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No pic but I found the little race car (pretty sure I remembered it being from Monopoly???)

I kinda figured my Monster was maybe about a 10" machine for the most part?  It's good to know that when I get the coil over a 28 lb nuggie @ 18" it won't be missed....!!!!!

4 hours ago, geof_junk said:

This is the smallest my mate got that I know he detected, but whether he got any other nuggets is unknown as he left the area.?

 

I find the little bits of gold are more of a challenge so every time I come across a bigger piece like in your pic I re-bury it so the newer detector guys can have some fun and excitement with an easy find!  All joking aside...IMPRESSIVE!!!!!

I totally agree Gerry!  It's all about the memory of finding something that's just hard to find?  I have a few of my personal favorites that are worth a bunch TO ME over my 27 years tecting but it's the least "valuable" one I probably treasure the most as I NEVER thought I'd dig one EVER out west and in a very young and small town?  I dug an 1842 Large Cent in good shape.  Other notable favorites are Morgan Dollars (1879s,1921), Seated Half (1853), and a 1937d "3-legged" buffy.  Got seated's, V's, buffs, barbers, IH's, mercs, rosies, and coffee cans full of wheats & coppers, etc.  I may part with the common silvers and pennies but doubt I could ever part with the Morgans, seated half or the LC....  Those coins bring back the memories any time I look at them and that (imo) can't be bought with $....????

Good post....thanks!!!!

Glad you got it....!!!!   Can't tell you how close I came to calling on that one!

I don't need another Monster but for that price I'd likely jump on that unless some high tax crap like Idaho or Washington?  Would you know if they have a few or just the one?  If you might give up the info on where...please pm me?  Thanx (I think you'd outta jump on that one)…..jmo

Looking at all the tiny bits all you folks have posted is very impressive and reminds me of amazing these gold detectors really are!  Glad the old timers didn't have them....lol   Thanks for the pics all, something to look at and talk about to help get thru the winter duldrums.!!!!  Gotta plow and shovel again tomorrow...…..

Well Mr. Lunk….  I'd truly wish I was down there in the sunny warmth swinging rather than shoveling and plowing!!  Thanks for the pics and good luck down there!!!!!!  But then again, my couch is getting a good workout this winter...…..and I'm kinda OK with that too!...lol

PS...my oldest Merc(s) would be 4 maybe 5 (?) of the 1916's but none the coveted 1916 D (sigh)……..

1 hour ago, mn90403 said:

Where's the pics?  (I don't find small gold!)

Well I don't find big gold so I went with the teenies…..lol

Come on guys....it's winter time lets see some itsy bitsies….??

OK...I'm bored as the snow keeps piling up!!!  I remember reading a thread on one of these forums, which I can't remember which one, but somebody posted some very small bits he'd gotten with I believe a Gold Monster(?).  Anyways....one of the replies posted was from a person who couldn't and wouldn't believe a detector could find gold that tiny.  Soooo.... just for fun lets see some pics of your smallest bits and what detector you got them with???  Mine below were got with the Monster.....

look at that HOG!!!!!!!!!!

7 hours ago, vanursepaul said:

I am surprised Steve hasnt sounded off on this one...

When I was in Reno working the Parks Steve came over and gave me a demo on park hunting---- he didn't  use a shovel of any kind, just a a pin-pointer and a screwdriver.

Once he got a likely target he used his pinpointer to see if it would pick up the target, if it didnt he moved on..

The idea was not to dig up parks with shovels  and get everyone banned....

This may have just been because we were right in the middle of a well used park in Reno.

But unless i misunderstood him, that was his way of detecting parks.

If it was the boonies im sure he would use a backhoe if he needed too....lol

 

I can't speak for Steve but it sure sounds like he was doing what I call "clad stabbing"....Quick easy shallow coins.  "IF" you chase the older coins in beat to death parks you'll find them DEEP.  Ain't gonna get anything done with a probe or screwdriver without making a hell of a mess of the turf.   I've been in these shovel debates before and agree "the perception of a shovel is bad...no doubt".  The reality is I can cut a much better, faster and cleaner plug with the lesche shovel than I can with the handheld lesche….much less a screwdriver (great for shallow stuff)……   I've been confronted in parks before and once I demonstrate how I cut a plug and put it back, then ask if they can see any of my other holes, that usually quiets them right up...…    But then again...there's idiots out there that'll ruin it no matter what they use?  Shovels look bad agreed....but boy do they do a nice clean quick job on the deepies……...jmho

for parks I use a lesche 31" shovel with the ball handle....LUV IT!  3-4 stabs, pop the plug and you're down 7".  They look bad to most but actually can do a MUCH better job as far as leaving the grass/plug in better shape when you're done......jmo

good job on the V's...….!!!!!  for some odd reason (?) it's my favorite coin to dig...…...

Nice work!!!!!!

Gotta luv that MONSTER...…!!!!!!!

39 minutes ago, Cabin Fever said:

Yes I’m familiar with C’dA park! Found my first Indian Head Cent there in 1992. I still have it somewhere. It’s really been beaten to death the last few years and is one of the toughest to pull an oldie out of in our area now. 

Bryan

 

1992 eh????  That's when I started tecting and that park was one of my first good "hits"....  They had done a tearout maybe 25' x 25' right behind the restrooms/concession and I was the first in.....seated, IH's, mercs, my first V and barbers....shield came later in the turf.  I can only imagine how beat that park is now.  Oh yeah.....I was done with the tearout area and another guy showed up, there was 1 Pepsi can in the middle....  He asked me "did you check under that can?"....  I replied "no"....he kicked the can away, ran his coil over the area, and popped a barber quarter!!!  Lesson learned.....lol

Just another thought..... In my time over there I never did get around to hitting the courthouse? Might be a good one if you've also not tried it?  Maybe on a Sun. afternoon about supper time?

One other thought....maybe do some research and find out where in the park/fort grounds area where the officers quarters where?  Might be worth some door knocking on some of those fancy homes to find another gold coin?  GOD I HATE door knocking....lol

good luck......

1 hour ago, Cabin Fever said:

Great goals Tim. 

My goals are to keep working on my iron range. I pulled more coins then ever this year that were partially masked by nails but I feel there is much more room for me to improve. I plan on doing some nail hunting so I can try to learn more about the ferrous range and the falsing that goes with it.

I am also going to do a little more digging just above the nickel range in certain locations to see if I can sniff out a $2.50 Gold Coin, and to also see how many Nickels I’m missing if any.  I did very well with the old Nickels this year running a very tight dig range but I believe it did affect my War Nickel count which was 0.

I’m going to try and spend more time experimenting with other modes this years as well as paying more attention to EMI mitigation. 

Lastly I’m going to continue to cut my clad count as much as possible which I have been working on the last couple years. 

Bryan

 

You are on the right track imho....   There's LOTS of good old Buffs & V's still out there as most guys won't mess with them because of the beavertails, etc.  Once I figured out a place was done to my best abilities on the older silver, wheats, etc. I would then focus on nickels (and only chasing nickel signals would I ever stumble onto the gold ring by complete accident).  My weakness is I HATE zinc so I miss a few IH's.  Like you mentioned I also figured out that if I was digging modern junk coins I wasn't digging the older stuff I wanted so I started leaving shallow clad and zinc for the other guys...lol  My old coins count came up as my clad count came down.  I now hunt for nuggets only (but can't for some reason part with my eTrac?) and do miss coin shooting but not the distances I have to travel to successfully do it. Also can't take the people, sirens, dogs, folks bitching at you or asking questions, etc.  As far as your gold coin finding goes (never found one myself) you might want to focus more on the $5 piece as it was more common?  You are most likely familiar with C'dA city park and the Fort Grounds area.  Back in the day Military enlisted were paid in silver...officers in gold.  That park and ballpark across the road has given up some real nice old coins to me years ago (seated, V's, buffs, mercs, shield, barbers, IH's) and nobody gets em all....

You get that Nox figured and stick to your game plan I have no doubt you'll be rewarded in the end....GOOD LUCK!!!!!

1 hour ago, Rick Kempf said:

Mining is huge here in AZ.  Saw a bumper sticker a few years ago...

EARTH FIRST...

WE’LL MINE THE PLANETS LATER

Yeah....an oldie but a goody...lol

Most my working years was logging from calif. to Alaska and all points in between.....  our area bumper stickers were:

EARTH FIRST....we'll log the other planets next.

thanks for bringing that one up, I got a good laugh outta that...…….!

24 minutes ago, Jimmy M said:

One thing to remember is that gold is priced in dollars, and therefore the "value" of gold is reflected in the "value" of the dollar. An ounce of gold still remains an ounce of gold, however the "value" of a dollar varies  HH Jim

Ditto Jimmy....

My way of looking at gold "value" is much the same.  An ounce is always an ounce.  Back when gold was $20/ounce it took approx. 30 ounces to buy a bare bones pickup truck...today it takes approx. 30 ounces to buy a bare bones pickup truck....nothing has really changed as far as the "value" of gold...????  jmo...….

"Lunk was swinging the best VLF detector under $1000"    And that would be...????????

Nice pics and hunt Gerry....weather looks VERY nice down there compared to the white/wet sloppy crap up north....

Just now realized old post?????

Personally haven't tried one but there is a thread over on Tnet talking about worst products ever made and the GC was mentioned....might check it out?  Seems someone is always trying to re-invent the gold pan....lol

14 hours ago, Jeff McClendon said:

One of my detector friends has a Golden Sabre II and a Golden microMax. When he brings either of those to a club hunt with a bigfoot coil he seriously kicks all of us AT Pro, Deus and Equinox users butts and he is closing in on 80 years old!

That doesn't surprise me at all.  Although I've never done, or would do, a club seeded hunt I've always thought I could be VERY competitive with the GSII.  That 8" concentric "doughnut" coil is so fast/easy to PP with compared to a DD (which I normally prefer in my coinshooting)…… target is always right in the center of that doughnut hole...….

GSII was my first and only detector ever used for 22yrs.  Paid $429 for mine in '92 (?).  Recently sold it and it's still working fine. Dug a LOT of coins with that machine.  Switched to Minelab 5 yrs ago and haven't looked back...…..

Check mylandmatters and see if there are claims in the immediate area?  That should give you a good idea of what your chances may be.....

Nice stuff....!!!!  Lots of hard work there...…….