I`ve seen people on beaches and in the parks,etc. with those precious metal detectors and wondered if they were finding anything worth their while, so one day I asked one fella who was pretty busy at it, and he politely answered: "not yet." so I`m just curious to know if there`s anyone out there who has. and what?
2006-07-12 16:18:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
Oh MY "GOODNESS" you all really are schooling me today, it`s never too late to learn something, and I sure do "Thank you" all ever so kindly, I wiill never forget what a geiger counter is now, and what it is`nt, not a Metal detector
2006-07-12 16:51:26 · update #1
Thanks again lol, for the correction,and for inspiring me to perhaps run out and get me a metal detector. (see I got it right this time).
2006-07-12 17:58:31 · update #2
those are metal detectors and yes I found diamond rings, watches, cannon balls from the civil war, coins, ...a Geiger counter measures radiation
2006-07-12 16:25:32 · answer #1 · answered by milton1007 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Oh , by the way they're not geiger counters. They are as you say in the details just metal detectors. Geiger counters are used to detect radioactivity.
My dad used to do this 20+ years ago and actually would find a few semi-precious coins once in a while. Like old silver dollars and quarters. He'd go to a park right smack in the middle of a pretty well developed suburban area near Chicago called York Woods.
2006-07-12 23:30:03 · answer #2 · answered by Ron Allen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Metal detector, Sweetie. But, yeah, I found a 14 K gold ring with a 1/2 C diamond a long time ago. Turned out to be worth about 500 bucks. Kept it until my house burned down and it burned with it.
2006-07-13 00:00:31 · answer #3 · answered by The Nana of Nana's 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, you mean metal detector. Don't know. Don't have one.
Have heard stories about people finding VERY EXPENSIVE wedding rings and watches however.
2006-07-12 23:25:25 · answer #4 · answered by sandblast_dude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋