July was a good month for treasure hunting as you can surmise from the title above. Gold, diamonds and cash, woo-hoo! First of all, the moneywalking continues to impress me. I was able to find 81 coins and two dollar bills on the ground or in machines as I wrote about in a post on July 16. That was good for a total of $10.32 - not too shabby! I try to walk a few miles per day, and this year I combined that with searching for coins along my walks. In 7 months I have found almost $48 in coins and bills laying on the ground or in machines. I have gotten to the point that I expect to find coins now and they continue to turn up.
I took the metal detector out seven times and was able to come up with 213 coins that way. It has been hot, hot, hot this Summer, though, and the ground is pretty well baked dry, so I've had to hunt in playgrounds for the most part, and only for short periods due to the heat. I was able to hunt along an ocean beach last week, and was lucky enough to find a 3-stone diamond necklace in the dry sand. That was a nice find and made the hunt. The Ace 250 detector is pretty limited on the beach, though, it gives a lot of false signals on the wet sand, so I had to stay up on the dry sand. I still was able to find quite a few coins and clean up a lot of pulltabs off the beach.
Of course we both continued to hit the yard sales to see what treasure is out there. I found another gold mesh Whiting and Davis evening bag, strangely enough. This one cost a dollar. I can't believe what people sell stuff for sometimes but the economy is tough and people seem to be clearing out a lot of unneeded clutter. There were some other good finds too, but I can't remember them all now.
Next week is the annual
Shenandoah County 43-mile long yard sale. We will be attending for the 3rd year in a row. It's a lot of fun and great treasure hunting. I will take some pics and write a post here on our adventures. Keep hunting!
I took the metal detector out seven times and was able to come up with 213 coins that way. It has been hot, hot, hot this Summer, though, and the ground is pretty well baked dry, so I've had to hunt in playgrounds for the most part, and only for short periods due to the heat. I was able to hunt along an ocean beach last week, and was lucky enough to find a 3-stone diamond necklace in the dry sand. That was a nice find and made the hunt. The Ace 250 detector is pretty limited on the beach, though, it gives a lot of false signals on the wet sand, so I had to stay up on the dry sand. I still was able to find quite a few coins and clean up a lot of pulltabs off the beach. 
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