What major food groups does your detector like?

[2ndoldman]

The major food groups are
Iron, Brass, Copper, Silver and Lead
There is also the junk food category of zinc, pot metal and aluminum.
And before I get roasted for this I consider gold and platinum to be the desert course.
It has been nothing but rain here today so I thought that some cleaning was in order.
No not floors and dishes.
The type of cleaning that I like, not the wife.
Iron is one of what I consider a food group for the detector.
We all find it whether we run heavy discrimination or not.
Rusty bent nails are a total pain in the butt.
However some rusty iron is cool to find.
And can make a nice display if you clean them up. Speaking of cleaning up rusty items.
Do any of you remember the bolt cutters that I found back in January? Well they are fully functional now. Brass is another one of the food groups that my detector likes.
That old bell was bothering me.
If the patina had been solid. And if the iron clapper had not totally filled up the interior with rust. ]I would have been happy to keep it as is.
However this makes for a much more pleasing display IMHO.
Waxing poetic time is over, it is time for the main event.
Continuing with the thought process, copper is another of the things we find.

[2ndoldman]

Older is always better though. Another high tone target that we all hope to find is silver.

[2ndoldman]

Lead can be a high tone also.
Many times though it is more of a mid tone.
As is the case with many of the old bullets that I find.
It really does not matter what the tone is if you can find a bale seal. It does make you wonder how a customs seal ended up in a schoolyard.
King Edward 1901-1910 Now it is time for the junk food group.
Zinc, pot metal and aluminum.
If it is custom jewelry.
That is not to bad, as long as it has not started to deteriorate. Aluminum can be recycled.
What you get for it means that you have to bring in a tone of it before you made any money on the twist caps and pull tabs.
So we mostly just toss that stuff into the scrap bin.
When you can find a token made of aluminum that is totally a different thing all together.
When I sent these pics to Micheal. He hit the books while I was doing the cleaning.
"Fletcher started his dairy when he came to Victoria in 1922 and sold milk from his Lakehill dairy until 1943.
Rarity was R9 but a few have been found since then.
A very desirable piece."
Before he saw the cleaned up pics.
He followed up with.
"You have the third one found"

[2ndoldman]

And so ends the Metal Detecting Good Food Guide.

[Havenhunter]

Always love your rambles (walk abouts, not blitherings, lol!) and appreciate you taking me along. Thanks, Bruce.

[2ndoldman]

Thank you Deb. It is always a pleasure sharing my ramblings with everyone here.

[BabaORiley]

The cutters cleaned up real nice Bruce. Too bad those old axe heads are so corroded. If in better shape they would probably polish up nicely. I like those old iron axe heads. The brass bell cleaned up well too...

[2ndoldman]

I have found and cleaned up better axe heads before. Each of those better ones are actually now being used again.

[JoshinMO]

You really shine things up Bruce.

[2ndoldman]

Thanks. I like seeing the things that I find looking the way they were when they were lost.

[OBION]

great post, love the bell before and after pics

[2ndoldman]

Thank you. I really like the way it turned out.

[rock ON.]

I really like that bird with the arrow in its beak, kinda fitting for this forum its having better luck than me!

[2ndoldman]

Thanks. That design on the pin is from the Hunger Games.

[willjo]

There is some interesting pieces in the collection of iron tools

[2ndoldman]

I think so too Johnny.

[SDhunter]

Really like seeing your finds