schoolofhardNox

Impressive for an air test with that much iron in different positions. Now if that can be done in ground, I would buy one for cellar hole hunting. It will be interesting to see how the ground affects the response.

Awesome hunt. The medal is cool. Hope it ID's as a commemorative Jamestown medal.

Maybe someone just decided to throw half dollars on the beach after watching you guys dig junk for hours on end 😄 They do that here in New England but use zincolns instead of halves. 🙄 Could also be some kid that brought them to the beach from home.

Something she will never forget! Great story.

Thanks. For some reason the beaches I hit give up a decent amount of half dollars. I guess the sand had been stripped just enough for some of them to get in range to be found. I'm not much of a gold hunter as I'm not in the water, but I'm content with the few pieces that I get. I love the silver as well, so it's all good. Thank You. I had 2 really good seasons prior to that one so I was pumped up to do well. In addition, the storms should have ripped sand out, instead of depositing it. It's really my fault, as I was too stubborn to try other nearby beaches thinking they would be the same. From what I hear, they were not 😭😭😭.....😄. I am planning a revenge season this fall 🤨

A nice, honest, unbiased assessment of the 6000 doing a relic hunt. Enjoyed the video.

So, my beach season ended on Memorial Day. I hunt off season from Labor day through Memorial day, so my hunts run from the end of one year to the beginning of the next year. Covid ended my hunting a couple weeks early, just as I found a new beach that gave me a bit of gold. Recovered from my friend Covid, but the season has ended. So, I just forgot about going through my finds and recapping the year. I had been spoiled by the last 2 previous seasons with lots of silver and decent amount of gold, but mostly silver coins. This season was very hard to get consistent silver as the beaches I went to, did not open up enough to get large areas of coins. In return, I got a little sloppy in keeping my good finds separate from some new beaches that I only hunted once. But the results I have here are from the beaches I kept track of, along with a drained pond hunt. In reality, this is probably the correct amount of silver I should be getting from my beaches, as with the release of new and better detectors, more and more people are finding the deeper coins. I cannot complain, but it was kind of a weird season for me. I did not take any pictures of the clad, but there was a lot, including a high number of copper wheats and memorials. Also found about 12 + Buffalo nickels. So, here are the finds, along with some descriptions on how I label my beaches. I plan to expand my horizons next season. I may even do some local cellar hole or park hunts closer to home. Always good to review your hunts and sit back and prep for the future hunts.

Good point. But how long can you wait? What if a competitor releases a machine cheaper than your machine and gets what little market share there is left. Release too early and there are fewer buyers due to the economy, release too late and someone else has already teased out sales with a lower price tag. A hard game to play for sure. Stockholders always want sales, but they also want you to get the maximum for each machine. Sometimes its a no win situation. I would love to know how many GPX 6000's were sold per country. I have to think it was not that many. Minelab made its mark with great sales on the Equinox, but Deus answered back, although I think a bit to late. Will Minelab counter with a great high end beach machine or will it be a true relic machine?? No one knows 😄

Yeah, I couldn't figure out how to go between maps except to uncheck the hillshade option and be sure you are on zoom level 16 or less. Level 17 seems to make the original map go blank but works on the lidar well. It is a great source though. Thanks jasong for posting it.

Hands down, that is a great post. 😄

I'm not the best person to respond to this, but I will give you my opinion on it. Usually meteorites have a glazed over surface due to the high temperatures caused by friction in the Earth's atmosphere. So they would look melted on the surface. You would not generally see tiny holes where the gas escaped, so I'm thinking yours has to do with iron foundries. Hopefully someone who know meteorites will respond and give you a solid answer.

Don't get too caught up in it JP. 🙂 Look,the machine has way too many issues for a $6000.00 machine. People are frustrated and Minelab is quiet, so the inevitable result is people are going to bitch. If the company chooses to not respond to the criticism, then it finds it's way to forums, as it should. An apology from the manufacturer could go a long way to building back trust in the quality of their machines. I too wonder how long mine will last and how much it will cost to fix after the warranty has expired. There is no excuse for the world's best metal detector company to be releasing these types of machines. People matter, and our time matters too. It's hard not to get caught up in the bashing of a company that remains silent. Eventually you just chalk it up to their profit and shareholders are more important than their customers. ☹️

That is a hard spoon to date. I don't think it's 17th century, but I'm going along with Chase on this one, but guessing it to be a little bit earlier because of how it is attached on the back. (late 1700's to early 1800's). Hopefully someone can match that one up exactly.

Awesome. Strike fast and scram 😄

What is the tip?

I assumed 5 out of 5 would equal 100% satisfaction rating, so 4 out of 5 would be 80%, 3 out of 5 would be 60 % , etc. At least that how I remembered it working.

4.8 out of 5. Yeah, that would be a 96% approval rating I'm thinking. That's not real good considering how many customers they service.

I guess my question is "what is considered a large target?" Is a US quarter a large target? Because the 11" and the 14" coil can not hit that target nearly as deep as a 12.5 DD coil can on the 5000. I have yet to dig anything close to 15 to 20" range like the 5000 can. I can get 15" on a dime with the 5000. I can't hear a quarter at 10" with the 6000. So far for me, it does not go nearly as deep as the 5000. If anyone has any magic settings to get me even with the 5000, I'm all ears.

Really nice hunt! Those rings are sweet. Lots of big lead as well (potential gold targets). Them wives have a habit of snagging our goods 🤬

Don't be confused 😳 The 1858 is a pattern piece you will probably never find. I was just messing with you about finding an 1858 Indian. There is an 1868 Large Cent as well as an 1868 V nickel, plus countless other patterns. Really interesting stuff.

Yep, I can see the headdress now that I take a better look at it. You can do the peroxide cold as well as hot, but I like to see the bubbles, 😄 so I nuke the peroxide for about 10 seconds.

I thought you found this one. If you ever want to see some real cool stuff, Google Judd patterns of US coinage. There are all kinds of early designs that were patterns and not officially part of the series.

On corroded cents like that I usually heat up some hydrogen peroxide in a shot glass and then throw in the coin. It fizzes a lot but breaks that green right off. On stubborn ones I do it 2 or 3 times. But I'm not telling you to do it 😄 That is just my reckless behavior. It is a fattie and will be somewhere between 1860-1864 if you can see a shield on the back. It may be an Flying Eagle if you don't see anything on it to ID it being an Indian head.

Thanks. I love that series, they are stuck hard. Most of the time they will clean up well. It's the earlier series that are hard to find in great condition. Very sandy soil or areas that have lime, tend to preserve copper well.

So I did get around to toning the large cent with sulfur infused Vaseline. It deepens the coin to a dark tone and hides some of the green that was left by me not cleaning the coin completely. This coin definitely did not see a lot of circulation before being lost.