maxxkatt

Yes the xp2.

I was wondering if anyone had this list. I remember seeing a Chase Goldman post that discussed this to some degree but cannot find it anymore. Thanks

in addition to using black sand as a guide to where to dig your gravel for gold panning or sluicing, look for bird or buck shot that is corroded white. They tend to hang out in the same traps in small creeks and branches. Found decent amounts of gold in north georgia using that method with the Fisher gold bug back in the late 1980's.

I would say a very good day indeed. just goes to show you don't always need a $1,600 detector. What you need is a decent detector like the one you own and get out there and hunt. Alas, sometimes I don't even follow my own advice.

These look like meta grain storage bins that were built into the ground. I am assuming for raw materials making moonshine. But I am not sure. I have metal detect a leveled out area upstream about 30 feet and found lots of rusted barrel hoops and a bent U-shaped small gauge rail road track about 4' long. This location is in a forest where an 1840's homesite is located. The still is about 1/2 mile from the house. So the question is were these metal round cylinders used for grain storage or something else? in the last picture you can see other depressions/holes which may indicate there were 5 or 6 storage bins at this location by the creek.

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Metro Atlanta is a tough place to find silver coins. I am looking for good coin or civil war relic hunting spots in metro Atlanta. If you used to hunt these areas back in the 70's and 80's and wouldn't mind sharing the locations, please send me a private message. Thanks

Nobody with experience ever told me metal detecting would be easy, but it sure is a whole lot of fun.

Well that is not what I wanted to hear for the simple reason old beer can ends are very abundant in the CW areas I hunt in urban Atlanta. But fact are facts so I will just dig more trash when hunting relics. Not much different that what I have always done. Thanks

I am rather optimistic. Would like to adjust my relic tones on my XP2 to have a distinct tone on civil war belt buckles. Any know what they ring up or have a XP2 and CW belt buckle to get the TID?

Good luck (not being sarcastic) with the rebuild and upgrade. I have run 7 web sites until recently and crap can happen. I recently move my remaining art web site from one ISP to another to get a better word press front in builder and it was worth it. But now I only have to wrangle one web site. I don't think many of us on FMD will leave because of this incident. We have too much fun jousting with the admins.

very nice year you had there NC. congrats.

Google failed me in my quest for an answer. Modern metal detectors are obviously based on some microchip(s) to be able to do all that they do. So I was wondering what chipset they use and what type of language do they use to make the detector do what it does. I am guessing that this may be confidential company information in some or even many cases and I am not asking anyone to break any laws. I am assuming other than the D2A and A2D chips/circuits it is probably mostly like any other programming language like C++. I know there are some very talented members on this forum who can dive very deep into the weeds in terms of modern metal detector designs.

" After all, just because you own a set of Tiger Wood's golf clubs or LeBron James' shoes doesn't mean you can play like them." That is a thought, maybe Tiger should take up metal detecting and make videos. No doubt in my mind he could sell a ton of them. The guy is a pure marketing machine and for good reasons.

very nice ring find. Rare to find in a field or anywhere besides, volleyball courts, totlots, beaches, swimming hole and parks.