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I also used my metal detector on the beach. All the quarters, no matter how brown, went into the arcade machines. I’m sure they loved me 😁

Lol. When I was a kid, I thought only old guys had them. O think they were a bit more expensive then too. But that's a great idea! I wish I had thought of that... Good to see you, Rickey!😃👍

Lol, I had a metal detector as a kid. I went through several models including a used job. I’ve found enough that I made more than I paid. I’ve also been able to help people find stuff that they lost. A wedding band some guy lost on the beach, and my Dad’s wedding ring that he lost while dumping leaves in the woods. I still have two detectors, one of which I found sticking out of the trash. I don’t use them much, but take it with me to the beach, just in case I get the urge. This is me in the photo. I was on a dune in North Carolina. That detector was the top model I bought years ago. I knew I guy that had a dealer gig with the manufacturer. To keep it, he had to move several of the top models a year. He let me buy it at cost, which was a great deal 😎👍

Awesome! I'd love to have one. So many beaches close to where I live. Only right now I would never have the time... Have you found any good old coins with it?

Howdy! Sorry to take so long to reply.
I was hoping to get a picture of a few coins that I have, but didn’t get it done. I never found any valuable coins, but I found an Indian head penny, and a Barber dime. Back in the 80’s I went to the beach in Delaware where old coins from a shipwreck were washing up. I found a few Irish half-penny’s. A cool thing I discovered was in Ocean City, NJ. That’s where my family always went and during the day when the beach was crowded, I ventured onto the grounds at the high school and searched the ground around the outside of the track where people would gather to watch football and whatever. Dude, for all the thousands of metal detectors that have gone to Ocean City, I HAD to be the first to use one at the school. I didn’t even get a chance to stand up, it was BEEP, BEEP, BEEP..,, a lot of it was silver coins, some stacked together. I was lucky I tried it at the beginning of my trip, because I spent the rest of it working that place dry 😎👍

I don't know how a metal detector would make me fat and black though...😄
Man, thats cool! I really want one now! If I only had the time to go hunting though. I used to collect arrowheads down here in Florida, so I can relate to digging up treasure. But that's a long story for another time...