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Today was the day  ;D No rain early morning mist shrouding over the Gower penninsula.
Time to start my new Hobby  ;D
Off to the Beach with the missus and dogs ready to find my first treasure.  ;D
arrived early morning , sun peeking over the horizon shining brightly across deserted beach apart from an old couple and their dogs , a photographer and a Woman on a horse.
Wellies on, spade in hand , Earphones attached and my new Garrett ace 250 powered up on all metal mode i looked like Bill Murray in Ghostbusters ready to prevent the end of the world. ;D ;D
Off went the dogs and the missus sprinting (the dogs that is )across the openess of the Gower Beach tongue and tails wagging in anticipation of what they may encounter, perhaps a rabbit or two  in the dunes  ;D

Off i went oblivious to the world with my headphones on  concentrating deeply on the beeps and burbs of my wonderful new machine , it did not take long when i encountered a high pitched tone and remembering what the manual had taught me i criss crossed the point and pinpointed the target  ;D assuming it to be coin i dug to a depth of 4 inches as indicated and FOUND my first encrusted coin  ;D ;D ;D ;D  Then i encountered what must have been a lot of iron as the low tones kept beeping and beeping. I turned down the discrimination and went onto relic mode and found what was an old huge chain link  two old cans of coke and an aluminium  window stay   >:(
Many holes later i realised that my next treat for myself  will be a pro pointer as i was simply sifting through wet sand not really knowing what i should be looking for without any luck.
What seemed like half an hour was infact one and a half hours :o :
It was time to head home , Dogs were well exercised i was totally engrossed in my encrusted Gold coin and the missus needed the loo >:(
Off i went home hopefully to clean up my Gold Spanish treasure and after what was rigourous cleaning of my coin it turned out not to be  Golden treasure but a 1996 Two pence piece covered in crud   >:(

Never mind  it was worth it and i am now totally hooked  on Metal detecting and history.
Next time who knows   ;)

Good account there, Well done on your first treasure and I look forward to the next installment.  :)

you are so honest.

are you sure you didnt find a gold ring ,just as you were packing up? ;)

No Gold Ring  LOL ;D
Just ordered my new Garrett  Pro Pointer off Ebay ;D
No more sand sifting for hours on end  ;D. Should be here by Friday Next week  ;D ;D

Well done TJ on getting so many jobs done at once. It's a sad fact that most of us dont do any better.
My Hubby keeps pulling my leg by knocking the value of each coin I find from the initial outlay of the detector. Not sure what we're down to now but I know it's still in the hundreds unless you take into account how much the pleasure of detecting costs.
Better luck next time.  ;D

Val

good report tj , welcome to the mad world of metal detecting  :) :)

Keep at it dude - we all started at the beach and eventually went onto bigger and better things. Roman and Medieval finds are just round the corner waiting for you to come knocking!

We should be announcing a detectingwales rally shortly - obviously as a member you are now welcome to attend.

All the best
Neil

Thanks
I will keep at it and i would be delighted to come on a rally with you all
Very new to the game but very keen to learn, Hope to join a local club in the new year.
Got a Caravan down Cardigan way and hope to be up to speed when it opens up again in March and then hopefully get permission to detect some land on the weekends , if not , plenty of beaches to detect  ;D

thanks
TJ

Well done TJ keep em coming  ;D

keep swingin the the gold is there ;)mike