Its starting to warm up a little. I used to go metal detecting a lot when I was younger but fell off the hobby. I figured my toddler nephew would love digging holes in the dirt and playing with the tools as we hunt for some scrap metal artifacts in the back yard. We had such a great time and I got some good exercise in.
Metal detecting is a finicky hobby, honestly one not really suited for hyperactive children with short attention spans and addictions to instant gratification. There are no gaurentees you will be finding anything in the ground. If you do get a hit you need to get lucky with the plug/hole placement, get lucky its not too deep into rock soil, and just plain old get lucky its even an object you can take out and not some ghost blip in the soil. I’m lucky my nephew is the right age to just enjoy playing with dirt and the rolly-polly pill bugs we dig up.
Given time, effort, experience, and statistical diceroll you’ll eventually find something interesting. Always a great time pulling out an object encrusted in dirt and cleaning it away to find something youve never seen before. He was so excited to pull this out of the ground! We made a racket over it as we raced in to Clean it off and the neighbors dogs were real interested lol. Very nostalgic and special experience that I am grateful to have.
We found a old stake too but that’s not as exciting as this thing. My mom thinks its like a gas valve cover. My dad thinks its a large vehicle fuel cover. I don’t know. Thinking of submitting it o a what-is-this community.
I think were gonna be making lots of holes in the back yard this year! It would be cool get a display case for all our findings even the tabs and aluminum can scraps.
I think you might be right! Had to look up a few more pictures to be sure. Sure enough the back seems to match up with 70s challenger fuel cap! Thank you for the input Nougat! My dad is a big old school car nerd so im sure he has something to say about the 70s dodge challengers.
It definitely is. There’s a part number on the back side that I looked up.
Once again thank you very much for taking time out of your day to look up the stock numbers, I appreciate it! Everyone was very interested to know it came from a charger. Its surprising that gas caps were such huge chunks of metal back then!
Sounds like a great hobby, too bad it is illegal here in Sweden.
Why is it illegal?
Lots and lots of historic artifacts waiting to be found, and they don’t want individuals potentially running off with it, is the explanation I’ve been given previously.
Pretty much yeah, you need permission by the local government (länstyrelsen) to use a metal detector
Lol! This is great pretty much only with a lot more excited incoherent screeching and whooping as we scramble to pull it out of the hole
Best. Aunt/Uncle. Ever.
Thank you dohpaz42 you made my day better! 🫠
I love my adopted nephew and niece they are the closest thing I have to kids of my own. I do what I can to be a part of their life and provide positive experiences. They give a great reason to get out and do stuff/play outside more!
It shows. They won’t necessarily have memories of this — being so young — but you are shaping their very core personalities, and that’ll last a lifetime.
