Metal Detecting For Silver

Here is a letter sent in from a guy who just spends his time metal detecting for silver only.

Whether it's silver coins minted before the mid 1960's,or silver jewelry.This is all this guy detects for.

So lets here his story ->

Thanks for letting me share my metal detecting story.My story is not fictional.It's about why I metal detect for silver instead of messing around with the other stuff lost in the ground.

Silver gives off the best reading on my detector.A beautiful strong signal.

I'm trying to make a few extra bucks on the side,and spending time digging up pennies,or any other non silver change after the mid 60's aint worth it to me.Unless I get readings of an awful lot of quarters.

We all know what pennies are worth today,and I NEVER dig pennies up.EVER!

They are just that.One penny,and I aint bending over all day digging those dam things up.Your back would give out,not to mention even if you have rechargable batteries,you are spending more recharging than profiting.

With what money is worth today,these detector manufacturers should just exclude the dam things.

Don't try to debate that an old penny that's been in the ground 50+ years is worth anything.It's not.It's in such poor shape it's pretty much just that in value.

Silver coins don't deteriorate like copper in the ground.You can count on the silver coins holding a little more value when it comes to a collector value.

You'll find more silver jewelery and silver coins before gold.

Lets face it.We're in Minnesota.

If a person concentrated on specific targets.You'll pay off your metal detector alot faster,than digging every target your detector identifies.

Try going to a park,a beach,and tell yourself I'm only digging up ring targets today.

Then when you go back,just dig up the high value targets..That's quarters or better.

I go as low as dimes,and nickles too,but when you find a location that you're going to detect.Go big.

Go for the smaller crap after ya clean it out of the good.

People looking for gold,and other lost treasures here in this state is what those who sell metal detectors love.

Usually when I find a place to detect,or a place I can get away doing it.I start out big,and go for the silver coins,and quarters only.

The next time I go back,after I cleared it out of the high priority targets,I go for rings.

Yes,rings are a high priority target,but a person gets so many junk target readings when it comes to silver rings.

You have to spend a day digging up alot of crap when it comes to ring hunting.

Now here is one of the best metal detecting tips.

Get your hand on a silver ring.Throw it out in the yard,and test how your metal detector reads it as a target.

Do the same with a silver quarter & dime..Same as a nickel.

Know before hand how your detector detects.

There is alot of silver coins still in the ground to be found,and the same goes for silver rings.

Rings can be funny,because so many models of metal detectors pick them up as junk,or a low level rated target.

So like I said,get you hands on a couple silver rings.Then see how your detector registers them.You'll be very surprised at your readings.

The down side is a person ends up digging up a bunch of junk targets,but if you make a rule to only dig up the ring targets,you'll find more better days as value of a target is concerned.

Go for silver and high value targets only.

Jake in Mankato