great spring, but I've found another pile of change and a few rings, a couple of silver ones and another stainless wedding band.

The hot season should start soon, which will both take me into deeper water where there are better goodies and bring fresh drops from summertime beach-goers.

Here's a teaser pic of a silver and topaz ring I found this week. Mrs. Tikihut27 has overcome her reluctance to wear beach finds and now actively snags stuff, after, she says, I am done "playing with them". She has her eye on this one. I like the silver stuff because they come out of the water nasty and tarnished, but a little work shines them right up...

[TJarv]

some good finds over the last year or so

[Mr B]

Another great find Tiki. Keep the pics coming.

[Tikihut27]

Here are some pics of a few more rings from the memorial day weekend:



The small gold celtic friendship ring is 14k.

[sevans105]

Dani and I were snorkeling a couple weeks ago and met a woman searching the beach in Hanauma Bay. She said she had just found a 3.5 carat diamond ring with another 2 carats of sapphires. Heck of a find. Made Dani regret leaving her detector at home.

[Mr B]

Very nice finds guys!

[Kevin(n)tn]

Great thread guys. I have always been a history buff and have relocated to middle Tennessee. I am also enjoy canoeing the many rivers and streams here. There were several civil war battles here. I believe I am going to combine the two. Several cigars, my canoe and a metal detector sounds like a fun day. I am going to the library to do some research. Thanks for the inspiration guys.

[Tikihut27]

Been too busy out hunting to post this summer. No hugely spectacular finds, but here's a few pics:



This puppy was marked 14k. I figure that means 14,000% FAKE since it is not gold:



Here's a sample of a half a month of hunting:



Last weekend's best finds- a new, working iPhone and a silver ring:

[357]

Originally Posted by Tikihut27

This puppy was marked 14k. I figure that means 14,000% FAKE since it is not gold:

Could it be white gold? I wear a 14K white gold wedding ring that is marked 14K. It has a TW with a circle around it just to the right of the 14K marking.