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Even dateless Standing Liberty quarters aren't easy to find, IMO. (I've yet to get one.) Button appears to be in great shape for being in the ground for who knows how long. Nice to find a meaningful family heirloom as well. Clotheslines are great hunting spots. I've only been able to hunt under 3 of them but two of the three paid off with silver and Wheaties.

You are correct, and I'd have a PI if I wanted to dig 3' holes, but most of the beaches I go to are restricted to 2'. This of course doesn't stop the scofflaws that dig 5 foot pits and leave them 🤪 saw some kids get busted this last time 🤣 I've been looking at the pulse machine with discrimination. 🙂 Guess you could say I'm kinda spoiled by my Deus, I talked to someone afterward and they said that if I was finding deep sinkers in the wet (and I was), that I should have found gold rings if there were any. 🤔 Made a lot of fishermen happy anyway. The F350 Platinum SRW 6.7 can pull 16,000 with ease, my trailer is 13k empty. Add the golf cart and sundries and it's probably near that, but I get about 10mpg on a road trip with it, and about 20 with no towable. I don't fill water, I also pick parks with amenities. It's a short bed so I'm not a fan of back-in parks, opting for pull through instead. Turning isn't much of a risk due to the nose cone on this one, it's much better than the last 40 footer I had, a Keystone Fuzion. I once blew out my back window with that one. 🤬 Bad directions = bad results, and a $700 charge to replace the window. 🙄 Short beds tend to keep putting the trailer in the same spot you backed into. It takes a little more to get them where you want them. I do employ a gooseneck hitch with a 4" extension hitch ball, so it's a little further back.

Thanks Kodiak, yes they seem to be concentrated on one area mainly.

GhostMiner this may be the end of this series but maybe a new one on the horizon? Your writing and story telling keep me wanting more!

Thanks Gents. F350, putting my coil over the spoon was luck. It was a couple of hundred yards away from the actual cellar hole. Doc, I use that big coil like a sickle sometimes. 😁 The extra weight does come in handy. When I complain to myself about the swinging that extra weight, I force my self to remember swinging my old DFX battle ax with the 12" coil. That was just plain unpleasant. Actually I think it feels better to swing the Deus with the 13" coil than it did swinging the DFX with the 9" coil.

There’s at least a few of us waiting to pounce on a Golden uMax that gets listed for sale 🤞🤞

Nice! It’s not an easy task since the wire Tesoro used is so stiff.

I have the Detecting Doodads charging clip as well. I know a lot of people (including myself) have had trouble with shipping and communication after making a purchase from those guys, but I think the clip itself is a big improvement over the OEM one. I've had mine since June of 2022 and its still working great.

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