Metal Detecting: My Best Finds
A Few Finds Representing Treasure Hunting, Coin Shooting and Relic Hunting
Since I began metal detecting in 1993, I have recovered thousands of various coins and artifacts. A few remarkable ones rightfully deserve to be placed in this section.
In Brief:
by Sergei UpstateNY, last time modified:
Before 2001 when I got my first digital camera, I seldom took pictures of my metal detecting finds including the most outstanding ones. Now I wish I photographed most of them during the moments of their discovery and afterwards!
But I was too excited metal detecting to think about capturing my cool finds on film. Another reason it did not happen was a 35mm film camera I had back then, which would not let me take good pictures of finds due to its technical limitations, e.g. inability to handle macro-photography.
Nothing to say about having only 36 exposures in a roll of film! Not to waste too many of them, I had to put a lot of time and effort into the process of photographing coins and relics. So I did not bother. I deeply regret it now.
In 2001 I began taking pictures of finds on regular basis. Since then, many outstanding "keepers" have gotten "caught in my net", and I sure thing have photographed them all.
But now, while creating this section, I realize how hard it is to choose the "best finds" from the wide spectrum of the unearthed items including both American and foreign coins, relics from French and Indian, Revolutionary, and Civil War time periods, artifacts from World War I and II, medieval coins and relics, etc.
What criteria can be used for the best finds' selection? Basically the best finds could be determined by their historic, artistic, or monetary values. I thought about that and decided to follow one simple principle of selection: the best finds could be those that gave me a thrill when I realized what I found!
Above there is a list of pages describing my best finds - items that I found between 1997 and 2010. I hope that they bring you some excitement and inspiration!
