Jump to content

Leaderboard

Popular Content

Showing content with the highest reputation on 03/30/2021 in all areas

  1. I normally don't dig for bottles but when my Brother-In-Law told me about all the glass they were seeing at this site, I decided to go take a look. The site dates from and the bottle we were digging are from 1850's to about 1900. Nothing real valuable came out but there were some real heartbreakers (broken bottles) like log cabin bitters, California bitters and a few others. We also recovered marbles, coins and tokens, but nothing real exciting to mention specifically. We used a trenching method to recover the bottles. There was about 8-10 inches of topsoil then a layer of trash that extended down to about 3 feet deep. We would dig about a 3 foot by 3 foot hole straight down and then start trenching and backfilling as we went. Between the 4 people that were there I would guess we recovered about 150 bottles. I will say I'm feeling it this morning after digging about 9 hours over the weekend. Hope to get back there again next weekend and I'll post my finds of that trip next week. Pictured below are the bottles I recovered.
    15 points
  2. Only an Aussie could pull this one off! A true story from the Mount Isa in Queensland. Recently a routine Police patrol car parked outside a local neighbourhood pub. Late in the evening the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so intoxicated that he could barely walk. The man stumbled around the car park for a few minutes, with the officer quietly observing. After what seemed an eternity and trying his keys on five vehicles. The man managed to find his car, which he fell into. He was there for a few minutes as a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off. Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on and off (it was a fine dry night). Then flicked the indicators on, then off, tooted the horn and then switched on the lights. He moved the vehicle forward a few cm, reversed a little and then remained stationary for a few more minutes as some more vehicles left. At last he pulled out of the car park and started to drive slowly down the road. The Police officer, having patiently waited all this time, now started up the patrol car, put on the flashing lights, promptly pulled the man over and carried out a random breathalyser test. To his amazement the breathalyser indicated no evidence of the man's intoxication. The Police officer said "I'll have to ask you to accompany me to the Police station - this breathalyser equipment must be broken." "I doubt it," said the man, "tonight I'm the designated decoy". Do you have a designated drive (not decoy) system in USA.
    14 points
  3. When you are pushing the edge, thatโ€™s the trade you make, and probably where Equinox gets its particular edge. Itโ€™s hard to get the best performance while also being stable. The Apex is priced such that stability makes sense, as it is more likely to hit first time users. The Equinox chirpiness puts some people off, but learning to ride the edge with a little noise is where I get what advantage I might have when it comes to detecting. Apex is a trained horse, where Equinox is more bucking bronco.
    7 points
  4. Funny how different people like different things. I really like the rod on the Apex, though Garrett could upgrade the twist locks. Only brand Iโ€™ve seen where those have to be assembled on arrival. But once done, they work. I think the rod is exceptionally stout, no wiggle. The grip and my hand get on just fine. I prefer S rods on detectors under three pounds, so good there. There is actually very little not to like about the Apex, and I am happy to hear this one had a bad coil. My own use of the Apex has been pretty positive, and had me scratching my head in puzzlement at some of the negative reports. Batch of bad coils? Anyway, good news, and inspired me to order my own 5x8 Ripper coil this morning. From my use, that seems like it would be a perfect match for the machine.
    7 points
  5. Good news, I have eventually received my Apex back from the European Garrett support ... ๐Ÿ™‚ My seller ( Bruno at Lutece detection in Paris ) told me that the pb ( false signals etc see above ) came from a faulty coil . So I received my Apex with a brand new Viper coil , plus a 5X8 Ripper coil that Bruno asked me to test. I decided to restart the tests from the beginning with the static tests on my tests boxes / different targets at different depths. The results were good for both coils , but I decided to try first the Ripper in the field , because I have been very impressed by its light weight ( 330g instead of 400g for the Viper ) and I like light machines ... And also because in france we often detect in iron infested sites , the Viper is a little too big for that and for me the Ripper has the perfect size for searching small/very small coils in nail beds .. So I went to one of my favorite testing locations , a wood near a small town . The soil there is infested with iron trash dating from the medieval up to modern times. A very good place for testing machines in a very difficult iron trashed environment. I will give more details in a new thread , but to summarize the Apex + Ripper have done an excellent job ๐Ÿ™‚ . First the Apex has an excellent iron filtering , it was almost silent on the nail bed , just beeping on the good targets , very impressive . The Apex is also very fast , it is much more reactive than a Vanquish or even an Equinox . The signals on targets are very sharp and accurate , perhaps a little too sharp btw , but it is just a matter of getting used to the audio I think . Also the wireless headphones MS3 Zlynk are excellent , no latency and very reliable. For info I used the MF mode during all this test No treasure found during this short outing, mainly 1st WW rubbish , but again I have been very impressed by the Apex with the ripper coil. Clearly at Garretts they have designed/tested the Apex to work on high iron trash environments., as stated in their Apex marketing brochure. And it looks like they have done a very good job ... Just a few things that I do not like , for example the shaft which is clearly outdated Now I need to confirm all this and detect more hours with the Apex to check that everything is ok , no more falsing etc , I will detail all this in the new dedicated thread ... A few pics below , the Apex with a Quest X5 , the Viper and the Ripper coils , the Apex + Ripper weight , and the wood ..
    6 points
  6. Not far from here is an old town on the north fork of the Feather River with a fabulous history. One of the few residents there posted a sign "Welcome to Rich Bar. A quaint drinking town with a mining problem". I, being a very self disciplined prospector, only drink when I'm depressed because I found no gold or when I celebrate because I found gold.
    5 points
  7. This is where having a relationship with a good dealer pays off. Weird. I pounded the table for this 5x10 coil from day one, but I guess when I gave up a year ago, after waiting over two years, I really just gave up. I might end up with one someday, but after three years, I find I donโ€™t care that much any more. In sales itโ€™s important for manufacturers to be there when the customers wants them. Timing. For coils, Minelab, and I, timing has been a miss more often than not as of late. I sold my GPZ 7000 due to lack of coils, and these coils I did without long enough that I can probably continue to do so. If there is one area Minelab is really irritating itโ€™s best customers, itโ€™s coils.
    5 points
  8. Me and my buddies did back when we were in the Army. It wasn't the police that worried us too much back then it was our First Sergeant. He made it very clear what would happen if we got thrown in jail. He had this 4 foot by 4 foot hole 3 feet deep. Your punishment was to move that hole until he got tired of telling you where he wanted it this was after your regular duties plus whatever crap he had for you.
    5 points
  9. Yes .. They are Russians ... who make these modifications to the coils on Equinox .., I give a link to this page ... it's an interesting option in case .. if you need a coil of a certain size .. http://foxmd.ru/index.php?route=product/category&path=20_44_93. ....On the other hand, there is Coiltek who started producing 3 new different large coils for Equinox ...- you are buying a new coil ... without additional costs.
    4 points
  10. You got that right, Steve. Thanks to Keith at Ft. Bedford Detectors. Testing the 10x5 out this week. So far I love this thing... Since I now have a decent multipurpose compact coil and not a ridiculous hockey puck on my collapsible Equinox backpack rig, I see a 6 inch round coil ending up on the classifieds very soon.
    3 points
  11. Since the pinpointer will react to any change in ground phase above it's initial refrence point (established when you turn on the pinpointer), about the only conclusion you can draw from your observation is that the clay probably has a higher degree of ground reactivity than your topsoil. However, whether that reactivity is due to ferrimagnetic mineralization (most likely) or another mineral, the type of ferrimagnetic mineralization (magnetite, the most common, or maghemite), and the absolute level of mineralization (none, low, medium, high) is anyone's guess. The only way to know for sure is to use a standalone mineralization meter or a detector with a built-in mineralization meter that indirectly measures magnetite levels in soil such as the higher end Fishers and Teknetics detectors, Deus, and some of the Noktas like the Simplex. HTH.
    3 points
  12. Wish I'd heard of this scheme while still in high school.
    3 points
  13. Yes it is for me what makes the difference for me beween the Apex and the ML mulifreqs ( Vanquish , Equinox , Etrac ... ). the Apex is almost silent in high iron trashed areas while the MLs are noisy and quite unstable there . On the other hand the MLs seem to be deeper than the Apex on big coins in low/medium iron trashed areas
    3 points
  14. Nice looking bottles, was it an old junk yard or trash site? Kind of unusual to find so many items in one spot like that isn't it? Good Hunting and good luck on your next outing.
    3 points
  15. So what caused it to break away? Here is more on that theory. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/03/remains-impact-created-moon-may-lie-deep-within-earth
    3 points
  16. I want some Swamp Root! Might fix my knees, back, shoulder and even give my MK an extra 4" in depth! Awesome finds. Love the old snake oil bottles. Generations from now all they will have is plastic bottles of miracle meds like prevogen to help with memory that all the users are vague on exactly when they first started taking it ๐Ÿ™‚
    3 points
  17. Hey Glenn, Just to put my money where my mouth is ๐Ÿ˜€ I just put this together today. 1mm Snake chain, bezel for a Mercury Dime, and of course the only other American silver coin I've found so far in my area than a Trime which they don't make a bezel for. This will be for good luck at the beach. I wish the coin wasn't stained but here we are. ๐Ÿ™„ Didn't want to get too aggressive on it.
    3 points
  18. We got permission to hunt a park that use to be a Girl Scout camp from the 1920's to the 1990's when it closed down.The head caretaker of the park is a great guy and gave us the green light to detect there.We gave him a few scout relics which he would put in the park museum and he was very grateful for are finds.He told us that one capsule was found but a old farmer said a other one was still missing and gave us the area it could be in.It is probably from the 30's or 40's.I think the one is in a museum around here and we hope to see what it is made of.Have any of you heard of other Scout capsules and what could be in them ?I hope they are detectable.If not we could still stumble on to some silver coins or rings for a consolation prize. If found we will give the capsule to the caretaker to be put in a museum.
    2 points
  19. I had to look that up. Very nice I wish they sold that style here in the US.
    2 points
  20. Given that's about as difficult of an 'opponent' to defeat as there is, this doesn't really sound negative at all to me. (Also, you've shown in previous posts regarding other detectors that you are a tough grader when it comes to weight and balance. ๐Ÿ˜) That is the most intriguing part of your report, IMO. I'm pretty sure Monte has an Apex in his arsenal and I hope he brings it to Wells in June. Either way I'll be interested in hearing his opinion on this capability. Thanks, palzynski, for your objective review.
    2 points
  21. I did not think I would get a chance to get out this week, but since yesterday opened up for me, I decided to hit my favorite spot. I had a couple of ideas on how I would work this same area, but in reality, it required a bit of trial and error to get these results. It was supposed to rain part of the day, so I figured I would use the Equinox for the morning. I wanted to get as close to the iron areas as possible, so I decided on the 6โ€ coil. If the rain stopped, I would use the GPX with the 18โ€ DD coil to get those deep dimes, in the other section of this spot. It worked, but I had to make a lot of adjustments to get each machine to do what I thought I wanted it to do. I think I have done all I can in this spot to get whatever remains within reach of my machines. If there is more there, I do not know how to get to it. Surprises of the day were the Barber half, Barber dime, and a decent amount of silver. It took a lot of digging, more than just the number of targets shown. The 18โ€ coil is a brute to swing, Lucky you have to swing it very slow to get the good stuff. I am not sure where the next stop will be, but it probably will not be anything like this place has been. Who knows, Tony just fixed my AQ headphones and made me one of his as a spare, so maybe some gold hunting is in the cards. A relic hunt may be in the works for next week also, looking for Native artifacts. I have to hit the woods before the yellow jackets and ticks wake up. ๐Ÿคฌ As always, it's good to get out in the fresh air and enjoy the day!
    2 points
  22. Concerning the rod , I prefer the Vanquish or Deus telescopic rods . They are faster to assemblei in the field. They can be adjusted very precisely and they are lighter than the Apex rod, at least for the Deus. Just my opinion A quick summary of the Apex pros and cons from my standpoint : ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - The things that I like about the Apex : . excellent iron filtering on iron trashed areas . fast and reactive/accurate on targets . sensitive to tiny targets like small/very small coins as well as bigger ones ( multifrequency ) . the thin control box . simple to use . the excellent MS3 wireless headphones . the excellent Ripper coil - The things that I do not like about the Apex : . the rod . the weight/balance which is good but not as good as a Deus or Orx: ( Apex ripper 1140g , Apex viper 1210g , Deus Orx 800g ) . no dedicated backlight button . the running freq mode ( 5,10,15,20, MF or MS) not displayed on the main detection screen ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So globally the results are largely positive up to now .... to be confirmed with more tests ... Ha yes my seller told me he has now a few Apex customers having the false signal issue. He thinks that Garrett had a pb with some of the first hundreds of Apex delivered to customers ... But he does not know exactly the technical reason . Apart from that the weather is warm over here , 22 celsius deg today ... ๐Ÿ™‚
    2 points
  23. If performance is very close to the nox, and its priced a bit less, and has a great selection of coils, they could steal a chunk of nox sales. The simplex sure is a big bang for the buck. I wish them well.
    2 points
  24. That's $1,000,000 worth of good luck! Found this unusual token at a park this week. Can't find a lot of information on this token.
    2 points
  25. Whoa! That is some great glass there Abenson!! They look to be in perfect condition for the age. The Great Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root is my fav!! Of course, my last name is Root, so that may be why ๐Ÿ˜‰.
    2 points
  26. Welcome sapper, Good to have you on board! Lots to learn! Make room for some Yanks up there, if things continue here on there current path!๐Ÿคฃ Good luck!๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
    2 points
  27. Time for some deep fried cicadas!! "Shrimp of the trees", yum!!๐Ÿ‘Œ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
    2 points
  28. Welcome to the forum - nice little nugget If I was going to Southeast Alaska, I would take the Gold Monster before the GPX 5000. The gold in the region is generally very small, and in general itโ€™s hard rock country, not placer. Glacial terrain, high mineral coastal belt. The mineralization calls for a PI, but a GPX 5000, no matter what coil, will never match a good VLF on small gold. A GPX 5000, I would get either an 8โ€ Commander Mono, or Nugget Finder 6x8 Sadie Coil, and try to run Sensitive Extra The problem with small gold is you need a hot detector. But a hot detector struggles with bad ground and hot rocks. Itโ€™s a balancing act. Sensitive Extra may be too hot for your area, so use Fine Gold instead. It can handle the hottest ground, but it misses more gold than Sensitive Extra. And the fact is neither setting on a GPX 5000 will be good on the smallest gold, that a Gold Monster can easily hit. Frankly, Iโ€™d go SDC 2300 before GPX 5000 for your region. With an eye on the new GPX 6000. But for working with what you have, Iโ€™d grab Gold Monster first. If the ground defeats it, then GPX 5000 with Sadie coil. Glacial terrain offers complex challenges for metal detecting, with gold almost anywhere or nowhere. Glaciers are like bulldozers, mixing and making a mess of everything. Placers are very new, generally lean. Learn about things like moraines and eskers, and study where water flows around existing glaciers for clues. Gold placers can exist in lateral moraines halfway up valley walls. Like I say, use your imagination, and put the coil over everything. Good luck! Glaciers and Gold
    2 points
  29. Sorry to hear that cudamark. My AQ was in for repair for quite awhile but it is back in my hands now. Fisher told me they replaced the complete electronics. I had a little surgery the day after I received the AQ and that has kept me away from hunting, but am just getting back into the swing of things again. I have a total of 8 hours on the wet sand with it and all is well. Good luck!
    2 points
  30. To me, the most important part of Dilek's video was her clearly stating that the new Nokta Makro simultaneous multi frequency detector is being built to be a direct competitor of the Equinox. She also made it clear without naming names that Nokta Makro does not consider the unnamed Garrett APEX as a viable competitor for the new Nokta Makro SMF detector. I hope Nokta Makro is right in their assessment of their new SMF detector. That would be great for a more competitive market and for us most of all. I have always been extremely impressed with Nokta Makro's detectors. I don't currently own one but I have owned five of them in the past and they are outstanding.........just not as outstanding where I detect as the two detectors she discussed in the video without mentioning names (Equinox and Deus). So, do I save a little money and buy the Nokta Makro SMF or get a personal loan/sell a car/dip into my retirement/or sell all of my personal belongings (except my detectors) for the GPX 6000?
    2 points
  31. That is interesting! I wonder now how much I have been missing in the farms because of the deep negative numbers. ๐Ÿค” Probably a good thing, there will be more for me this fall. Rest assured I will dig everything where I'm going. High potential for historic items in one place. Just not sure about large holes... I don't think there will be black sand. I've never had a problem with EMI. The only time I have ever heard it here is when I am over a buried power line, that is common here. Kind of a good thing! I keep my cellphone in my back pocket and only hear it when I am taking a photo of my find. Thanks for your replies! You have a great toolbox there.
    2 points
  32. I was able to find an Audiosears 2463 headphone speaker and after installing it and resoldering all the connections, the Sunray Pro Gold headphones work great. Total cost, not counting my time, was about $24 versus the $130 or so online.
    2 points
  33. We're well beyond the Equinox 900. Now that ML raised the price to $949 MAP, I think we're talking the Equinox 950, now.
    2 points
  34. I guess for some people, with certain applications and/or with mid-size to larger-size targets to go after, some of the 'aftermarket' search coils might be helpful. For me and the types of places I usually hunt, big-size coils are not the answer. Helpful at times, yes, but not when a location has too many targets, too closely spaced and at varying depths. I know we can'r simply go by a coil brand or model / size just because a similar coil worked OK on a different make & model due to different circuitry. In this case, I used to evaluate and use several Detech coils on Minelab FBS series models, and most of them were okay. But I tried a 13" Ultimate on a couple of other brand detectors and didn't care for the weight and balance, nor the performance. I've used some bigger-size NEL coils, a brand I like better, but the coil and detector were not a good match for the location I worked. To me it is interesting to see how many people gravitate to larger-size search coils. With the Apex and for the variety of urban and remote places I go, I'm comfortable with the Ripper mounted on one unit as a general-purpose coil. I'll give the NEL 5" 'Sharp'some serious time and most likely it will fill a void and be mounted on my 2nd Apex. For open grassy parks or hitting a plowed field, the new 'Raider' DD is likely to be my coil-of-choice and I don't see a larger-size coil providing me much improvement n smaller-size coins and the like. I am going to check out a few aftermarket coils n some 'depth tests' on US coins, but I am not holding out hopes of improvement. Monte
    2 points
  35. Greetings to all! My name is Alexander, I am from Ukraine (Eastern Europe). I represent myself and my friends, we developed a portable type GPR many years ago and gave it the name EasyRad. We have developed a georadar and software for it. We would like to get in touch (get contact) with those people or organizations who need to search for gold in the United States and Alaska. To my regret, on forums of gold prospectors and forums of archaeologists there are no sections "georadars", there are only metal detectors. I would like to convey to the searchers the information that GPR is not expensive and it allows you to explore underground spaces quickly and with great interest ๐Ÿ™‚ We produce this GPR equipment, so we can answer all your questions. Our radar has a very affordable price for individual use, unlike other radars. See the web link below for examples. EasyRad GPR is a portable multi-purpose scanning ground penetrating radar of sub-surface probing for the problems of engineering geology, hydrogeology, archeology, ecology, field engineering as well as for search and rescue operations. https://www.easyrad.com.ua/index.php?r=index_en
    1 point
  36. It all started about 40 years ago i got bit by the gold bug in Colorado then we moved to Alaska in 92 bought a little 2 1/2 inch dredge found gold in reserection creek so bought a new 4 inch from Steve Herschbach at mining and diving . Attended a couple of outings down at crow creek with Steve Herschbach doing detector classes wife and i were hooked . Was able to buy 5 mining claims on silvertip creek dredged there for several years bought a 6 inch dredge from mining and diving we did ok there but i always wanted to try dredging up north Fairbanks area i saw a claim on eBay up near central but it was pulled of eBay after i bid the owner emailed me asking if i would be interested in the four claims above i said yes his family was just trying to get rid of them due to hard times. Well the dredging was terrible because the creek was froze after a couple of feet. So i bought a small excavator built a small trommel got a plan of operation started digging dirt the trommel maybe would run 5 yards an hour but i was in good gold so we built a larger trommel out of a huge propane tank also built a feed hopper with a conveyor this plant will run about 35 yards an hour at but at this time we still had day jobs i worked for the Alaska railroad but 2 years ago i retired from the rr after 27 years. well last year with the virus we went up early mid may spent 3 months up there we are 100 miles north east of fairbanks no cellphone no internet gods country so i mined wife made quilts ,hunted Cariboo ,met some locals but the gold was good first photo june 28 2017 still ice in creek bottom second photo boss searching for heart shaped rocks third photo and forth is stripped for this coming season what is truly amazing about this valley the gold is just on the left side of the valley thanks doug
    1 point
  37. Too bad the diesel isn't available here in the US! But it's hard to blame them, with all the restrictions on them here! Not to mention the added cost of the Blue Def on all diesels now!๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
    1 point
  38. Hi Norvic yea there is a night and day difference between your 70 series and our 2021 LC. Not to mention that Toyota doesn't offer a diesel here in the states. I am glad that you started this post lots of good info here.
    1 point
  39. Same here 10x5 came home yesterday, big thanks to Gerry up the road. Threw it on last night, and it feels great balance wise, it sounds good, and now look forward to first hunt. ๐Ÿ˜ƒ ht
    1 point
  40. Now Joe D, that is just sick! Everybody know you have to have them chocolate coated after frying. Yes they are a little crunchy like a Crackle candy bar, but you really gotta taste them. Be sure you get a big bag of them before their all gone.
    1 point
  41. Nice stuff! Takes me back. Those are some great bottles, I can feel the elation with every find. Hard work!
    1 point
  42. Great video, thanks for sharing. The story at the end with the magazine is awesome. Also, how funny the swiss guy with the beard who says "It's cool man". You show him briefly for 2 seconds or so in between the story. This was one of my favorite chocolate commercials and was hugely popular when I was a young man, and we all would say in college to virtually everything: "it's cool man". I completely forgot about it. Until now ๐Ÿ˜ Thanks for making my day!
    1 point
  43. All good questions - that I don't know answers to. But I think you are right that any Pt in a nugget may kinda "blend" into the Au results if it's present. For testing it's sorta a chicken or the egg the problem - I can see if it'll ID Pt in Au if I had a Au/Pt alloyed nugget, but I can't find out if I have a Au/Pt alloyed nugget unless I ID it first. So, I'll probably start acquiring some odd samples over time which already have a certified assay or XRF or XRD results as I run across them for sale, just so I can use them as control measurements for my gun. It occurred to me last night before bed that to test the ability to detect Cu in gold alloys, I could just buy a ring, or actually I might already have some rings made of Black Hills Gold (high Cu) that I've metal detected over the years in some boxes. I presume the silver depletion is due to oxidation (or maybe reaction with environmental chlorine or acids from rains or leeched from chems in gravels/nearby ore?) and it's possible copper could undergo similar processes. But chemistry is my seriously weak point. I have no problem cutting into general nuggets, and I have a thin kerf diamond blade I could use for minimal waste. I just sold all the gold I had which I didn't specifically want to keep undamaged though, so I don't really want to cut into any nuggets I have right now since it's just a small handful of type specimens from each location which I'm going to eventually put in a display case. But I think I will do that next time I find a large-ish nugget 1/2 oz or so, big enough to take readings across from the center to the rim. See if I get a "tree ring effect" of increasing silver and maybe copper towards the center of it? When I get a big handful of nuggets again with different compositions I think it might be interesting to find like 5 with the same weight and geometry more or less, but different alloy compositions. See how different gold alloys affect detection depth since the conductivity of them generally decreases.
    1 point
  44. "this year, do not know exactly when, hopefully sooner than later" "close to testing stage" "confident this will be a good machine" "simultaneous multifrequency, but also many single frequencies" "in the Simplex housing, but this is not a multi Simplex, but something new" "coil will be completely different from Simplex" "some upper shaft differences" "lower shaft will be carbon fiber" "user replaceable, changeable battery; field swappable" "not going to be priced as low as Simplex, but will be competitively priced versus the competition (Equinox)"
    1 point
  45. Thanks for any help or direction you can give. The knife is wood on one side and celluloid (maybe) on the other. The spike is from the same field as the other iron piece I found. I couldn't help but hear Gary D.'s voice say something about a decking spike off a Spanish galleon.๐Ÿ˜ I am now digging the deep iron in the area these came from. The other signals are either masked or most are gone due to being dug. Thanks again for your wisdom.
    1 point
  46. Just starting out with an 800 and Andy's book is really helping me to understand the functions of it. I have the updated 2nd edition, which has information pertinent to the newer firmware updates. Really a good reference manual, thank you Andy!
    1 point
  47. Update: I filed it with a triangular (saw sharpening) file. It cut easily leaving a metallic luster. Conclusion: metallic and very likely an aluminum alloy. It is surprising to me how it weathered to look like a rock, but I think that is the most likely explanation of its current condition, not some intentional/artificial working. The area I found it shows signs of backfill and it's rather thick, sticky (when wet) clay. That is a common backfill in my area, and backfilling is apparently a lucrative vocation/profession here with prolific government support/contracts. Every site I've hunted (public schools and multiple muni- and county parks) shows lots of signs of backfill/resurfacing, much to my (detecting) dismay.
    1 point
  48. All very nice finds, in great condition indeed! The coin has a hole, but that just gives it more of a character, and a story to guess at! Hopefully not a key date! Reminds me of the old cowboy movies where the gunslinger is showing off his skills at shooting thrown coins! But that would have to be BB sized bullet!๐Ÿ˜ More than likely a hammered nail hole! But you just never know! I tend to think that all crudely done holes were done to sew the coins into clothing for safekeeping! But I'm no historian!๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
    1 point
  49. There is no benefit to BBS or FBS in my ground. The ground rules and sweeping generalizations are something I resist. In milder locations I am sure BBS and FBS have an edge on deep silver. Minelab has said so since day one. People have to choose machines based on the overall applicability for their particular uses. For me itโ€™s Equinox as I favor low conductor performance and that is where BBS/FBS are weakest. For most silver hunters it leans the other way and so Safari/E-TRAC/CTX will continue to be favorites for many people. Recovery speed is the wild card, and the denser the trash gets then Equinox again will have the edge. Itโ€™s a complex question when trying to say โ€œwhatโ€™s bestโ€ and while we all like simple answers the truth is โ€œit just dependsโ€. When it comes to FBS Safari is an underrated bargain in my opinion. If it has a weakness itโ€™s the slow recovery speed.
    1 point
×
×
  • Create New...