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This was my first hunt. I spent about two hours at a recreational park and got a variety of things; mostly coins. This first object looks to be a rock but is very heavy for its size. Maybe two - three times the weight a rock of that size would be. I am trying to determine what it is comprised of.
I found quite a few coins, but in one spot I think i found about 8.
I checked the dates, nothing before 1952 and nothing after 1989,..so I think 1989 is probably when they were left. They were pretty deep, nothing was found above 4 inches.
I need some help though. Just as I was getting ready to leave I got a hit about 6 inches deep. I dug up an object very heavy for its size. Its rather rounded on one side and had a more flatter side on the back. I honestly dont know any more details besides it being really heavy. See attached image.
The other objects were a fishing weight, what looks to be some sort of hinge, or part of a lyre and finally what looks to be part of a bullet but not sure.
Overall I had a great time. It was starting to get dark, but I have so much more to dig there.
Any ideas on the heavy object?
So for about the past 10 years, I always thought it would be fun to have a metal detector. Finding things buried in the earth, not knowing what it is until you finally find the little bugger is something cool to me. I just cached in some Foxwoods Dream Points for a new Bounty Hunter Quick Draw II metal detector and it just arrived through FedEx. I have been reading and watching videos on metal detecting to get a head start and have learned many things so far. My first trip was today, July 10th, on old farm land. It just started to rain shortly before I got there but once it slowed down, I tried it out. What I learned very quickly was, this is not going to be easy. Out of everything I have read, one thing I over looked was how ore it would make you. But this is good, it keeps you active.
I turned it on and started down by a little creek. Right away I got a ding. I looked at the LCD and say it was 2 inches below the surface, on the low end of the spectrum. I finally found the object and noticed it was a bolt. Neat. I have much to learn about how to discriminate certain objects and how to make the metal detector do most of the work, and not me.
This first trip was just a test. I wasnt expecting to get much, but I was able to experience and learn many things. Some things I took away: Being water. Wear old clothes. Keep your loot bag closed - If you kneel down and get up and kneel and get up you can spill your loot. I ended up there for about 1 hour because it started to rain again, but ended up getting some interesting thins.
My final findings for my first day was: A bolt. A large screw. A quarter sized piece of Iron. A fairly new quarter and two new pennies. Nothing of value but worth learning the tool I was working with.
I will post some pictures soon..
Since starting with AdSense in 2007, I have learned quite a bit about optimization, placements, what to do and what not to do. This is my 4th check from them, each one bigger than the last. I have had a goal for a while now to make $100.00 a month and I just achieved that goal in September. The reason my check was released at $586.00, was because there is an option in AdSense to hold the checks back until you would like to release them.
My next check I hope to make $110.00 for the month of October, and have it released at $800.00. This month is good so far, I have had 2 days over $5.00 coming from MyDentify.com, which is good as the typical day average is $2.00.
MyDentify (My Business Directory) Is by far my most consistent AdSense performer. It currently has over 12,000 user submitted links, hundreds of link sales, increasing web traffic, and is expanding every day.
I’m trying to come up with some new ideas on how to improve it right now, I sense a “Holiday Promotion” coming up in the near future. Be on the lookout around Thanksgiving and Christmas for some free links into the directory.
What did I do with my $586.00 from my Google AdSense Check? I added it to my website budget. All money I make with my websites, goes right back into them. Making them stronger. I purchased a game website a few months back, but it may not have been the best choice for an AdSense site, as that niche is low paying in clicks. ho knows, I might buy something else soon to make up for it.
AmericanEskimoZone is my next promising website for Google AdSense. I have roughly 20 unique articles written, and as we know Google loves that. I hope to get 20 more by the end of October. The clicks I have received on the ads thus far have been decent. And by decent I mean over $0.70.
Looks good to me! If you have any suggestions or feedback, please let me know. I would be glad to hear.
Well, I have started the game of buying and selling websites. I just purchased King of Arcades - kingofarcades.com last week. It is a flash gaming website with over 2,400 flash games. It is receiving decent traffic from a variety of sources, both organic search traffic, social bookmarking traffic and man other sources. It has a lot of work to be done on it. My goals are to buy and sell sites for profit, of course that is the idea,..right? This is the first stepping stone in what I plan to do. The King of Arcades has a Page Rank (PR) of 2, so I will be doing link exchanges to build up my PR, to one day be able to sell links on my site like I do with MyDentify, my business directory
AmericanEskimoZone is really starting to pick up traffic and it is not even complete yet. I really hope people do not get disappointed seeing a few broken links. I plan on completing this project within the next 2 months. Serious content needs to be added for me to be satisfied. It is starting to show a great potential for what it can be. I just need some time to work on it. There will be some serious content additions fairly soon, as referral keywords are inspiring me to create content based on what users are searching for.
I have been running a New Years promotion on MyDentify.com now for about a week and it has been a huge success so far. There have been over 1,000 user submitted links, and users have requested 5 new categories to place add their link to. Currently the promotion is, free links into the directory, which is normally $5.99. Featured links remain the same price at $22.99. But evey free link entered, counts as 1 ticket to win 5 featured links. I made a few changes to the website, removing the bottom ad unit, larger font sizes on paginated pages, just some minor appearance things that have been bugging me for a while.
I have wanted to buy a proxy for a long time now, but its a very large server hog, so I might stay away from that for a while. My web budget is starting to expand with revenue from MyDentify and my other revenue streams so who knows what the future will bring. As long as I stay focused, it should be nothing short of my goals.
I just want to say a big thank you to Mashable.com. I entered a contest on why I want a Streamy invite. I guess I was one of the lucky winners. I really appreciate this. You guys at Mashable are great and I have been watching you grow over time. You rock Mashable! If you want to check out the official Mashable contest, you can take a look at it here.
For those of you who don’t know what Streamy is,…well its supposedly a Digg killer and it is a really nicely put together environment. Its currently in private beta.Read, share and discuss the best stories on the Web. Our goal is to evolve the way you read and interact with news. Streamy consolidates the stories, sites and people you care about into a real-time experience. We are currently in private beta. If you’re interested in helping us test our products, please let us know.
If I get any spare invites and anyone wants one, let me know.
Hi im Tim and I love to do experiments and take adventures online. Professionally I am a Digital Media Producer out of Boston, MA and design, develop and produce interactive media.