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It is a special privilege to be able to hunt old family sites & recover some of your past.

Great report and nice weather. Sounds to me like a good deep PI machine would be better for gold in the wet on those beaches....That is a massive RV home to pull , along with your truck. Do you ever get into trouble towing it ? Difficulties , turning , parking , etc , or are you just used to it ?

Some of the coins my friends/customers have dug over the years. A few caches, were recovered, some small, some large, but I do not post those. One thing I dislike seeing on video's: rubbing the dirt off vintage coins! Big NO-NO! If by the rare chance you ever dig a rare, key date coin, you can damage the value considerably by rubbing the dirt off the coin. I carry empty pill bottles with a dozen cotton balls stuffed inside. Each old coin gets placed between a cotton ball, dirt and all until I get home. At that time, I soak each coin in hot, soapy water for 10 or more minutes until all the dirt (all dirt contains micro-sand particles) falls off. I then lay the coin on a dry paper towel and fold enough of the towel to pay dry, still never rubbing, in case micro particles are still attached. Once you discover the date, type and other information, you can determine what your next move will be. Same goes for many delicate Revolutionary/civil war relics, especially 2-3 piece buttons.

And I thought the red light meant the collection bag was getting full & was activated by less suction due to getting full. D4G

I would class this ring as a Patriotic motif. A common design during times of war, especially during the 1861-1865 affair. I've seen several dug from Union camps and although similar, none were identical, being manufactured by Jewelers in local towns. What do the sides look like?

That's not too shabby. Well done. D4G

Two nice coins, congrats!

I would consider the Garrett Infinium with the 8" round mono. Ground balancing PI that handles mineralization well and is not sensitive to small gold targets. Hard to find a good used one these days....... -Jerry

Can't go wrong with a Safari for $200. You could sell just the Pro coil and shafts for $200.

My favorite FBS coil for deep coins is the NEL Tornado. I also like the 15" Coiltek WOT; but, it is too heavy for continuous use. The Sun Ray X1 probe is great for chasing deep coins. I probably own half a dozen of them. The Garrett Propointer is faster for finding shallow coins; however, the discrimination of the Sun Ray probe is ideal for deep coins. If you have a deep silver coin in the hole, the probe will let you know in advance and put you on notice to dig carefully to avoid damaging the coin. Conversely, if you're chasing deep iron, the probe will let you know to stop digging. If you have a mix of coin and iron, the probe will let you know if the coin is in the hole or in the plug. It's a fantastic time saver.

Thank so much Tahoegold.

Thank you a whole bunch.

Thank you very much.

Thanks for reading the journal. RVPOPEYE IN THE HOUSE.

Many thanks to you.

I'm in Nevada, not Nevada County, California. Sorry, but I am not up on what groups or clubs might be in the area.

Just got a Safari to check out: What is the BEST coil for DEEP Coins from any manufacturer? Was the Sun Ray Probe worth having as compared to the Garrett Carrot? I've used older detectors from Compass years ago, so heavy won't be an issue. Despite the Safari being SLOW, I'm ok with that too and though most manufacturers instruction booklets tell you to swing off the ground and rather quick, I swing slower and scrub by trade. I use the original Simplex as my main machine and this type of shooting has not hurt me judging from the finds I have made, some at 9"+ depth using the SP22 coil. I have read that some people used an oscilloscope to prove FBS was putting out only 2 frequencies, but those frequencies must be low enough to make this what others called it a Silver Vacuum. Heading out this week for the first time with it and will update if I find anything at my old haunt 🙂 Thanks for reading: SF

Hi Tom. The point of my experiment, was to see if my ring to trash ratio would be much better if I used that notch method, instead of the dig all method. As it stands now, the answer to that is a resounding "Yes". For whatever reason, there is very little can slaw in my hunting grounds. Regardless, I don't understand what can slaw has to do with notching out the numbers that in my experience, are pull tabs and small foil 99.9% of the time. For example, I've dug hundreds of 28/29 on my Legend, and it's always been a rectangular pull tab. The odds are extremely remote that a gold ring will ID at 28/29 compared to those tabs. By ignoring 28/29, I stand a much better chance of finding a gold ring in the numbers above and below 28/29.

Hello All, I know its a 4 year-old post, but I just got a Safari. My son has the Vanquish 440 and I have the original Simplex. We both get good stuff and once in a while we'll call the other over to see what an iffy target on our machine registers on the other. He's 14 and has found 3x large Cents 1800-1817, Connecticut Copper 1787, 1876 Seated Dime, 1777 two-Real, etc.. So there's NO feel sorry for him on days where I get something. We've been hitting this one place for roughly a year and finally things are dwindling down. We both hit various coins at and up to 9 inches. We've measured items visible in the hole but not removed. I wanted to get something a bit different and saw an Explorer SE. The guy selling was really questionable at best, so I didn't buy. Unable to find something similar, but not too expensive, I got a Safari for $200.00 . Haven't taken her out yet, but will this week. I saw some settings that were preferred by previous owners. I'm looking for straight up depth. While I'm suppose to be swinging the Simplex off the ground and moderate speed, I have always used it like my older machines in a slower scrubbing manner. It does NOT seem to be affecting finds. Just my 3-cents ...

Thank you Ghostminer for sharing an incredible story. Have been with you from day one. Take care

That's a fact for certain and I agree 100% my friend. I do the same in many ore dump piles and hydraulic pits as well. Glad to know you are open to a variety of detector tools for some of their capabilities, as many people seem to wear blinders. I was one who wore such blinders and thought if I ran my big expensive PI over an area, I had no need to go back over with a VLF. That thinking cost me some amazing missed gold at a few locations. When in happens 1 or 2 times for a small piece of gold, it's easier to just say "he got lucky". When it happens more than a few and those are multi ounce $5000+ pieces of gold...It most certainly catches ones attention in a sick feeling bad way. I learned to accept change and different detector tools for the various kinds of gold out there. Luckily for me, and even though it was costly error on my part, I learned to take the blinders off. This "Golden Oreo" was recovered 2018 in old workings full of man-made iron with a VLF using Iron ID and VDI #'s. I actually started hunting the site in about 20 yrs ago using GP-3000 with very little Success at gold. Boy did I dig my share of deep iron targets. This location was one of those that produced 1 decent find for every 5 days of hunting. I used some of the newer PI's when the GPX series came out and did a little better, but still so much deep iron. Then when the Equinox came out in 2018 and I learned it's ID system, I knew where I wanted to go. Those same sites have really been "Golden" for me in so many ways.

I notice that of the 5 rings, none were gold. Right ? When it comes to gold rings and notching (in and out of certain coordinate #'s), in the old days this was known as "Ring Enhancement programs". But you can throw the programs out the window if you're in a park where lawn-mowers have made can slaw of aluminum cans. The trick only works if your location has commonly recurring junk items. But not if mowers have chopped things into confetti. Then you can kiss Las Vegas odds goodbye at trying to get gold rings. You'll be condemned to 100s & 100s to 1 odds.

Grampas house was torn down 20 years ago, but the land is still in the family. Every now and then I drop by and detect a section of the property. The lot is loaded with old iron. Its a test of my patience detecting there. I was using the Manticore with m8 coil, General program, sens 18, speed @ 8. The quarter was about 6" deep, notice the iron stains. Date is worn off. The button read out in the quarter range, bouncing from 86 -92, 7"-8" deep. My grampa was in world war 1, the button was made by the American button co. The company was in existence from 1902-1920. I have a hunch it came off his army coat, but its only a guess. But its a neat find. The button was in the area of where I remember the clothes line to be. I have also found a crotel bell , and a half dozen wheats. The property has been in the family about 120 years. I'm normally a coinshooter, but these family relics are interesting!. I also have a nice collection of nails and spikes, which I'd rather not find! It comes with the territory.

Doc, Glad to see you have expanded a Prospectors Nugget holder. You certainly have gone through a variety throughout the years. Those old kangaroo scrotum sacks were ideal in the day; they just hang/dangle most everywhere and always gets the craziest looks. On a rare occasion, the ladies would actually go up and touch them.🤣 Below was your design back in the day. Then years later someone upgraded to a more handable style. I feel sorry for the mate who had to go collect a new dozen after selling out.😆 Eventually you changed to the desert green golden clam. I enjoyed it much more often and recommended to many of my customers during our group training session. One issue was color as I actually lost one on the side of a hill one time and it had a half dozen nuggets from Sawtooth. It took me a couple hours to find it, thank the lord. The other issue with the common golden clams is size. On a rare occasion, a guy enjoys a bigger golden clam to hold his trophy. As you can see in the pics, those small ones (even though more convenient most of the time) just quite not a good fit,, especially if rigid and rough, it takes a lot work and time to get it in. I never did get the one below to fit. The yellow version clam... is quite inviting and can easily be seen from distance, but as you see in the pic, even a smooth one with a little more than average size, is a tough fit. Eventually, I managed to work it in, though. I think the old timers would probably have used something similar to this. Not much with girth but the length is manageable to most. Just think how many of those are out there in the field holding someone's nuggets? One of my Field Staff, he's an expert at big and deep. He just carries his around in his hand. As I mentioned, he likes big and deep. This time, he couldn't even carry it around in his hand. You know me, always a mouthful and more than many can handle. On a side note, wonder how much gold this old beauty carried? You disappointed me a little, Doc. So many of your inventions has catchy names. Well, I'm giving you the permission to call than new one "The Golden Clam, it holds a variety of sizes of most Prospectors nuggets". If this does not drum up some business for you my friend, not sure what will. Happy Swinging.

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