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Cal_Cobra

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  1. I've used a red LCD detector screen and it works great. The military uses red during their ops missions.
  2. The EQX800 has been good at sniffing out old silver on edge for me.
  3. This is a good test site for you as you know it well from years of detecting it. Almost as if it's a controlled environment, great to test new machines, you know the ground, EMI, iron, etc. I have some sites like that, well beaten, you know there's more there, will a different detector take it to the next level?
  4. TomCA's been using those old surveyor map cabinets for storing and displaying his notable finds, it is a perfect setup for RIker case storage and display.
  5. Well done! Love the Spanish ones, those are [oddly] rarely found out here. Given the reales that are found, you'd think they'd turn up more.
  6. I think those largies are in every tot-lot and sand box on the east coast 😅 More gold coins are found out west than large cents.
  7. Congrats, that IS a bobby dazzler! You just found 5.86 grams more gold then they've found on Oak Island in the past ten years 🏆
  8. He'll get a 1099 on the entire amount, up to him to do the accounting on his 1040 when the IRS come calling. Still a tidy profit if he plays his cards right, and the buyer doesn't flake out.
  9. One thing the school of hard knocks has thought me, is not to take someones "kill-joy" antics too seriously 🧐
  10. You're exactly correct. Had I no idea that the Manticore was coming, and they announced the Equinox 900, I'd be perfectly happy to upgrade from the Equinox 800 to the 900. I'm still considering selling my tried and true EQX800 and buying both the EQX900 and Manticore. I already have all the coils available for the Equinox line which will work on the EQX900, and it would make a great backup machine to the Manticore.
  11. Yes and the seller will also have the "privilege" of paying Uncle Sam taxes on his sale. For 2022 tax season eBay will 1099 any sale over $600, and for the 2023 tax season eBay will 1099 cumulative sales over $600.
  12. I'm going to upgrade to the iPhone 14 over the holidays, but I currently have the iPhone 8+ and had downloaded Google offline maps in case we'd lost cell service. It was helpful, but the old satellite view didn't prepare us for what the previous days flash floods had left behind. The old dirt road we were trying to take to get back to our vehicle had been washed out, was literally a 15' wide river and the other side of the road was a 15' tall 90 degree angled ascend, so we were unable to get across that and had to cross country around to find a new route out. Tom and I definitely need to get better acquainted with using GPS/mapping tools on our phones. What is the "satellite text feature" ?
  13. Thanks! Yeah the ebikes are like 60lbs. They're basically electric dirt bikes, but yes they are heavy, and that's not an advantage. They do make carbon fiber ebikes that are half the weight, but at 3-4x the cost (and these were already expensive in my book). 19lbs sounds a lot better! I'm sure 5-10 years from now ebikes will be far better - lighter, stronger, better battery range and less expensive, at least I hope so. These aren't bad, but they have their pros and cons.
  14. Thanks Chuck! I love finding rings too. Funny you should ask what makes it a trade ring 🙂 Years ago Tom and I hunted a site and I found a similar ring, and when I showed it to Tom he quickly dismissed it as a "Cracker Jack toy" 🤬 I disagreed, as looking at it close it had that crude, pre-industrial revolution construction look about it. One day I was on a fur trade forum and low and behold people were posting rings that looked identical, so I posted mine. They confirmed it was a 1700's to early 1800's trade item. I've since found several more at various sites. The one I posted is from an early trading post/stage stop site, so no doubt it's a trade ring. Unfortunately I don't think it'll clean up any better without compromising the metal. Some areas had alkali soils, which isn't kind to a lot of metals 😞 Lace up boots above the ankles....ouch! That's what I was wearing when I crashed, maybe that kept my ankle from getting jacked up worse?
  15. Thanks! I told Tom that we've had so many crazy adventures we should write a book some day haha
  16. Thanks! Definitely won't be ebiking through the desert like a horse with no name in the dark again 😏
  17. Really nice buttons George! I dug this British Officers Royal Navy cuff from 1812, out west no less:
  18. Nice job! Wow that is a lot of buttons, maybe a G.W. button is out there eh 🤔 That trigger looking thing looks more like an early car or tractor part to me.
  19. Thanks for looking. I know the EQX800 better than the Legend, and because this was a recon trip with time being at a premium, I decided to use what I knew best. Honestly iron and depth weren't an issue here, heck a Bounty Hunter would do the job here, it didn't require the power of the Legend.
  20. Ironically Tom dug the seated half dime right next to where I'd parked my bike 🤔 We find a lot of those rivets. I think at least some of them are from horse tack as I've dug a few with leather straps still attached.
  21. The other side of the religious medallion has a design around the edge, but the rest is plain. The image is definitely worn down, looks like it was worn for a long time before the loop at the top finally gave way. I like the flint knapped bottle base too, just not something you run across.
  22. Thanks for looking. This is only the second almost complete clay pipe I've found out here. I've found a few stems and fragments here and there, I'm sure they're out there, but probably underground with the relics.
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