Three new members is good news. Hope the club continues to grow! Happy Treasure Hunting!
Anonymous
Hopefully they do allow hunting again in the parks. Maybe there is a class or something people could take to learn the proper retrieval procedure as to make hunting in the park welcomed instead of condemed. Good work on promoting the hobby gang.
marcisbranton195
good luck on the club
Jason Bernard
So I see Nicole got her wish. She is the rudest person I have ever met.
turbine_lady
Thanks for sharing news of your trips – very interesting to new Yooper prospectors!
Sorry to hear your club initiative didn’t work out. We have an online Tesla turbine builders club with over 1,800 members & often find it hard to jump start the kind of experimentation & focus we’re looking for.
My husband & I live near Munising, MI & have shifted into SERIOUS hobby mode – we now have 3 metal detectors & are looking for places in the Keweenaw to try them out. We’re interested in copper, silver & metals rather than coin shooting at parks/beaches. Any ideas?
Ryan Bernard
Hey is the club back up and running?
Andrei
For 45 years I have enjoyed this hobby! Another park ntuhing tip is to never cut plugs, especially during dry weather, as it will turn the plug yellow if the plug is too shallow. Use a nylon tipped probe to locate the item, then slip a flat screw driver under the item (careful not to scratch) and pop it up. Or you can cut a slit by moving your probe side to side after locating, then after you retreiving it just press the slit together, VIOLA , no sign that you were even there! Happy Hunting:)
Natascha
This is a good buy for the price,the GOLD DIGGER does what it claims to do.I took it to a local beach in my area i found htnnaiyg from a penny to aluminum foil,some of the objects was small and about six inches or so deep.You do find a lot of trash but i found it to be very sensitive to objects of all metals when trash eleminator was off,but this way you miss nothing.Also it can detect larger objects at greater depths,it was fun to use and i recommend it to anyone.
Good going on the Merc dime Jason. I was there Tuesday (10th) and got 2 Lincolns in the teens and a 1905 V nickel.I stayed way back by the tracks and only in the woods.
Jason Bernard
I’ve tried back in the woods a few times. Never found any coins. Mostly .22 bullets or shell casings. Good find on the V nickel…that’s something neither me or my brother has found yet.
Cari Brewer
I would love to post this story (about your finding the 1921d mercury dime) on our website (www.whiteselectronics.com) under Customer Stories! Could you email me the story and picture(s)? stories@whiteselectronics.com
Cari
Advertising Dept.
White’s Electronics, Inc.
debbie
I am looking forward to attending the monthly meeting on Saturday.
We’ll be looking forward to seeing you there Debbie. Bring your detector and some of your recent finds.
debbie
Enjoyed my first meeting, will definitely be back. Yesterday I got called into work to fix a computer problem at 11 a.m. Had some time in between getting it fixed and my waitress shift which began at 3 so I went to Pioneer Trail Park for 45 minutes and found a few zinc pennies, a dime and a few goodies.
A 1923 mercury dime and a 1910 V nickle at the base of a tree.
debbie
Not bad for the first hunt of the year. (well second if you count the day of our meeting).
Glad to hear you enjoyed the meeting and congrats on the nice finds at the park. I think there’s a lot of coins left in that hunted out park hey!!
debbie
I went back yesterday and hunted over an hour with only a pocket full of pull tabs, rusted bottle caps and pennies to show for it. But I was determined that I wasn’t leaving without a silver or an oldie. Then the last 20 minutes of my hunt I found a buffalo nickle (no date) by the base of a tree in the woods on the north side. Walking back toward my vehicle, I got a mixed signal between 19-24 and 70-82. I couldn’t pinpoint it. I ended up digging 7 pull tabs and a rusted bottle cap out of an 8 inch section before I got a 1953 rosie. Another good hunt! I was happy. :)
Good finds Deb and your also cleaning the junk out of the park……persistence pays off,hey?
debbie
Thanks Bill. Good luck to you all in the Copper Country! Wish I could go but getting weekends off is nearly impossible.
Hans
Greetings from the Copper Country! I’m really enjoying this website, as it is full of useful tips and strategy. I live in Hancock and am fairly new to metal detecting. I just bought my first detector from Keweenaw Gem and Gift in Houghton. I’m starting small with a White’s Coinmaster. So far I am gathering that parks are the place to be- especially when in search of coin. Are there any members who are from up this far? Maybe someone who wouldn’t mind a partner on an outing? I could use a little help in getting started. Thanks! :)
Bill B.
Hi Hans, We don’t have a member in Hancock but I know of one in the Lake Linden area. I’ll email him and give him your email address and he may contact you. We just got back from a float copper hunt in the Kenton area. You might try looking for float copper in your area, especially if you have access to private land.
debbie
Sorry I missed the May Meeting. I had to work at 4 p.m. How was the turnout? What did I miss?
We cancelled the May meeting due to the holiday and high school graduations. Next one is June 16th. It’s posted on the site. I’ll email everyone a few days prior to the meeting.
Hans
Thanks for the reply Bill! That sounds great. So far i’ve detected a drained pond in the Copper Harbor area. Found some 60’s clad and a couple fishing spoons, not much else. The exciting part is that i’m the only one to have dug there so far. I’ve only been out a few times though. Still learning my detector. Take care!
Scott
My wife and i are about to buy our first detectors and go hunting down here in Menominee
Welcome to the world of metal detecting. After your all set up and running, feel free to join our club based here in Delta county.
Scott
Thank you. We did a little bit of hunting at Henes Park and only came up with some scrap metal and a buried coke can. My wife has a short attention span if she isn’t finding anything. I’ll admit, it is frustrating when you cannot find anything.
Don’t give up. I’ve been to that same park and didn’t find much either. Try your own yard or some friends places you can get permission to hunt at. Just practice taking a plug first. Your welcome to come to our next meeting on July 28th at 3 pm at Pioneer Trail park between Escanaba and Gladstone and we’ll gladly give some assistance and answer any questions you may have.
Scott
That is very kind of you, thank you. Unfortunately, we will be in Mackinaw City for wife’s birthday that weekend. I know there is a few beaches along U.S. 2 on the way. We might stop at one of those. We went for a few hours today and I picked up a cheap looking earring. We couldn’t dig, otherwise we would have had a lot more stuff. Maybe we can swing up there for the meeting. I am really interested in meeting everyone.
Yes I will Andy. In the meantime, I’ll send a pic to your email.
Jason Bernard
Sure was a good time. It’s great to see how the club has grown and I enjoy the time spent with everyone doing the thing I enjoy most. Great job with the club Bill, You sure have worked hard to make it great.
Well Jim, some people look forward to winter and some don’t. If you like snow and cold or go south for a few months, It’s ok. If you just do metal detecting then each winter month seem a lot longer than 30 days.
Three new members is good news. Hope the club continues to grow! Happy Treasure Hunting!
Hopefully they do allow hunting again in the parks. Maybe there is a class or something people could take to learn the proper retrieval procedure as to make hunting in the park welcomed instead of condemed. Good work on promoting the hobby gang.
good luck on the club
So I see Nicole got her wish. She is the rudest person I have ever met.
Thanks for sharing news of your trips – very interesting to new Yooper prospectors!
Sorry to hear your club initiative didn’t work out. We have an online Tesla turbine builders club with over 1,800 members & often find it hard to jump start the kind of experimentation & focus we’re looking for.
My husband & I live near Munising, MI & have shifted into SERIOUS hobby mode – we now have 3 metal detectors & are looking for places in the Keweenaw to try them out. We’re interested in copper, silver & metals rather than coin shooting at parks/beaches. Any ideas?
Hey is the club back up and running?
For 45 years I have enjoyed this hobby! Another park ntuhing tip is to never cut plugs, especially during dry weather, as it will turn the plug yellow if the plug is too shallow. Use a nylon tipped probe to locate the item, then slip a flat screw driver under the item (careful not to scratch) and pop it up. Or you can cut a slit by moving your probe side to side after locating, then after you retreiving it just press the slit together, VIOLA , no sign that you were even there! Happy Hunting:)
This is a good buy for the price,the GOLD DIGGER does what it claims to do.I took it to a local beach in my area i found htnnaiyg from a penny to aluminum foil,some of the objects was small and about six inches or so deep.You do find a lot of trash but i found it to be very sensitive to objects of all metals when trash eleminator was off,but this way you miss nothing.Also it can detect larger objects at greater depths,it was fun to use and i recommend it to anyone.
Ryan, I may give it another try this summer
Picked up a 34-d Merc and a too green to tell the date wheatie at Pioneer today…she’s still giving it up.
Good going on the Merc dime Jason. I was there Tuesday (10th) and got 2 Lincolns in the teens and a 1905 V nickel.I stayed way back by the tracks and only in the woods.
I’ve tried back in the woods a few times. Never found any coins. Mostly .22 bullets or shell casings. Good find on the V nickel…that’s something neither me or my brother has found yet.
I would love to post this story (about your finding the 1921d mercury dime) on our website (www.whiteselectronics.com) under Customer Stories! Could you email me the story and picture(s)? stories@whiteselectronics.com
Cari
Advertising Dept.
White’s Electronics, Inc.
I am looking forward to attending the monthly meeting on Saturday.
We’ll be looking forward to seeing you there Debbie. Bring your detector and some of your recent finds.
Enjoyed my first meeting, will definitely be back. Yesterday I got called into work to fix a computer problem at 11 a.m. Had some time in between getting it fixed and my waitress shift which began at 3 so I went to Pioneer Trail Park for 45 minutes and found a few zinc pennies, a dime and a few goodies.
A 1923 mercury dime and a 1910 V nickle at the base of a tree.
Not bad for the first hunt of the year. (well second if you count the day of our meeting).
Glad to hear you enjoyed the meeting and congrats on the nice finds at the park. I think there’s a lot of coins left in that hunted out park hey!!
I went back yesterday and hunted over an hour with only a pocket full of pull tabs, rusted bottle caps and pennies to show for it. But I was determined that I wasn’t leaving without a silver or an oldie. Then the last 20 minutes of my hunt I found a buffalo nickle (no date) by the base of a tree in the woods on the north side. Walking back toward my vehicle, I got a mixed signal between 19-24 and 70-82. I couldn’t pinpoint it. I ended up digging 7 pull tabs and a rusted bottle cap out of an 8 inch section before I got a 1953 rosie. Another good hunt! I was happy. :)
Good finds Deb and your also cleaning the junk out of the park……persistence pays off,hey?
Thanks Bill. Good luck to you all in the Copper Country! Wish I could go but getting weekends off is nearly impossible.
Greetings from the Copper Country! I’m really enjoying this website, as it is full of useful tips and strategy. I live in Hancock and am fairly new to metal detecting. I just bought my first detector from Keweenaw Gem and Gift in Houghton. I’m starting small with a White’s Coinmaster. So far I am gathering that parks are the place to be- especially when in search of coin. Are there any members who are from up this far? Maybe someone who wouldn’t mind a partner on an outing? I could use a little help in getting started. Thanks! :)
Hi Hans, We don’t have a member in Hancock but I know of one in the Lake Linden area. I’ll email him and give him your email address and he may contact you. We just got back from a float copper hunt in the Kenton area. You might try looking for float copper in your area, especially if you have access to private land.
Sorry I missed the May Meeting. I had to work at 4 p.m. How was the turnout? What did I miss?
We cancelled the May meeting due to the holiday and high school graduations. Next one is June 16th. It’s posted on the site. I’ll email everyone a few days prior to the meeting.
Thanks for the reply Bill! That sounds great. So far i’ve detected a drained pond in the Copper Harbor area. Found some 60’s clad and a couple fishing spoons, not much else. The exciting part is that i’m the only one to have dug there so far. I’ve only been out a few times though. Still learning my detector. Take care!
My wife and i are about to buy our first detectors and go hunting down here in Menominee
Welcome to the world of metal detecting. After your all set up and running, feel free to join our club based here in Delta county.
Thank you. We did a little bit of hunting at Henes Park and only came up with some scrap metal and a buried coke can. My wife has a short attention span if she isn’t finding anything. I’ll admit, it is frustrating when you cannot find anything.
Don’t give up. I’ve been to that same park and didn’t find much either. Try your own yard or some friends places you can get permission to hunt at. Just practice taking a plug first. Your welcome to come to our next meeting on July 28th at 3 pm at Pioneer Trail park between Escanaba and Gladstone and we’ll gladly give some assistance and answer any questions you may have.
That is very kind of you, thank you. Unfortunately, we will be in Mackinaw City for wife’s birthday that weekend. I know there is a few beaches along U.S. 2 on the way. We might stop at one of those. We went for a few hours today and I picked up a cheap looking earring. We couldn’t dig, otherwise we would have had a lot more stuff. Maybe we can swing up there for the meeting. I am really interested in meeting everyone.
Happy birthday to your wife and good luck detecting on the way to Mackinaw City.Hope to see you all at the meeting.
I will tell her you said that.
Looks like the annual club picnic went really well. Good to see you guys are growing the club.
Thanks Jim. Yeah, it looks like it’s going to keep growing….finally!
Hi Bill,
Will you please post photos of the new club hats?
Thanks,
Andy :)
Yes I will Andy. In the meantime, I’ll send a pic to your email.
Sure was a good time. It’s great to see how the club has grown and I enjoy the time spent with everyone doing the thing I enjoy most. Great job with the club Bill, You sure have worked hard to make it great.
Thanks a bunch Jason, Sometimes it is a lot of work but, it’s worth the effort and it’s something I enjoy doing.
Yep. Winter is here for sure. Now it’s a waiting game until warmer weather rolls back around. It couldn’t happen too soon.
Well Jim, some people look forward to winter and some don’t. If you like snow and cold or go south for a few months, It’s ok. If you just do metal detecting then each winter month seem a lot longer than 30 days.