Cal_Cobra

Nice digs! That buckle looks like a nice find too. I've yet to find a flying eagle penny, or large cent, they're just not common on the left coast. Those crown tops were used on scent bottles, and possibly fancy glass condiment bottle tops: https://www.google.com/search?q=crown+top+perfume+bottles&safe=off&sxsrf=ALeKk011K6cxrhTelg1nCWnW37NmnN9piA:1607724917585&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2vu-E-sbtAhUBip4KHfdaCmwQ_AUoAXoECBEQAw&biw=1920&bih=938 GL&HH, Cal

That weekend was a hat trick that will be tough to top, especially at that particular site as Tom and I have had plenty of hunts there where we've found zero coins, but they just lit up on this hunt with a rare date $1 gold coin and two good date seated dimes too boot for an easy $5000 in coins from that trip. I don't sell my finds, but those are the kind of detecting trips we live for (makes it a lot easier to get wifey buy-in on future trips 😂

I think when Tom originally had an EQX800 when they first landed he was more enamored with flipping it to make a quick buck, and it didn't receive the proper endorsement from his "go-to" mentor at the time, so he didn't really give it a proper workout. Sure he did test it a bit, but I suspect that had he stuck with it, with as much time as he gets to detect and spend twiddling around with machines, he'd probably be the premier Equinox expert by now and his results would show that. He also wants something that one ups his Explorer 2 on all fronts, and although SteveG figured out deep coin turf hunting with success on the Equinox in trashy parks, it's not something that I or most others in his circle really care about so we haven't put the effort in (nor do we want to) to unlock it's ability as a park hunter (who wants to bust their butt all day to dig a silver rosie when you can be digging seateds and gold coins ha ha). I suspect that since it's been out a few years now and he's hunted with a bunch of Equinox owners and their results have, ah-hem spanked him a time or two, that he may have a renewed respect for the Equinox, although he still went with the XP because that's what his his "go-to" mentor endorses (heck what do us mere mortals know?). Thanks for checking out the video, hopefully when we get back at it, a gold reeded edge will indeed make an appearance in my hole....Tom has enough to tide him over for a while 😁

We shall see.....by the time he figures it out the Equinox 2 will be out and it'll be game over 🤣

Thanks, hopefully once covid is behind us there will be more detecting trips, but it certainly put a crimp on things this year.

Thanks, and I was concerned that the Barber wouldn't clean up well, but as I slowly pick off the dirt the silver beneath is fine. I have a bit more picking to do, but I suspect it could grade out as a VF40-45 once completed 👍 No they weren't my best finds this year, I actually had an epic hunt back in February before covid shut everything down:

Thanks! Covid has limited my detecting this year, as many times I can incorporate a detecting trip along with a business trip and all of our business travel has been canceled until the coast is clear.

Thanks. This is my third Morgan, all from the 1800’s.

It was a tough trip, all the sites we thought were going to be great turned out to be duds, glad this one was good. There’s still more there, I’d detect it again.

Quick video of a recent trip that had a long list of sites to check out, and wouldn't you know it an old back pocket site of mine turned out to be the best of all.

The 1856-S $1 U.S. gold coin I was lucky enough to dig earlier this year was a solid 12 from all angles on my EQX800 and it was about 7" deep:

Couldn't agree more 👍

Looks great, like the swamp root bottle and the inkwell.

That's a great modification, hopefully Minelab takes note for the Equinox2.

Incredible find, congrats!

Congrats, that's a beautiful find! I've considered buying Andre's pencils, but have found that a mechanical pencil works pretty well. I dug a beautiful IHP earlier this year from a site that's super kind to copper, and used the mechanical pencil on it and it looks amazing. Then again the brush pencil would be fun to put to the test.

On my bucket list, congrats!

Nice digs! The Equinox is a great cleanup machine. I've been taking mine to a site that my hunt partner thought had dried up (he still doesn't want to go to it) and I've pulled about two dozen 1800's silver coins and a rare U.S. gold coin, all at a site that wasn't uncommon to dig no coins after a few days of hunting it with previous detectors.

On my list to go when my daughter gets a little older (need a Sherpa), and that Gem Mountain park with all kinds of gem stones is out that way too and would like a visit there as well.

Congrats, there's nothing like a gold coin popping out of the hole!

I run FE2/0 as unmasking is my primary goal. Interestingly large iron tools (axe heads, chisels, large spikes, etc) TID at a solid 13, right at nickle. I know this will sound odd, but a nickle that TIDs @ 13 sounds different, more tinkley vs iron tools which have a flat/dull sound. I still dig them because (1) I want to remove them and who knows maybe you'll find a gun part or something interesting, and (2) it's a 13 and I'm typically hunting old sites, so it could, in theory, be a gold coin or something else interesting.

I can't see why not, but it could get pricey as Ezest isn't cheap IMO.

Congrats, that's a great find! What machine were you using, the Multi Kruzer?

Nice find, that's a good find in my book for sure!

Fantastic find, congratulations on an epic, once in a lifetime experience 👍