I found this one in a ww2 foxhole in the ardennes.

2nd century fibula.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibula_(brooch)

How well does an entry level detector work?

Do you have schematics for a detector that works well AND isn't super complicated/ uses IC's and a microcontroller to replace the tons of analog components that most detectors work on?

French ww1 lebel bayonet.

>>133416

I didn't make my detector myself.
I bought a used one for 275 euro.

It's very hard to make a good one yourself.

>>133416
http://www.circuitstoday.com/metal-detector-circuit

16th century religious pendant / medal

Roman silver denarius.

A tiny russian coin from 1902
I have no idea how that got here.

religious medal 1880

The 2nd biggest silver coin I've found.
20 grams.

A nice nazi dog tag.
Too bad it's damaged.

Mills.
Deactivated by my good friend of the french foreign legion.

Sigh. Europe has much cooler yields than the States in this regard.

Biggest silver memorial coin.
26 grams.

>>133438

Then come here.

A clay pipe, approx 1750

Do you ever flip these finds for profit? How much have you made before if so?

>>133442
I won't sell anything yet.

But if I would sell everything I had found, it would be worth like 1500 euros

>>133438
Yeah, no kidding. There's only so many arrowheads and musket balls a person can stand to see.

Some roman coin

>>133444
Well my great uncle and aunt found some WWII era bullet casings on a beach, I think it was in Miami. No idea how those would have gotten there, seeing as how Miami was never invaded in WWII

>>133446

Maybe army training?

This is one of my best copper coins.

>>133446
People are still using WWII weapons and stockpiles of ammunition today. Particularly soviet weapons which are available for cheap.

>>133448
Maybe, sure makes them less interesting of a find though, than if they went through someone's skull.

I should get myself a good metal detector, though not sure what I'd find in Florida, other than arrowheads. Maybe if I', lucky I'll find some coins washed up from a shipwreck, but I'm not gonna hold my breath.

Well, I didn't find this with metal detecting, but in a hidden drawer in our family's cottage.

It was of my great great grandfather, approx 1790.

>>133453

My dad thought it was crap until he saw the inside.

some big roman sestertius.

in this condition it's still worth 150 euros

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faustina_the_Younger

>>133446
A friend of mine has a huge amount of WWII ammo and he still uses it for hunting.

>>133460
Well these ones had some sandstone starting to build around them, and stick them together.

Not sure how old they actually are though.

Hey OP, I've been looking to get into metal detecting, have picked out some good target areas, but now it's just down to buying a metal detector.

What do you recommend?

The soil around here is very rocky/sandy if that matters.

Fuck living in Australia, the Abbos didn't create anything cool I can find in the ground.

>>133462
An Ace 250 is a good entry level detector

>>133453
>>133456
Dude. That watch is worth quite a bit of money. We sold one for $2,100 USD on eBay a few years ago. It was fully working though.

>>133467

Sadly enough it doesn't work anymore

fuck yeah, my heraldic shield from 1556.
The cottage was built too around that time.

I wonder what my ancestors did to receive such a thing.

>>133464
there's plenty of expeditions that went missing in the outback! Not to mention the minerals...

>>133481

here's a picture of the cottage.

>>133481
I wonder what my family's(well one of the family's I'm descended from) crest is, seeing as how I'm actually descended from the Scottish Royal line.

>>133484


There are two ponds that could date back to the iron age as iron quarries
the right pond was made later

>>133485
Can't you look it up in your town hall?


The British were stationed near the cottage with their 25 pdr cannons.

My grandmother got 2 shells for her birthday.

where do you search for these things?
Those denarii must have been really deep in the ground.
I live in Athens and you can find ancient pottery and stuff even in your backyard.

>>133487
Can you do that here in America?

>>133488

most roman coins are 15 - 25 cm deep.
The house of a good friend of my grandfather after a german bomb dropped on it.

Luckily he survived.

>>133489

Oh, america.. I have no idea

Here's my dad with his father holding a gun a long time ago.
Someone burned down a part of the building but has never been caught.

He looks actually quite cool back then.

Some 1920's camera

nazi coins ftw

This picture was made by my great grandfather during his service in the army.

anyone still watching?
And this was my school in the 50's
luckily I graduated several years ago...

Hi OP. Youre the first Fleming I've ever seen on 4chan.

>>133499

I am, I find this cool as fuck, always been into recovering relics of the past.

What are the rules and regulations regarding private property in Europe?

In America, we have to ask for permission, and usually most people are cool with it if you show them the maps and backing up your claim, and offering to split what you find with them, as well as promising to minimize the disturbance to their yards/fields.

Lately though, I've been starting to get more adventurous and wanting to go backpacking out in the woods while metal detecting, cooking my own food, making my own fire, etc.

>>133441
I don't get it. How did you find a clay pipe with a metal detector? I don't know much about this stuff...

>>133502

I didn't find it with my detector, just with my eyes.
>>133501

Yeah, it's best if you ask the owner of the land permission. But if we can't find him or her we just start and try to leave the soil as it was.
that means, always fill your holes again.

Sorry for my bad english.

>>133500

There are alot more

My grandfather and some friends.

>>133511

THE GODFATHER

Some old factory near the cottage.

My grandmother standing with a plane during her first flight to senegal.

Imagine doing that today. You would be arrested for terrorism.

My dad found those other 3 watches too in a hidden drawer.

I found this too, but I cant figure out what it says.
It was somewhere under the floor.
My dad discovered it when he tried to fix the floor because he dropped a kettle on it.

This is a picture of the coal mines of my city made a long time ago. approx 1925
Those structures still stand there today.

a plane during an airshow in my city

those hills in the background look different now.

>>133522
some other planes

Don't you wish you were a soldier back then?

ww1

C'mon guys, post some stuff..

>>133444
never found musket balls. Arrowheads, fossils, and Geodes.- found by looking by hand. (Iowafag reporting in) Only thing found with a metal detector was scrap and trash.

One of my targets, an old map from Pre-1950 showed a building at this exact location, the surrounding crevices lead me to believe it may of been a factory/strip mine.

>>133533

musket balls are trash over here.
they're everywhere

>>133534

Don't get killed by the mutants over there

Found anything actually worth good money?

>>133548
Roman stuff

>>133549
pics or it didn't happen

>>133552


>>133426

>>133411
OP, since metal detecting for artifacts is illegal in your country, I have saved all your images and will report you to the authorities if I ever see any of these items for sale or if I find another way to identify you. You have been warned.

>>133475
It's still worth a good bit. Just remember that in years to come.

>>133555

It isn't illegal.

>>133558
You are so wrong. Go ahead, put some of your stuff up for sale.

>>133559
Why would I?