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9 hours ago, Cal said:

Congrats on some great finds!

Thanks hopefully more in the week end my main aim at the moment is to master this pulse.I don't really care about the finds yet everyinteresting bits is aplus............I dug a WW2 anti aircraft shapnell the other day at 40cm..............with the CTX just next to the beach entrance,did the sand moved was it out of reach of other users or simply they didn't bother god knows....

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Well done never found one in gold but few in silver.......

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i thin k they started like 20+ years????had a PI from them never had the time to use it

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Wicked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!its 2019 and i think they just started to  imported those tool in France not that they have to much gold but to melt jewellery i guess....

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1 hour ago, danielbecerra said:

Forgive ignorance, but in which country will the fair take place?
 
 

UK England

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On 3/10/2015 at 3:59 PM, Professor Hester said:

I want to give a sincere "Thank You!" to Steve Herschbach, Reno Chris, Ivans Garage, Snake Jim, Mike Hillis, RickUK, AZBlackbird, and Sourdough Scott who all responded to my dumb questions.

I tried to match up the requirements, as you told me, of a metal detector for gold nuggets and coins:

* High frequency

* Ground balance

But I could not find a metal detector in my price range of ($300-$350) that met those two requirements I am back to square one and I guess I will not be purchasing a metal detector at this time. At least I now know what to look for and I am no longer completely ignorant. I am disappointed but I will get over it.

I will recommend your forum to anyone. You guys spent your own time to help me. It doesn't get any better than that.

Thank again.

Professor Hester

This forum is unique!!When i want my head to be full of tech chat or geology tales i just log in et voila.

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In French Noe is Noah ,Noel is Father Christmas 🎅 un je ne sais quoi funny!

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On a asbestos roof tile.......................forgot to mention :)

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5 hours ago, PositivityandProsperity said:

Did you ever figure out what that is? I cant make it out for the life of me

Medieval knife blade i think

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We are moving house this week end i found a lost item well actually a few they are all canonballs which i put in a safe place to avoid to be kicked :)

Here is my 2nd favourite a nice specimen circa 15th century.I got a smaller one cracked to the core but not splitted which remind the force or the energy at impact...........they were used against wood structure and heaven cavalry then became obsolete against stone walls,and were replaced by lead then quickly by steel

Anyway here is the beast weight around 3.5kg

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On 7/20/2019 at 5:10 PM, RickUK said:

Regis,some tremendous finds that old 'Father Thames' has given up after all these years,what freq had you been using on the HF coil ??

 

14khz then 31khz  read on 5 discri -4.0 the difference between both is crazy......

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4 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

I’m amazed you found a pipe in such great condition. All I find is fragments. Great recovery job.... I admire all the effort you are putting into this. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks Steve .I am moving this week end and i re-found some stuff i put in safe place to avoid to be broken one of them is a 37.5 cm Churchwarden clay pipe.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Churchwarden-Clay-Pipe-13in/dp/B003NEZVSG

Mine is of course ancient and found in a spot where i broke another one...................in 7 pieces.

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So here is my  most successful so far,nuremberg jetton Est india company button and other bits hard to describe how cool it is to detect the spoil as you never know what you gonna find.......it s like playing lottery.....using the 9"HF .Pipe was found while reaching the water line to clean the button

Enjoy

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Hello i m participating to a exhibition inseptember and pictures needed to be taken "in action" so i invited the photographer (Hannah Smiles)to follow me as i was digging.

https://hannahsmiles.com

https://totallythames.org/event/foragers-of-the-foreshore

I m focusing on the black gravel which may contain the oldest stuff for some reason on that patch (same spot as other trenches) the gravel was 2 feet deep not much luck except this Eward the 3rd penny.Using the Deus 9"HF discri -4.0

http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/pics/hamm/ed3/1d/index.html

^th trench deeper wider and longer ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,jackshit 1 medieval knife blade lots of sweat for not much......

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Hello to all been supra busy visiting houses and working like a donkey but i manage to squeeze some pure digging and detecting the spoil.

BUT yesterday when for a metal detecting only session and i had that beauty.6000 years old tranchet Adze blade  from the Mesolithic period,i ll well pleased with that.

More pictures of my trench only session soon

Enloy

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Money well spend............................................................NOT

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Video from the youtuber are cool once the items aren't planted.......................

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La parole est d'argent, mais le silence est d'or 

Thanks Denis for sharing and been persistent  ?

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6 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

Nice haul for such a small spot, but I guess you've got 2+ millenia of drops.  I bet you also got your share of trash.  ?  What's a Nuremberg token?

http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/nuremberg-jetons.html

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I have bombarded this spot for years ,but its now very popular i pick up more than 2000 pounds(british) of gold there .Wedding rings,cufflinks,broken gold bits etc maybe the size of 2 basket ball pitch.....now i am searching in a different way and so far it isn't too bad.

The deus is very convenient as i can dig and switch on the headphones as i whish......

More to come

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Hello went back to the spot of my latest trench and decided to dig one longer,i left markers last week which were still there on thursday but were gone on Saturday ...........so i left some this time heavy enough that u need a bit of strength to move those rock.......I was equipped with the 9"HF 1 spade ,1 pickaxe and 1 Hodan pick.Weather was ok not too hot.

The pickaxe really helped to loosen the compacted gravel,and i think with a bit of practice i will getter better at it.I detected the spoil once out ,and it was very easy with the deus to switch 

on and off.

So i found:

-1 Rose farthing

-1 Nuremberg token

-1 beautiful button from the 4th regiment of the East  India Company

-1 roman coin

-1 strap of some sort probably medieval.

I did found anything while refilling the trench(which is good) and i more than happy with the result as i still got 100s of trench to do on that spot but also i am the only one allowed as most of the license holders are scrapping only?.I also found a pretty long clay pipe

Enjoy the work out 

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Hi it was on a modded silver sabre 2 this machine has more knob and switch than anything.What i realise is when warm(no joke) it works ......plug the coil and try again to turn all knob and switch.I got 2 LOBO ST and the scream when turn ON to indicate the battery level.But i am unfamiliar with the original LOBO

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i had the problem once on another Tesoro threshold was drifting