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  1. 10 minutes after I started detecting today I found an 1827 Large cent. My oldest Large cent up to this point was an 1847 and this 1827 is in way better condition than that one.
    14 points
  2. Thankfully as an Australian I am ineligible as the rules were too long and complamicated for this black duck. Also, thankfully, I am able to live my GPX 6000 ‘dream’ and not just be waiting for the container ships to unload. That’s hard for you guys in the States. Got out for about 1.5 hours this arvo before dark. About a dozen lead shot, some large rusty bolt heads and nails and a little bit of the right colour. I assume Memorial Day is very similar to our ANZAC Day and is a time for thanks and reflection of those that have served their country to keep us safe and free. In that context it’s not appropriate to say ‘Happy’ Memorial Day but I do hope you all have a good weekend, get to spend some time with your loved ones and enjoy the solitude or comradery that prospecting brings you 🤗 Cheers, NE.
    12 points
  3. It was fairly hot today but we had a nice breeze. I was using the DEUS in fast and decided to try the deep program with the oscilloscope type screen then bam first target where the lines all went the same direction was something really cool. The buckle wreath I found on the previous trip. It’s very heavy compared to the others I have found. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
    10 points
  4. 8 points
  5. So Gerry, great idea for Memorial Day. We are at Rye Patch thinking about my Dad who left us on June 3, 2020 at 93. He was a tail gunner on B-17 in WWII and a POW in Germany. He is signing the bombay door of Sentimental Journey, a flying B17 based at the Commemorative Air Force in Mesa. Heartfelt thanks to all who serve. Mike and Sally
    8 points
  6. I got better... 😀 Went to the farmhouse yesterday and today. I feel like I'm at a beach, and it's ironic that it's Memorial Day weekend and I'm finding lots of memorials. 🇺🇸 The campground is full of Veterans, flags everywhere honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we can enjoy the freedom we have. Yesterday I dug the oldest coin so far, a wheat from the 40s, along with .46 in other newer coins: Trash was minimal. Got a big brass spline bushing, and a few bits of molten aluminum and other junk, a couple of sinkers. The best finds of the day: Copper or brass duck medallions and a copper electric lineman's loop nut. A Power company guy called it out as I dug it. The ducks may have been either prizes or on dog collars. Or something... 🤔 The ground here is easy to dig except for roots, but it's sandy loam that feels like talc. Very fine dust. Today's finds were off the charts for me: An old Lesney Matchbox Mercedes Trailer toy ca. 1967-69, a small octagonal compact, an aluminum token of some kind so encrusted it's unreadable, and 61 cents in modern coins. I tried all suggestions and found @rod-pa's to be the most productive. Using my usual program with all metal off and going really slow allowed me to retrieve the dime in a hole full of nails. I only turned all metal on to verify that iron was present, but something better was also. I want to thank everyone yet again for all their guidance. Those thunderstorms ended the day.
    7 points
  7. Thanks Gerry and all of those who have served our country. This morning i hit the turf local park hunt before the wife got up, and i was rewarded with two pieces of gold! Swinging the 11" on my 800 all metal with 21 sensitivity, and recovery at 7. The earring is 14k and had an id between 9-10. The ring was a total surprise id was showing 14 but sounded good and it was, 23k 3.0 gram and the earring is 1.5g. Happy Memorial Day ! 🤩 ht
    7 points
  8. And here are is our big find for the weekend! Not skunked, but close!
    7 points
  9. Puttin’ in pic 2! Erin and I got out on a great RZR ride today and scoped out some possible gold ground. No detecting, that comes Monday......... or maybe tomarrow. 😉
    7 points
  10. Here's my collection so far..
    6 points
  11. The new nf coil only found a skunk today and the only gold found by my son was the tiny nuggy I planted for him to find with his new 2300 so he’d begin to get an idea what to listen for. It was planted alongside the edge of a small bush, I had him fire up his detector and started him swinging on another bush nearby. When he made it to the right bush as expected a little hi lo sounded out and he missed it, I had him go back and he ran the coil over it a couple times and then asked what’s that?, lol. So now he knows, he dug tiny trash no doubt if he’s lucky enough tomorrow when we take the grandson out he’ll find one then? the grandson (6) wants to go find treasure so I’ve got a flat shiny just under a gram we’ll hide for him to find, I think he can probably swing the Deus OK, video to follow.
    6 points
  12. Here is my pic, taken today from a little hunting trip at La Porte, CA. Good memorial weekend to all.
    6 points
  13. 6 points
  14. Many Thanks Gerry, 73 had its origins in Morse Code in early telegraphy from US and British Railways, is simply code for Best Regards, but this code (Phillips Code) was the seed to secret code for Morse use during the WW1 by both sides. Bit of a surprise to me that it was used as a RAAF Wing name in WW2, well ferreted, I thought after WW1 it became part of the Worlds radio communication history except for its continued adoption by HAMs. 73 "Lest we Forget"
    6 points
  15. I stumbled across this video of the F75 finding a silver coin deeper than the Equinox, and then he goes on to show the F75 performing better finding a coin between iron. What are your thoughts on this one? I never did bother buying a F75 even though a SE edition came up for sale extraordinary cheap nearby to me, my experience with my T2 had me thinking my Nox was better in almost all situations, was I wrong? I'm a bit puzzled by this video and I guess it could be soil conditions or something but I've found my Nox far better on deep silver than my T2 and I sure have experimented a lot on untouched in ground silvers.
    5 points
  16. When I glanced at that first pic I thought I'd just seen the first daytime pic of the latest lunar landing and was scanning the background looking for the capsule....???? Now you've proven there IS gold on the moon....!!!!!!
    5 points
  17. First, I have total, undying respect for the F75 and the T2. I am not going to speak about them except to say that the reviewer obviously knows his F75 very well and knows what it can and can't do. Now, if I wanted to do a head to head on planted targets that I know my F75 can handle versus the Equinox 600........would I learn the Equinox 600 well before doing the video in order to actually make it an optimized head to head? I would. I would not plan to make a public video and call up my detector dealer the day before and ask what settings I should use. Has the dealer detected the video maker's test garden? Does the dealer know his soil conditions? Anyway, an 11" silver US dime is no joke of a target. That is tough for just about any detector. The video maker does report in the comment section of the video that his dirt is 2 to 3 bar dirt (out of 6 bars on the F75), so fairly mild mineralization. He uses default Park 1 on both tested targets with iron discriminated out. If he has an updated 600 the Fe or F2 iron bias setting is 2 (=4 on the Nox 800). The 11" dime target sounds like it has enough iron around it to result in the Equinox detection tones breaking up over the target. So already this is not a fair test. Press the horseshoe button and lower the iron bias to F2= 1 or 0, raise the sensitivity a bit and swing a little slower. Also, I would try Park 2 or Field 2, 2 tones, nothing discriminated and play with the iron bias. The higher frequency weighting might just hit more of that deep silver dime if it is being masked at all. I got a good laugh when he said he was going to turn on the iron tone........(horseshoe button) definitely knows the Nox 600 well....not! The same happens during the wheat penny in between iron target scenario. Lowering F2 to 0 with nothing discriminated is where I would start on that target and I would probably use Park 2 or Field 2 in 2 tones not 50 and adjust things from there. The F75 with his settings in those soil condition may still be better, but at least give the Equinox a chance.
    5 points
  18. A little relic from ww2, with an interesting story for Memorial Day weekend.
    5 points
  19. Mr. Gerry.... Contest is pretty damned decent of you to offer this up!!!!! Had a beautiful day for me today and scared up 11 little bits. Left em dirty to try and prove I didn't rob the nugg jugg and cheat....lol So if I read the rules right I get 2 shots in the barrel? Anyways....this will be my only entry as I'm gonna stay on the couch for the rest of the holiday. Everybody have a good one and get out there if you can!!!!!
    5 points
  20. WTH , I'll give it a shot. 101 On a battery , you need to heat the connection point but NOT the rest of the battery. A fairly hot tip is needed (~40 watt iron ,,,should be fine for this size job.) . Probably get away with the low setting on a gun but it will be QUICK ! and leave the torch for other jobs PLEASE ! A cooler tip will take forever and heat the joint as well as the whole battery and not hold very well or conduct electricity that well either.... this is called a "cold" joint . You don't want one of those ! No , I didn't make that up ! LOL Warning : you will need to grow a third hand and maybe a fourth ! LOL Use a clamp or a vise ,carefully. Optionally a volunteer whose fingers are not yours may be involved ....but I digress..... OK ,READY ? Place the iron to the battery with the wire in between , and touch the solder a little away from the contact point , heat just till just after the solder starts to melt ,remove the tip and quickly move solder end to the wire and flow more in till you have a good coverage but not a big puddle (you should still see the shape of the wire but no bare spots.... (if it starts to bind up apply a little more heat) A good solder connection looks smooth , wet and shiny , if it doesn't do it again. BUT let it cool down first . This lesson was free , at least worth what you paid ,,mess up ( I mean practice) all you want but don't complain OK ? Actually practice might be a good step 1 ... It's really easy though, I learned when I was 10 ! ( use the dead battery !) The factory "pros" actually use a mini spot welder , and I could tell you how to rig up a likely MacGiver replacement but lets not go there today !!
    4 points
  21. I can tell you before even sending it in, it will be very inexpensive. You will not find anyone who backs his machines better ( even out of warranty ) than Dimitar. In the beginning two years ago, I needed a phone cord for my own phones and he sent me one free of charge. Then several months later, I foolishly tightened the battery cap to tight and stripped the threads, again he sent me one free of charge. Then later on I was curious what size O rings the battery compartment used so I called to ask. (2) O rings. He told me the size and sent me 10 of each free of charge. Who does that ? Fisher, no. Garrett, no. Minelab, no. Not even Dilek at Notka/Makro who buy the way comes in second for customer service. So I don’t expect two things. (1) A huge repair bill. (2) weeks or months of repair times as we have seen lately with others. Good luck to everybody.
    4 points
  22. 4 points
  23. Solitude, has led me on countless pokes of nuggets! The soothing silence of the open spaces help me put a Career in the Military to ease. I become one with my Metal Detector and never second guess my intuition when I’m in the zone. They say, Gold is where you find it and Metal Detecting the High Desert plains of Northern Nevada is a prime example. As many of you know, there’s a layer of soil covering the indicator rocks I look for in many different locations. It makes Patch Hunting a challenge as you may wonder out of your prime dirt area, if there is no bare spots showing rocks to keep you on track. So, Patch Hunting is time consuming and can be worth the time and effort. One Patch will lead to the next if you pay attention to the indicators, Mother Nature hides her treasures well. So, keep swinging that coil you never know where that next Patch will be at! LuckyLundy
    4 points
  24. Who has seen the videos of "Legend of Croc Gold" done in Bougainville Papua New Guinea and how did you get to see it (what links have you got to see it) I spent time there from Feb 1973 to Sep 1979 when I was young and fearless what a great and rewarding time it was for my family and self.
    3 points
  25. In my experience (and that includes my soil's mineralization), the depths are more/less comparable for coins, but the Minelab Equinox holds its TID much better than the Fisher F75, which tends to make deeper coins sound ferrous. I recall reading some reviews on other metal detecting sites saying something about the F75 being a great relic detector but not a coin killer. Since some relic hunters dig it all (because iron relics can be prized), that kinda makes sense based upon my experience. I'd be surprised if the F75 performed much differently than the T2.
    3 points
  26. Memorial Weekend Contest, win a Minelab GPX-6000 in your dreams. Ok, Detector Prospector fans. Most of us have been patiently waiting, some – not so patient. A few of us have even sold/traded our old detector to be ready for the release of the biggest dream of 2021. Here’s your chance to win that dream. BUT WAIT…. There’s more. This is not a dream for just you. That’s right, Gerry has stepped up the prize to the ultimate, most rewarding gift of all. Folks, I’m allowing you and your favorite detecting buddy (that’s what I said, - TWO of you!!!) to experience this dream TOGETHER. Here’s why I have went all out on this very special occasion, and by god it is special. In my 20+ yrs of selling Minelab detectors….I have never lost so much sleep, never tossed/turned/sweated and dreamed to the point where I almost pissed me-self. Heck even my Shepperd kicked me out of my own bed.. he did so. Folks, these dreams are real, their genuine and it hurts. Heck, I was just in the VA clinic last week and they scanned my brain for cause. You know it’s bad, when they tell you to come back next week for more treatment. I overheard one of the assistants and I could swear, they mentioned “Gold Fever”. Oh shit, it can’t be, I kept telling myself. Those flashbacks about took me life times prior. After all, the release of the SD-2100 in the early 90’s, then the big one of the GP-Extreme late 2000, or the popular series GPX in 2006 . Those were pretty bad on me, but that last one, the trickle and tease of the GPZ-7000 almost did me in and this go around, I’m not sure 50/50 I was told? Wife thinks I should double my life insurance, but I told her “it’s an existing condition”. Active posting DP members and just reading gawkers – Here’s the dang truth of it all. We survived. That’s right we did. Each of us had our own issues and some of us are still wearing those Gold Fever Dreamin scars, but we are breathing, walking, talking. And most importantly, we are dreaming. Heck those many scars I carry, at this point, it’s almost a Gold Detectorists Honor to show them off. But some of us do and we do it with PRIDE. Here is where I’d like everyone’s help. The numerous calls, texts, emails to me, my Field Staff, even my dedicated Minelab detector dealer friends, has to stop, if it’s about the GPX-6000. We know, we’ve heard and we’ve read. Bottom line is we want them just as bad as you folks. Heck, I even had to take the customers who were scheduled for training on the April Rye Patch, NV session and move them to the June class. Guess what, it’s almost June and so I’ll probably be moving them to the Fall class (which I just added another class to try and help get customers up to speed). Yes it’s a mess and yes the Covid Gold Fever is real, but us dealers can’t do anything until we get detectors. OK, Enough of the fun and laughs….but you can add some.. he he. In the meantime. I’d like to see you folks get out and celebrate this fine extended Memorial weekend and hopefully use your detectors. I do want to reward those who have read this far down. I (Gerry’s Detectors of Boise, Idaho) am really running a contest for all of you in the United States (sorry to my friends from other countries). I’m asking of US participants to post each day (starting today and posting to this thread), a picture you took this holiday weekend of Memorial Weekend theme with detector in the picture, examples are you family picnic and a detector in the picture, a Veteran memorial with detector, your front yard with American flag and detector in the picture, or you out detecting and camping this fine weekend…and with detector, you get the idea by now. Each day you can post 1 pic and your name will get put in a bucket for each day’s picture. BONUS - picture of “your gold find” with a metal detector. Now, before some of you get crazy with the term “gold find”, I’m talking Au gold, not a piece of gold foil, not a gold colored doodad, but real gold..a coin, a piece of gold jewelry and most certainly a gold nugget, picker or specimen that was found with your metal detector this Memorial Weekend starting today and ending Tuesday, June 1st at 5 PM MST zone. Reason I am going until Tuesday, is many of us will be in the hills and not returning until Tuesday. The BONUS gold picture gets your name in the bucket 2 times per day, max of 10, for those who are fortunate enough to find and post a gold find pic each day. Please don’t beat me as I am trying to have fun for most everyone. Rundown of the rules. 1 picture a day can be posted per DP member. So in reality, you could post a pic of this weekends events each day and end up with 5 entries, but you can only post 1 pic a day. Sometime next week I’ll count the pics and enter your name per amount of posted pics and of Memorial = 1 or Gold = 2, per day (remember 1 post a day no more than total of 5) with the last one by Tuesday, June 1st 5PM MST. I will take a tally and draw (no there will not be some big video show) a name. The winner will get a new Minelab Gold Monster 1000 metal detector courtesy of Gerry’s Detectors. No it’s not a GPX-6000, but it’s a real gold detector. Detector Prospector is the #1 metal detector forum in my opinion and I enjoy reading, learning, sharing pics, seeing gold finds. Go out, get some, spend time with family/friends or alone the way you may and be safe this Memorial Weekend. Don’t forget to think of the reason for this special weekend and the real meaning behind it. As a family of US military myself, I thank you all who have sacrificed for our freedoms and dreams AND SO IS THIS CONTEST – for a Gold Monster 1000 and the chance to dream with your detecting buddy about the GPX-6000. Again, a Memorial Themed pic with detector is 1 name in the bucket that day and a pic of your gold find is a BONUS which puts your name in the bucket 2X per that day. Thanks folks for helping calm the storm of GPX-6000 Gold Fever, as I know it’s real. But the reality is we all need to relax a little and enjoy this weekend...hopefully with detector in hand and surrounded by family/friends, laughter and making memories. PS, I'll probably shut the computer down later today, so chat with you all next week.
    2 points
  27. Running the Biggin today, reached down for some feint dimes and one nice 9" coin spill. Real nice coil, cleaning up what was left. That spill had 5 nickels 2 dimes and a quarter all stacked. Numbers were all over the place. But in disc mode easily made out the chimes with the nickel bongs. Doesn't always turn out that way. High, low or deep, the Biggin was snagging them today. The spill coins are near the tip of the shovel.
    2 points
  28. Ahhh , I thought he was savin' us all that fancy cipherin' ! Thx GB ! And Thx for providing the factory specs Gold Seeker , always handy info.
    2 points
  29. Correct. 35% silver x 5.00 g = 1.75 g of silver in a Warnick. 90% silver x 2.50 g = 2.25 g of silver in a (silver) dime. 1.75/2.25 = 7/9 = 0.778 ratio of silver in a Warnick compared to silver in a dime.
    2 points
  30. I thought GB was referring to the weight difference of silver in the WN compared to the silver in a pre 64 dime ?
    2 points
  31. War nickels have 35% silver, silver dimes have 90% silver, 10% copper. 1942 P nickel DESIGNER: Felix Schlag EDGE: Plain DIAMETER: 21.20 millimeters WEIGHT: 5.00 grams MINTAGE: 57,873,000 MINT: Philadelphia METAL: 56% Copper, 35% Silver, 9% Manganese
    2 points
  32. Hi, I'm a old (age over 50) detectorist from Italy. I used a lot of m.d. in 26 years (various model of Minelab, Whites, Tesoro, XP, Fisher, Garrett and the latest Rutus), but i love so much the Whites Spectrum XLT. This is for me the best detector of all time. I hope to know news and interesting contents about the magic m.d. world! Greetings from Italy
    2 points
  33. Glad to have you here, and I will be waiting to see and hear about some of your finds. Good luck and happy hunting.
    2 points
  34. I think it's between 75% and 80% as much silver as a 90% silver dime. So not too bad. (Considered that way, 10 cents worth of warnicks has considerably more silver than a 10 cent silver dime.) Around where I live, they tend to come out of the ground looking much nicer than the typical 5 cent 'nickel' coin. The acid in the trees (mostly the leaves, I think) does a number on 25% nickel, 75% copper -- same composition as the outer layers of actual clad dimes, quarter, halves, dollars which can also look pretty wretched when recovered. Ironically, warnicks found in circulation are dull gray looking compared to standard nickels, just the opposite of what comes out of the ground.
    2 points
  35. Thanks. I'm considering it, the ducks face left and right. I love finding stuff like this too, it's crazy what is out there.
    2 points
  36. Nice hunt. The ducks and trailer are really cool finds. I love finding stuff like that. You could try to flatten the duck out but it might break.
    2 points
  37. Yep....... Actually, I shouldn't even count any of the war nickels since the contain so little silver. 😄 But it did come from that beach. I'm finishing up the clad and putting it away with the rest of the previous years clad. I bet a lot of people leave war nickels with their clad. Sometimes it's hard to tell you have one because they are green like regular nickels, other times they are clean as can be.
    2 points
  38. Third outing with the Apex/Ripper. A less difficult area , a forest near a town. Modern coins from the 16th to the 20th century can be found here. Sandy moderated mineralized soil with medium iron trash . A bit lucky because I found a coin on the first signal 🙂... I know the Apex audio very well now , it is very reactive with short signals on targets I like this . As I already said the iron filtering is excellent and the Apex likes iron infested areas , however it is sometimes a little chirpy with erratic "bips" but I am getting used to this now ... I hope that Garrett will filter/eliminate those erratic signals in a future software update .. Total I found 3 coins , a 1770 louis XV copper coin , a 17th corroded copper coin and a 1966 demi franc nickel. The Apex is fun and easy to use , it is a light machine with the ripper coil. The audio is more basic than the MLs but it works very well . My settings during this outing : RELICS mode , sens max 8 , freq MF The corresponding pics below , plus a pic of the Apex electronics board rear side done at home ..
    2 points
  39. Hello and welcome bluemask, We have a few of your countrymen here on the forum! Tremendous history there! Love the odds you have of finding ancient historic items! Post some pics as you find them!👍👍
    2 points
  40. That looks like the land of pharaohs Rick....and we know how much gold they had...good luck out there! strick
    2 points
  41. I'll be in touch Geof, I can sort you out.
    2 points
  42. Norvic, You and all Aussie friends are most welcome to join and have fun. As a Minelab Dealer, I am not allowed to ship outside of the US. Nice batch of gold. I'll bite on your #73, thanks to Wikipedia - "No. 73 Wing was a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) wing of World War II"
    2 points
  43. Sounds Great just 1 PROBLEM I have yet to receive my NEW NOX 800 from Gerry in Idaho But I will shout out to all that have for this country THANK YOU GOD BLESS
    2 points
  44. Great idea Gerry, and a big thank you from everyone at DP!
    2 points
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  46. It is my understanding (I think from the Equinox Manual, can’t remember) that the 600 recovery speed settings of 1, 2 and 3 equal the 800s settings of 2, 4 and 6. So the 600 does not have the 800s recovery speed settings of 1, 3, 5, 7 and 8. That really is a lot of important recovery speed settings that the 600 doesn’t have. The situation is similar with iron bias too.
    1 point
  47. Lithium batteries don't like to be stored fully charged. Ultimately, they should be kept between 20 and 80% charged if the device is not going to be used for a week or more. Then charge the battery the day that you go detecting. They also should not be discharged until dead. If that happens, put it on the charger as soon as possible but only charge it to two bars, then charge it to full when you want to use the machine.
    1 point
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