Mark Gillespie

I had been using my Killer Bees with an adapter but I like these better.  I hope to hunt tomorrow evening maybe.  I tried them in my test garden and even the deep targets sounded as good as my Killer Bee's with the adapter does. 

2 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

Can you find a model number on it?  Looks like the 50p.  If that's the one they are going for $29.95 (free shipping) on Ebay.  How did you remove the microphone boom?

I'd be interested in reading how well it blocks out background noise -- possibly comparing it to other over-ear headphones you have used.  I definitely like the 3.5 mm plug since I've had problems with adapeters.

 

 

That looks like the same thing.  The microphone unplugs.  It also has the 1/8" male plug.

I don't know if they make these without a microphone.

The microphone on my grandsons head set stopped working so his mother bought him a new set.  I got the hand me down to use for listening to music. But thought I'd try something this morning.  Combining with my WM 08 I found the most perfect combination to date.  Great sound quality, blocks out the outside noise and feels great.  The best combination to date.  Very light weight and the head strap is angled to reduce fatigue on the ears.  And no 1/4 to 1/8" adapter needed.  Zero lag time of course. 

I think at some point I've already inquired about this question but it never hurts to ask again.

May years ago, on the original Tesoro forum, the one linked on the Tesoro site there was two guy that traveled around and hunted old home sites.  These two guy would travel to the upper eastern states and some of there finds were just amazing.  Its always funny they would post their stories on a Tesoro site while they used the Minelab Explorer on all their trips.  I hate to say I've looked through many archive sites and have yet to find even one of the stories.  These two guys could write some of the most captivating detecting stories I've ever read.  Just wondering if any of the ole timers here might remember these two guys and their hunting adventures.

This is how I used my Tejon.  Each site would be a little different but the principle stays the same.

My main discrimination would be set to knock out most of the iron at this particular site.  Then since I've always been a nickel man I would set the discrimination to just pop and crack on a buried nickel.  Now you might be wondering why in the world I would hunt that way?  Since most, I mean the majority of gold rings belong to women and most are thinner, they will read at or well below a nickel.  

While hunting with this setup I'd often switch to the second discrimination to see if the target would be at or below a nickel.  Always dug those signals and found a lot of rings.  The audio on the Tesoro machines are, in my opinion far superior to other detectors, well maybe not but the fact is we have to rely on the audio report more with a machine that lacks a display.  I really loved my Tejon and also the Vaquero.

That is an awesome pile of gold.  Shame we don't have gold or rather not much gold in southern Virginia.

10 hours ago, Jeff McClendon said:

SDC 2300 arrived safely, put some batteries in, ran through the startup sequence, ground balanced over the magnetite dirt, scanned it=no response, put the 0.2 gram nugget under the bag and detected it clearly and easily. 
 

Amazing detector.   
 

Jeff

Very excited for you. 

Wow, awesome chunks.  Makes me want to go prospecting.

5 hours ago, Jim in Idaho said:

It's a wheel kit for a power broom. The power broom is to move dirt off bedrock to get to the gold. Interesting use for a battery-powered broom.

Jim

Not being a true prospector, I would not figure that out.

Any word on when the city and 1st Texas will be back to work?

If you don't dig the nickel signals you'll be missing the majority of the women's gold rings.

Never dug one that nice.  The ground where I live really eats up both nickels and the old copper coins.  And even war nickels at some sites.

Yes the old saying is true most of the time.  Well pump goes out and you miss the convenience of water when you are thirsty.   Well my F-Pulse started acting up with erratic beeping.  Put a fresh set of batteries in and still it was not acting right.  Decided to leave the batteries out overnight and the pointer actually started working but within a few minutes the same thing.  Thinking oh no, I bet the warranty has expired, I frantically searched until I found my paperwork and it looks like I have 3 weeks until the 2 year warranty expires. Contacted customer support, via email and Felix emailed me back with the needed RMA number and instructions for repair etc of the unit.  He also stated, that they were not doing any hobby repairs due to the city being closed down but he assured me that my warranty would be honored regardless of when they actually get to check my pinpointer. 

Now I will say, I never missed this pointer until I had to start using my backup.  The F-Pulse gave me a lot better performance in the bad ground areas where I hunt.  I sure miss it a lot.

I've found many lost rings for people over the years and I've yet to find one where they thought it went.  Example:  I was called to locate a guys wedding band.  After listening to what he said and the direction he knew the ring went, I started searching.  Maybe an hour later I gave up and ask him exactly where he was standing when he slung his hands.  Surprise the ring was where he was standing, within maybe 4 feet.  I could give more stories but that would be pointless.  Now, since you don't have an example of the ring to check what the numbers might be you'll need to dig everything, but remember it will be on top of the ground.  One more thing, hunt with your eyes, follow the traveling of the coil as you sweep.  Amazingly I found a lost ring doing just that and can truthfully say I spotted the ring before my coil even got to the spot.  I will visually scan a few inches ahead of the coil.   You can do this.

10 hours ago, Jim in Idaho said:

How about a nugget test , Steve? Inquiring  minds want to know...Ha!

Jim

Yes, that would be interesting.

I've often wondered about the GPX too.

Congratulations Jim. Appears you really enjoyed your hunt.  Just keep at it, you might end up with an old gold coin one of these days.

Real nice finds.

20 minutes ago, GB_Amateur said:

Was that more/less the condition of the Warnick when you pulled it from the ground?  I find it ironic that Warnicks (35% silver, 56% copper, 9% manganese) in circulation are darker (gray color) than 75% Cu, 25% Ni standard composition USA 'nickel'.  In my experience just the opposite occurs for those that come from the ground -- the Warnicks are white (similar to 90% silver USA coins, although not as white) whereas the nickel composition coins can be anywhere from reddish brown to dark gray.  Similar are the modern clad dime and quarter (I assume clad halves, too, but I've only found one of those so far, and no Susan B. Anthony mini-dollars yet, nor Eisenhower full sized dollars).

Always happy to find a Warnick myself, and good to see that you agree.  Did you find this with the White's TDI/SL and large '350' coil?

 

You are correct, a war nickel usually comes from the ground with a distinctive white color.

The nickel was in bad shape when it first came out of the ground.    To start with I was not sure what it was, green on one side, more like the very old copper coins I dig in my area.  No idea why the corrosion, maybe some sort of fertilizer the county used in the past. 

This time I used the Equinox. 

One thing I can say for sure, the signal was awful, couldn't get a repeatable but the sound was just different.  The ID was in the 11ish range but an in the ground nickel will usually read a 12 if I'm hunting in Park 1 presets.

Since I've been hunting mostly with the TDI, it has me thinking about this area and why I'm finding stuff where I thought there was nothing, hunted out. 

Yesterday evening was a beautiful day to hunt.  Didn't get to hunt long. The school was mowing the lawn, or rather the acreage.  Might not look like much but the war nickel is the 3rd in 4 months.  Not bad for a presumably hunted out site.   Oh, by the way a site is never hunted out.  There's always something left, waiting for the next generation of detectors or the detectorist that my be an unconventional hunter.  I might explain that statement at a later date.

Larry puts on fantastic hunts.  I attended the 2013 GNRS, up close to the James river in Virginia.  Had a great time, met hunters from many forums for the first time.  I hope I can always remember those 2 days.  This was a strict team hunt.  If I remember right there were 20 hunters from each detector name hunting as a team, Fisher, Whites, Minelab etc.  Some nice prizes were also given away.

You've found a super site. I'd love to locate a site like yours.

Man, hunting was much harder this time.  After quite a bit of rain last night the ground was alive with false audio reports.  I knew right from the start the SL required some delicate adjustments.  This coal waste is very conductive, especially when it's soaked.  After digging at least 15 holes out comes a quarter, then 1946 wheat penny.  Then after another 45 minutes of digging and maybe 20 additional holes, finally a nice find.   I'm so grateful after an extremely stressful day at work.