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Archae

(46,262 posts)
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 03:27 PM Jun 2019

Update on my treasure hunting, HOLY SHIT!

There is a "Greek Fest" down near Lake Michigan here in Sheboygan going on, this morning I went there with my metal detector.

Found 3 $20 bills, and lots of coins!

Ran the coins through one of those coin counting gadgets in a supermarket.

Total today:

$122!!!

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Update on my treasure hunting, HOLY SHIT! (Original Post) Archae Jun 2019 OP
Well done! Blue Owl Jun 2019 #1
Hmmm. Were they serving ouzo? shanny Jun 2019 #2
Ouzo will definitely help you "miss" your pockets... Wounded Bear Jun 2019 #3
Hahaha blm Jun 2019 #11
Grateful Dead shows for the "Ground Score" Win! The Figment Jun 2019 #19
👍🏼 blm Jun 2019 #21
it detects paper bills? Kali Jun 2019 #4
That's what I wanna know too. nt procon Jun 2019 #9
No, those I spotted with the Mark 1 Eyeball. Archae Jun 2019 #22
That's great to hear! True Dough Jun 2019 #5
C'mon, man ... who HASN'T lost $60 in Sheboygan in the past week!?! (nt) mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #6
Well I can prove its' mine Dan Jun 2019 #7
lol Demovictory9 Jun 2019 #16
l'm hopping for Tubmans - nt reACTIONary Jun 2019 #34
The first rule of treasure hunting. safeinOhio Jun 2019 #14
this guy scubas where people whitewater raft. he films everything for youtube. he returns phones Demovictory9 Jun 2019 #17
The other half of the first rule is GemDigger Jun 2019 #32
Metal detector is paid for! ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #8
when I first started metal detecting back in the 70's we would hit old BSA camps yaesu Jun 2019 #10
In college TlalocW Jun 2019 #12
I know a college student who found $25 an hour DFW Jun 2019 #18
That would have been a sweet gig TlalocW Jun 2019 #23
My hat goes off to anyone who can do that playing chess DFW Jun 2019 #24
Sweet indeed and smart kids to boot!! nt SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #27
Yeah, they both got a healthy does of someone's genes DFW Jun 2019 #30
Do you do Summerfest? 33taw Jun 2019 #13
Way to go! kooth Jun 2019 #15
A great place to look is at the concession stands at beaches and festivals. Totally Tunsie Jun 2019 #20
Metal detectors that detect $20 bills! Where can I get one of those? Nitram Jun 2019 #25
Wait for the snow to melt after the plows have piled high mounds in grocery store parking lots Freethinker65 Jun 2019 #26
And especially around the bars... 2naSalit Jun 2019 #31
mrs. unblock and i enjoyed "the detectorists" unblock Jun 2019 #28
I'll watch anything with McKenzie Crook. Codeine Jun 2019 #33
When my grandson was little, we used to go searching for a diamond ring. Croney Jun 2019 #29

blm

(112,920 posts)
11. Hahaha
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 04:52 PM
Jun 2019

Reminds me of 80s when some musician friends would ‘scrounge’ after concerts. They always pocketed the most money and best drugs after Pink Floyd concerts.

The Figment

(494 posts)
19. Grateful Dead shows for the "Ground Score" Win!
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 06:29 PM
Jun 2019

I have found some of the most amazing things at and after a Dead show...everything from all sorts of intoxicants,large amounts of cash and some of the best camping gear money could buy.

True Dough

(17,099 posts)
5. That's great to hear!
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 03:38 PM
Jun 2019

Because I lost three $20 bills in Sheboygan a couple of days ago. I'll give you my email address and you can e-transfer that money back to its rightful owner. Your good deed of the day!


Dan

(3,524 posts)
7. Well I can prove its' mine
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 03:48 PM
Jun 2019

Did the $20 bills have Andrew Jackson on one side? If so, then they’re mine...

Demovictory9

(32,324 posts)
17. this guy scubas where people whitewater raft. he films everything for youtube. he returns phones
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 06:17 PM
Jun 2019

he turns in the guns



ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
8. Metal detector is paid for!
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 04:02 PM
Jun 2019

Keep the updates coming. You're convincing me it's a wise investment.

Actually, which metal detector did you spring for?

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
10. when I first started metal detecting back in the 70's we would hit old BSA camps
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 04:16 PM
Jun 2019

, with passes from the council, during the off months. We would find enough coins & medals in one day to fill a shoe box, most over 40 years old. Donated a bunch of the rarer items found to the council museum.

TlalocW

(15,359 posts)
12. In college
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 04:59 PM
Jun 2019

In the mornings before my classes, I would walk off campus to the nearest convenience store to get a newspaper, and I would always have my eyes on the ground because I passed a lot of frats and sororities, and I figured when THESE "Greeks" got sloshed, they would lose money, and I often found some good treasure. Often fives but every now and then a twenty, and for a college student, that's good money.

TlalocW

DFW

(54,058 posts)
18. I know a college student who found $25 an hour
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 06:22 PM
Jun 2019

My daughter found some German lawyer in Washington DC when she was an undergrad, and he hired her at $25 an hour to translate documents, either from German to English or English to German (she is bi-lingual). He ended up using her between 10 and 20 hours a week, and offered her a permanent job when she graduated. She passed, and had to pay taxes on what she earned, but had some serious pocket money when she graduated, and didn't even use a metal detector!

TlalocW

(15,359 posts)
23. That would have been a sweet gig
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 01:38 AM
Jun 2019

But I never had time for a really steady job in college. However, along with "Greek" money, I did use sleight-of-hand to make money (bets) against the bigger assholes in my dorm... especially when they came back from the bars a little schnockered.

Oh, and playing chess every now and then.

TlalocW

DFW

(54,058 posts)
24. My hat goes off to anyone who can do that playing chess
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 02:23 AM
Jun 2019

In college, one of my two roomies and I used to play chess (not for money) and it nearly got me killed once (not by him). Long story. They had (with the best of intentions) invited me to a party where people of my pigmentation were apparently not welcome.

My wife, who is German, and I took great pains to purposely raise our daughters bilingually. It turned out to help one of them slightly when looking for a job, and with the other one, it turned out to be her key to some serious (now mid to high six-figures yearly) earnings. She got her first taste of how valuable a commodity it can be when combined with a decent degree. She graduated magna from what is considered to be a "second tier" law school in the States. She is plenty smart, but her English wasn't quite good enough to understand every word on the LSATs, and that is apparently the only thing law schools look at in the USA. The "top" ones told her to fuck off. After three years of law school, she knew every word in the law dictionary. She graduated at the end of the Cheneybush recession, and there was no work to be had in her field (international law) in DC, NYC or Boston, so she went to a job fair in Frankfurt to try her luck. She liked the Frankfurt arm of a British law firm, but they said they were only looking for someone with specific qualifications. They needed someone who was fluent in English and German, had EU working papers but a US bar exam. She said, "here I am." They started her at €85,000 and she never looked back. Head hunted at 29 by a New York firm for THEIR Frankfurt office, and became their youngest partner ever at age 31.

All that--inspired by a chance meeting with a German lawyer in Washington who was willing to pay $25 an hour for a skill that wasn't easy to come by. That was one sweet gig indeed.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
20. A great place to look is at the concession stands at beaches and festivals.
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 06:37 PM
Jun 2019

People leave the counter with their hands full, and it's too much of a pain to chase after loose change. As a kid, it was a great way to make some money along with returning bottles for refund. It sure beat my allowance!

2naSalit

(86,072 posts)
31. And especially around the bars...
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 03:49 PM
Jun 2019

I found a $50 bill one Sunday morning right outside a bar, all wadded up in a snowbank. Even more once the snow melted.

Croney

(4,646 posts)
29. When my grandson was little, we used to go searching for a diamond ring.
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 02:34 PM
Jun 2019

That was always our goal, to find a diamond ring. One day we found a dime and a plastic toy ring. I told him we did it! We found a dime n' ring! He loved it.

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