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As Featured On Ezine ArticlesOver $300 worth of gold found in a local city park!

 (*Current prices it's worth over $800)

It was a typical hot July afternoon in the Arizona desert. The temperature hit the 107 degree mark. We should have followed our fellow man and been in doors under the air conditioner. But the thrill of the hunt for treasure with metal detectors overshadowed the heat.

Myself and a cousin packed our trusty medal detectors and headed for one of the local parks. We were going to coin shooting that day. At least our better sense did prevail.......we stayed out of the hot desert and real close to water and shady trees.

The park we picked was built some 20 years ago, so we knew the coins would not be vintage, but the excitement of finding any coins was fun.

With parks you want to coin shoot under children swings, by refreshment stands, around swimming pools and sports areas.

We had been searching for about an hour. There were all denominations of coins, with the oldest about 20 years old. All toll about $1.55. Not a kings ransom, but the fun and exercise was worth something.

We were about to pack it in and head for one of our watering holes. The last area to be searched was the basketball court. I found a couple of quarters, dime and about 15 pennies. My cousin was searching behind one of the backstops and got real solid hit. Buried about 2 inches was an older 18 karat boys high school class ring with a very large stone.

The gold content alone was worth around $325.00. (*$800) Gold was selling for around $490 an ounce the day he found it. Todays market is over $1,000 an ounce.

We called it a day.

TIP: Make sure you check with the local authorities about using metal detectors in the parks. Most cases you may need a permit from the city, or county.

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As Featured On Ezine ArticlesTurn Your Metal Detecting Hobby into a Business.

In this article we are going to address ways you can use your metal detecting fun into earning some money.

How many times have you heard about someone losing a ring, bracelet or other item of value? They may have lost it in the yard, at church, or some other entertainment activity.

When you hear, read or see someone looking for something they lost, offer your metal detecting service for a fee. The fee could be a flat charge, a percentage of the value of the item. You may want to barter or trade for something.

Start a lost and found business. Let friends and neighbors that you will find lost articles for people who have lost jewelry, keys, or anything they have lost. This could be a good business because most precious items that are lost, individuals cannot put a price on the item.

Metal detecting can be quite a lucrative business if you do it correctly. There's not a lot of competition in this type of business, and in many cases if you satisfy customers the word will spread and people will be calling you.

Assist your local law enforcement agency to locate lost or missing evidence items. Search an area of a crime scene for possible firearm, knife or some other metal item. This tip usually works best in smaller communities. The smaller law enforcement agencies do not have the searching equipment as larger agencies. Also if you have lived in the smaller community for a good length of time, you probably know someone connected to the law system. Ask around. See how they handle searching for metal evidence that is not easily visible.

I bet if you started thinking about ways to earn money with your detector you could come up with a few.

I hope you find these tips helpful and entertaining.

 


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