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  1. Had to pick my dog up from the vet at 4:00pm today, So I thought detecting was down the tubes. Thats when my wife called and said we had to pick up Bleu at 7:00. Poor pup, But that gave me about 45 minutes to hit a colonial house I detected a 1000 times. This place is the gift that keeps on giving. I decided to dig all strange tones and Id's. I'll make this as short as my hunt. First target was a flat button, Second was a shotshell base, Third was a 45 wheatie, fourth was a 22mag case, Fifth was a flashlight bulb and Last but not least was a fabulous sleeve button. This button is pretty rare and I doubt I will find another. It is a Tallio and dates back to around the 1770's. PS this was a 10 - 11 on the 800.
    14 points
  2. For @phrunt sorry for the delay.. Coiltek 10x5 GPX 6000 and Nugget Finder 12x7 GPX 6000 hope this helps. strick
    9 points
  3. I was in Galveston over the weekend. Hunted a beach behind the house I was staying at. I used my CTX 3030 and the Nox 600.
    8 points
  4. This square nail was under the dime. But the 800 gave a very good high tone.
    7 points
  5. and i detected the mud from the bottom of the ditch, I found alot of 50,s ACL soda bottles and toys. and modern cladd, but no silver came up from the depths
    7 points
  6. In general I just feel sorry for people like that. How sad their lives must be, their craving for attention, that they feel a need to try and impress people with fake finds. The ones that do it to make money… that’s just fraud, and they are thieves. Prosecute them. The ones that are just doing it for attention though, well, I hope they can find some other way to fill that empty hole in their lives. Even the thieves - not for one second would I want to trade my life for theirs. Broken people.
    7 points
  7. That's a cool find. I just found a button too. It's the fourth overall button to come out of my yard. Mountaineer and it matches one of the other. I think it's from the seventies like yours. Except maybe the 1970's. The others maybe from the forties. My wife found the woman's button. Love to be able hunt around a colonial. Idaho just doesn't have metal buttons from the 1770's.
    6 points
  8. Has anyone else noticed a huge uptick in obvious faked finds being posted? Not here...but on other sites and in particular, social media hunting group pages? I'm talking about silver and copper coins "in the dirt pile" pictures that have zero oxidation, patina, etc and the silver look like it's been rubbed on with metal polish paste...that kind of luster to them. I guess they thrive on comments or something. I saw some tonight on an arrowhead group I'm on...guy had 5 modern points posted together that are the kind you get at the souvenir shops, gas stations, and such...not even made from material found here in the US...and claims he found them at a certain place near me. If he did...somebody planted them as a joke. I thought he was posting the picture as a joke but he said he knows their real because he knows other people have found native rocks there too. 🤔 Well heck...I guess beer cans are from the Civil War because we find them on property we also find Civil War relics too. Stuff like that probably shouldn't irk me but for some reason it does.
    5 points
  9. As you may know, I've been complaining about beaches being super sanded in lately, and I've been searching for beaches not so affected by this seasonal cycle. Mainly I've discovered that hunting places where bulldozers have stirred up the sand helps alleviate some of the sanding in problems, but the tide will bring the sand back fairly quickly, so there's a short time frame of when the dozers leave and when sand fills the cavities they've left behind. I will also correct myself, from what I said earlier about how I thought beaches where you have to pay to get in are not great hunting spots. They are absolutely great places to hunt; as long as there are swimmers, there's treasures. That being said the area that was bulldozed over had been sanded in again, so I had to look elsewhere to hunt for treasures. Thus, I went an 45 mins south, to a place where I had previous found a coin line before, and had consistently found to have coin lines whenever I went. When I arrived and started detecting, the coins started popping out left and right. That's when I noticed the elevation of the sand was much much lower in some places compared to when I hunted the same area previously. A cut had formed! I feverishly moved along the cut as it rose higher and higher, finding all sorts of quarters, dime, nickels and pennies. The tide was against me this time, as I planned to hunt this area last and it was rising fast! (I was at the concrete ship beach early that morning and found some coins, but not a whole lot) Luckily most of the finds were up against the cut so All I had to do was move along the cut and hit every target I could hit. Eventually I came across a target that I thought was a nickel, oh it was a nickel alright, but not your standard nickel! It was a buffalo nickel, which told me that old stuff was washing up! (or at least being washed out from the cut) "I had to continue quickly, there could be silver coins here!" I thought to myself. So I did, and eventually came across another target with the TID of 44. I was busy pinpointing another target I had pulled up and planned to pull the higher TID target, second. When I finally got around to it, I pulled out a silver ring. Color looked a bit off, and I thought perhaps it wasn't silver, but hey a ring is a ring. (later on I checked and it's marked 925 though it's been pretty worn away) Continuing down the cut, I kept pulling more and more coins. Eventually I pulled up a silver quarter and a silver dime close to each other, as they tend to be. By the end of the cut the targets were few and far between. Satisfied with the finds for the day I turned around and started walking back, while looking for any targets I missed. By this time, it was high tide, and the water was close if not already at the cut, so I had to move quickly. One of the last targets was a high tone and I dug it up, I discovered that I had found another silver quarter! I knew this cause I checked the edge, and even scratched at it with my fingernail to try to expose any copper that may be covered up with patina. Also checked the date and it was from 1964. Overall it was a great haul, and much needed one at that! I will be back down again this week .Hopefully there will still be more treasures to find!
    4 points
  10. Yeah, underwhelming I know, but I just pulled a 1955-D wheat penny out of the ground from my kids' school today during a quick 30 minute detecting window. Should be an entry-level bucket list item, I know -- I've already ticked off sliver, buffalo nickel, and jewely (no gold) so far -- but the wheaties have eluded me until today. Fun part is it was found on the section of the "old" playground (school builit in 1959) that I tried to hunt last summer as a newbie, and couldn't figure out how to sort out the signals or dig into the shallow gravel bed at the time. Pulled the wheatie and a '65 (so close to silver) Roosevelt tonight, so there's a definite indication I'm leveling up here. I used a Legend for the wheatie. but I can also say I pulled a big fat stainless ring last Thursday running the Nox 800 w/a 6" coil on a new location (local park where one of the kids had soccer practice that evening). Hopefully the next level is gold!
    4 points
  11. Situation normal. One large prospecting Youtube channel that for reasons beyond me many people find to be reputable (and I see still occasionally posted here too) both fakes finds as well as charges people for gold tours to places I am well acquainted with and know are being salted. Like 1st time detectorists using 20 year old coin machines, 6 inches off the ground, and finding 1/4 and 1/2 ouncers buried 1 inch deep in places gridded by hard core, full time gold detectorists for 40 years - that level of ridiculousness. The fact it's being done where I literally recognized the exact washes, bushes, trees, etc was just the icing on the cake. Yet when I tried to point this out to the very people I thought were being victimized, I was told I was the liar and demonized. Not one "thank you for letting me know I'm being ripped off". Learned a lesson quick there. People generally want to believe every color of BS. And if you are the one ruining their dream, you are the a-hole, not the snake oil salesman. This, among other thievery, lying, and cheating were a big reason I decided to stop making videos myself, and remove myself from social media for the most part, aside from this forum, it's all toxic these days IMO, and not representing actual reality. I prefer to live in reality myself.
    4 points
  12. Hello Michaeldoc2u. Welcome aboard. It is hard to tell when a detector is done. As long as I can get energy for them (batteries or rechargeables) and they find things for me they will have a warm place in my home. When all 4 are done (3 White's and my CZ70-Pro), and I can swing a detector, I think then it will be time for a update (detectorlike). More than one time I though about selling one or two, and people are willing to buy I know for sure. But when the deal is done there is one drawback...I'll never get back these machines. Others may be I think, but I know the ones I own work as they should; will the new one do?? Some coils from detech for White's detectors are still available and on budget. Other White's accessories like coils and covers will uprise every now and than in the "used" market so gthere is no reason to me to get panic. 😊 Anyway, however you decide, keep us posted. Good Luck & Have Fun
    4 points
  13. There is most probably a regulator circuit on the coil controller board or on the LiPO battery pack so the battery can't discharge below or charge above the recommended safe levels. So I don't worry about conditioning the battery or over discharging it and just charge it whenever I need to. It shows no signs of reduced life after the first year so far. I've done the same with my Equinox and the battery is still working perfectly after 3 years. The coil battery is replaceable so if anything does happen to it I'll just send it in to be replaced.
    4 points
  14. LS, those are some good button's. It doesn't come down to what you find, Its your memories of where you found it.
    4 points
  15. If it was really a "junk" chain, depending on which discrimination pattern and search mode you were using it could have been giving ferrous range and non-ferrous range target IDs and somewhat broken up audio. Running max sensitivity in Beach MW may have improved signal strength enough to give it a decent non-ferrous response. Thanks Bill for the great write-up. I am seeing much the same on land. The Legend is just a really good detector. If temps would stay above 50 degrees F long enough, I would take my Legend out to a nearby freshwater beach for a shallow hunt. Weather here in Denver has mostly stunk for all of March and April however.
    4 points
  16. June 1 2002 When we got up to the dig site Vern hiked up the mountain to start the pump. When he got it fired up we noticed the water flow was weak so Vern & I followed the water line back up the mountain. It looked to have been cut in several places. We wondered if we had been sabotaged. We didn’t have the parts to make the splices so Jim went into town and got what was needed plus a few extras just in case. By the time we were done it was nearly noon. Jacob shook his head and told us this was a bad sign. He reminded us that bad things can happen when gold is involved. We shook it off and got to work. Everything went pretty smooth for the rest of the day and we put a big cut into that mountain. By 7:00 PM we had processed 40 yards of gravel and cleaned out the tom. We decided that Jacob would begin doing the cleanups every day while the three other members of the crew would do the mining. Seeing as we were now processing more gravel the cleanups would likely to take longer. So we figured that when Jacob finished the cleanup he would head up to advise us on the mining operation. He was more than happy to do it. We told him that if this became too much for him or he got bored we could switch off from time to time. Jacob laughed and said he never got bored when working for gold. I couldn’t help but agree. TO BE CONTINUED ...............
    3 points
  17. You mentioned that you are running Sensitivty maxed out. That can actually work against you if your soil is highly mineralized and/or if you're in high iron polluted ground. That's like trying to dig a hole in the ground with a garden hose on full blast... you get too much blow back to do any good. Also running maxed out can distort the audio signal on targets and make it harder to hear differences in target responses. Sometimes less is more. On relic sites, I like to run Fast unfiltered (Silencer 0, B.Caps 0), Sensitivity from 92-96, Reactivity 1.5, and adjust accordingly as conditions change. I'm in heavily mineralized ground most of the time so it may be different where you are. I know a lot of the Eastern US hunters are in mild to very low mineralization and can run maxed out with no problems. Nails tend to be shallower than big iron, but they can be found at any level. The trick to getting past nails to non-ferrous targets is to focus the transmit power. Higher output power (Sensitivity) doesn't blow past the nails to the good stuff below, it "lights up" the nails more causing them to obscure good signals and false more. Reducing Sensitivity can reduce the response of the nails allowing non-ferrous targets to sound off. Too much iron filtering can also mask good targets, causing everthing iron and near iron to be reported as iron. The D2 is a sofisicated machine capable of operating in multiple environments at many levels, so it will take time to learn, but experimenting in a test garden and, more importantly, in the field will help you learn it faster. Here's some wise words from the Master:
    3 points
  18. All I can tell you is what I saw when I changed the sensitivity. The science experiment side of it, to be very honest, is of little interest to me. I barely have the free time to hunt let alone do tests and analyses. What this tells me is that I can run the Legend at max sensitivity in the wet without falsing. That's good enough to me.
    3 points
  19. Welcome to the forum! I would buy a gently used MXT Pro or an MX5 if they came with coils that I liked right now. Two great single frequency detectors that to me are worth owning and using in the right circumstances and are also worth owning (especially the MXT Pro) just for sentimental reasons for me anyway. I sold my White's VLF detectors before they closed or before I even had an inkling that they were shutting down operations. Some of the latest detectors just outperformed the Whites detectors I had where I detect. But I still enjoyed using them. I hung on to my TDIs for awhile but they too were eventually sold in search of a gold prospecting/relic "do it all well" PI that didn't weigh 5+ pounds. I picked up a Garrett/Whites 24k and plan to keep it since it is basically a gold prospecting specific 48 kHz MXT Pro. Good luck with your decision.
    3 points
  20. You dont have to worry about the battery level or voltage or anything else when charging .Just plug the connectors and wait before the coil or/and the CB or headphones are full . Personally I use XP wireless detectors since 2013 and I have never looked at any voltage info or whatever . Sometimes I just charge my Deus during half an hour or one hour , it is not fully charged and this has never caused an issue in the field ..
    3 points
  21. Sorry, yes it's confusing, spiral is another way of saying flat wound where the windings (wires) are laid out flat with each wire next to the other, and semi spiral they layer one layer of windings on top of another laid out flat but taking up less of the coils surface area being doubled up, a few reasons for this and I guess having it fully laid out flat could make the coils hyper sensitive and saturate on ground too badly for the GPX 6000 being such a sensitive detector, they worked very well on the 4500/5000 though. The GPX 6000 coils such as the Coiltek 10x5" are traditional mono's with just one winding transmitting and receiving and laid out flat with multiple layers, a compromise between fully flat wound and bundle wound. Bundle wound the wires are all bundled together like a rope, a little less sensitive but bundle wound coils tend to have hotter edges with the field of detection concentrated at the edge of the coil. Concentric has an outer transmit winding and an inner receive winding in loops, some cases two inner receive windings depending on the detector. Concentric coils can be (Spiral) flat wound or bundle wound too. I'm sure someone could explain it better than me and hopefully will, I hope this helps clear it up a bit though. Each coil type has its advantages and disadvantages.
    3 points
  22. Thanks Bob, The last cool colonial thing I dug was that KGl a month ago. But you have us all beat with the fancy James 1st sixpence or should I say threepence since it was cut in half, HA HA.
    3 points
  23. Great to see some relics, Doggo. My season for that is pretty done, but having someone nail even one cool thing is vicarious pleasure. 👍 It ain't the machine, it's the operator. Bravo again. 👏
    3 points
  24. Gold plated silver. Still a cool find.
    3 points
  25. Good job, glacialgold! Personally I love finding wheaties which are getting scarce where I live. Heck I even get a little rush from finding a copper memorial instead of a zincoln... pretty sad, huh? 😉
    3 points
  26. I have been a devoted fan of Whites since the 1970s. Can't recall the exact number of machines I owned, but each and every one was special and had their own speciality. Since Whites has shuttered their doors I am beginning to wonder if I should begin to let go of some of my high end detectors while they are still "young". I know Centreville Electronics in VA has a contract to continue to service White's detectors under warranty, but the clock is ticking. Old units are still serviced as long as parts are plentiful. On one hand, these machines don't see the wear and tear of most electronics so they are less likely to fail during normal daily use. However, technology becomes obsolete. It is also true no real eye popping breaktrhoughs in metal detecting have occurred in the last 20 years. Yes, the weight of detector has come down and the bells and whistles have proliferated, but a metal detector is still a metal detector and does what it has always done. The operator is the key to how well the machine performs. I an earlier post I lamented the fact that it is nearly impossible to find coil covers and some parts for existing Whites models. The above being said, when is it time to say "goodbye" to an ole friend?
    2 points
  27. Something I've been wanting to do for a while now..I got another x ray generator couple weeks ago and wanted to try it out on my DR System.. Heres most but not all of the coils I have. 1. CTX 6" 2. TDI Pro 12" double mono 3. CTX 17' 4. XP Deus 9" 5. Miner John 8x12" mono 6. x cal 8" 7. Gold Monster 6" 8. Fisher Gold Bug two 6" 9. Nox 6" 10. Nox 11" 11-14 GPZ 7000 stock coil
    2 points
  28. The Minelab Manticore: Tips, Tricks and Settings (V. 6.20.0+73) Clive James Clynick has been finding gold, silver, coins and relics with a metal detector for over 40 years. He is the author of some 26 “how to” books and numerous articles for the serious treasure hunter. Topics include: · Getting the Most from the Manticore’s Power. · Creating Custom Settings for Your Sites and Hunting Style. · Understanding the Manticore’s Graph and Expanded Meter. · Understanding the Audio Options. · Deep Silver Skills: Spikes, False Signals and “Masked” Targets. · Using Basic Skills to Enhance the Manticore’s Target ID Features. · Working on Your Accuracy and Conclusiveness. · The Manticore as a Gold Jewellery Hunting Machine. · Pro-Level Testing and Tuning Methods. ...and much more... ($18.95, Softbound, 108 pgs) Ordering and Reviews: Home (clivesgoldpage.com)
    2 points
  29. I woke up today with a whole list of things to do but detecting was at the bottom. Chicken and turkey feed were on the top. Then followed by veggie plants for the garden. After collecting all the said items, I was finished early and of course feeling the need to take a trip out to a local park. Running slow and in low recovery I was aiming to snipe some silver from this hard hit park. A lot of pocket change later, I was feeling that silver was just not going to happen this time out. A few more concentrated swings and I got another quarter tone. This one sounded a little different and was. Out pops a 1953 Washington, Ha Ha I beat the dreadful feeling of not finding anything good!!! A few more swings and got another quarter like tone, but it sounded a little hollow. At about four inches down and a finger scrape I saw the edge of a silver ring. At the time I wasn't sure if the ring had dancing Alien's, Monkey's or Bears (my vision sucks anymore). Turns out it was some kind of Grateful Dead inspired ring. I'll take 925 all day long. Another 100 swings and I was done and going home. Man I love Detecting, It's odd how a hobby like this can make you feel so great in an instant.
    2 points
  30. Nice finds there dogo, especially the fox hunt button. It immediately reminded me of this two piece button found at my favourite relic site in my home town here in South Oz. Also late 1700’s. I am yet to ID the maker as the backmarks are very faint.
    2 points
  31. I thought I'd re-post stricks excellent X-ray of the Coiltek Goldhawk 10x5" here as there was some confusion around the windings inside the Coiltek Goldhawk coils, it turns out their windings are the same style semi spiral as the 11" Minelab stock coil so good news, they've managed to keep the same winding type while making a more stable quieter running coil with no difficulty being tilted on it's sides detecting piles and so on.
    2 points
  32. Dig, Yes. It looks like a graphic equalizer. Whatever your current selection is, it shows that in the middle and you can see lower and higher to the left and right. Then, you can scroll through them all using the + and - keys to move left and right. Here's a video Tony did...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtgvjZyuGYM&ab_channel=tcDetects Yes SMF is almost always noisier than single, but I like being able to shift the SMF while staying in the mode I want when possible. If EMI is too much on all SMF modes then I go single. This shows interference even when you can't audibly hear it.
    2 points
  33. I had a few people think my silver finds were fake, sometimes my coins come out of the ground looking like they were never in it. Especially silver coins. It must just be my soil type. Here is a quick example, I just pulled up the first photo of a days hunt to find a coin that looked like it was never really lost. Look at the 1940 threepence second from left, looks near new. The others look pretty good too, all I do is wash the dirt off under the tap with a bit of water. I always clean my coins before putting the photos up so they can be seen better, no point putting up a dirty coin photo. I was even accused of this photo being fake having coins I didn't find on it, I found every last one of them and have photos of each ones dig hole 🙂 So while I agree it's sad some feel the need to put up fake photos of finds, and the dodgy Youtube channels and so on that are doing it for some sort of hits financial gain are terribly wrong sometimes people get false accusations too which can be a bit frustrating. It's when you put up photos like this some start to understand it's probably not fake. This was all from one small field, and it's had all the spendable cash removed before the photo being taken, so another hundred or so coins taken away and spent 😛 Successful nugget finds sometimes get accused of being fake too, perhaps because they may seem too good to be true. Sometimes it's jealously I guess. But it goes both ways, yes people fake finds, but people also find stuff and get accused of it being fake when it's not.
    2 points
  34. What makes the Manticore great also makes it hard to learn. Sensitive to all targets. Close and deep. How can there be so many targets in the ground ! There is hope on the way. A small coil will help a lot. I am getting to old to dig all targets. So i must learn the Beast. I do like this machine and i have had a lot. It has the power. just need to control it.
    2 points
  35. Anyone who lies, cheats, and/or steals *should* irk us all, no matter how insignificant that dishonesty seems. Being the suspicious type, I sometimes privately question finds made here. Fortunately I don't think I've ever concluded that a posted find was fake, but it's good not to let one's guard down as long as one doesn't get possessed by the practice. It seems people who perform such nefarious acts eventually overdo it and reveal themselves as the charlatans they actually are.
    2 points
  36. I get the impression that the testers are now happy with the software, and XP probably is too. I guess we are now waiting for (at least) 15 different translators to update/'localize' the software and manuals.
    2 points
  37. Page 38 of the manual says: "To extend the life of your batteries well beyond five years, do not store them either flat or fully charged for a long time. Keep them half charged between 40 and 80%. If you do not use your detector for several months, check them every two months by letting them go flat and then charging them to 40-80%" I don't always follow these suggestions, but I'm quite comfortable with the idea that I might need to change a battery or two at some time over the coming years, and that when I do, it will be inexpensive and reasonably easy to do.
    2 points
  38. That’s just a personal call. If you’ve been detecting since the 70s then like me you are near the end of your journey, and the detectors you have may be all you ever need. There is no genuine reason to ditch them, as they are unlikely to fail. My DFX is not going anywhere. Or maybe like me you just want to try something new. But it does mean going from being expert with a detector to learning a new tool, and your knowledge and expertise with the old tools does actually matter. I’d not get a new model and expect the finds you are making to change a lot. You’ll just be making them with a different detector. So what is it? Stay with the tried and true, the one you are comfortable with? Or try a new toy? Your call, there is no right or wrong answer. Best of luck to you either way, and welcome to the forum!
    2 points
  39. Sorry Aureous but I am going to be a pain in the ass and do exactly what you asked us not to.... Yes, they will need the audio adapter. But why don't they use this instead? Also from Phasetech. Used it on the QED and it is a brilliant bit of kit. Lasts for ages. Recharges quickly. Only a 0.06 sec delay. Has a volume control. And I'm sure Phasetech will confirm that it 100% works for the SDC. Then just use whatever headphone/earbud options they prefer. https://phasetechnical.com.au/product/quest-wirefree-mate-kit/ Audio adapter https://phasetechnical.com.au/product/sdc2300_adaptor_lead/ Not the cheapest option though at a total of $250 or thereabouts.
    2 points
  40. Just putting this out there...
    2 points
  41. Well, that's interesting, they're both semi spiral! They've done a fantastic job quieting them down over the stock coil then. Now I certainly have no need to rush out and buy the NF 12x7", I figured if it was semi spiral and the Coiltek was bundle I'd want the NF, but seeing they're both the same I'll stick with my Coiltek 10x5, it's the smaller of the two so should be the most sensitive. The Coiltek appears to have neater windings. @The Pest the small circuit boards are often there to prevent aftermarket coil manufacturers making unapproved coils. 😞 Thanks very much @strick
    2 points
  42. Great eye for finding the spot, and finds! And very impressive flight aerobatics by that eagle!!👍👍
    2 points
  43. First of all, I am also pleased with Nokta's responsiveness not only in listening to users' feedback but also in relatively promptly acting on that feedback. Most impressive is that it does not seem that the improvements they have incorporated have resulted in any significant degradation in existing performance. Always a risk when you incorporate change, regardless how small. However, that being said, I guess I tend to look at these things from the glass half empty perspective. What this is telling me is that there is too much of decrement in gain (i.e., a rapid dropoff) for small adjustments in sensitivity. It's great that you were able to pick up the chain when bumping from 28 to 30 but this does not bode well if you are in an environment that requires you to reduce sensitivity just a couple of points because of EMI, for example. It appears that you significantly decrement fine target sensitivity relatively quickly. It would have made me feel better if you said you had sensitivity at 25 and bumped it up gradually towards thirty and the chain became gradually more audible. Am I interpreting this wrong? I too would like some more details on how/where you were able to procure the shaft/arm cuff upgrades. Thanks.
    2 points
  44. Patience. Nokta has followed through on everything I can remember they have stated about their past intentions. I feel sure they will introduce a family of PI detectors that have cutting edge features and be very adaptable to Relic, Saltwater & Prospecting/Gold detecting. The price to value received will be a market changer. I'm as antsy as anyone for it to be announced.
    2 points
  45. Dang it all. Why wasn't I smart enough to just ask an internet forum where to go detecting instead of wasting all those years doing history research, geologic studies, digging hundreds of pounds of trash and hiking for days on end with little to show for it. Boy am I dumb. That being said; Mr. fartraveller, I truly wish you the best of luck and sincerely hope you enjoy the journey as much as I have. Expecting some stories and photos from you soon.
    2 points
  46. (I'd rather get less gold if it means less trash) the old timers were everywhere. when you are finding miners trash from the 1800s its probably a good idea to slow down and have a look around. (I don't prefer locations where I know others have detected already) you might be surprised just how far some will go to find nuggets. (The more remote, the better.) ill just say be careful. this morning i found a 60 year old guy from Texas broke down. he was nugget hunting. he was pretty far back in there. he had busted his oil pan on a very bad road. i had to use a tow strap to pull him out over some spots i don't even like to take my 4x4. kind of messed up my day. you didn't say when you were planning to do this, its 90 degrees here in AZ today and will be pushing 100 next week.
    2 points
  47. Would have cost all of $30 and perhaps additional shipping one way to send it in to the repair center to have the battery replacement done and even after you broke it, they probably would have repaired your damage too for little if any additional cost. You cost yourself the $300+ replacement by getting frustrated and throwing it away. SMH.
    2 points
  48. 2 points
  49. For you gents that know what you're looking at GPX 6000 11 mono and 14 DD coils. My plate is not big enough to get the whole 14" DD so it's in stages middle left and right. strick
    2 points
  50. AKA, Deus 9", Garrett Ace Euro, X-Terra 505, Magic Lab for Garrett Ace, Equinox 11" , Vanquish V10.
    2 points
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