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My $40 metal detector found a Civil War button, then a bunch of pull tabs
I bought a cheap detector for a field near Gettysburg, hoping for a cool find. The button got me excited, but the next five signals were all old soda can tabs. Has anyone else had a day where the junk totally outnumbered the good stuff?
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jakeb251mo ago
Honestly that sounds like a win to me. Pull tabs mean people were there, and where there's modern trash there's often old stuff mixed in. Those tabs sit at a depth and give a signal really close to older coins. Every tab you dig is practice for the real thing, learning your machine's language. I'd take a button and some trash over a completely silent field any day.
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thomas2751mo ago
Totally agree with Jake. Finding that button is a huge success. I spent a whole summer digging nothing but nails and foil wrappers before I got my first decent coin. The junk teaches you patience and how your machine really works. A good find mixed with trash just means you're in the right area and putting in the work.
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perez.patricia1mo ago
Sounds like your detector is working perfectly then. It found a piece of history and then immediately started charging you a finder's fee in modern aluminum. At least the button proves it wasn't just lying to you from the start. Those pull tabs are basically the universe's way of saying "you got lucky, now get back to work." Still, a real button on a forty dollar machine is a pretty good day no matter how you slice it.
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