Hibby

Wow - great haul thanks n one night

Cool - I had no idea as I've never hunted anywhere where one might find stuff like that. 

Cool find.

What depth or surface!

Nice!

4 hours ago, Skate said:

All these were dug in a 130 year old park in the open grass area near a baseball backstop and what i would describe as the throwing lanes.

I also hunt at a very old park (115 years). I've never seen so many pull tabs and shredded aluminum cans. I'm prone to digging nearly everything there because I always feel like eventually, I'll find that old silver. Best of luck to you.

Thanks @Steve Herschbach ! I had success this time. 

Hoping someone can help me out. I just need to know in basic terms what is the best way to customize a program?  I spent an hour or so modifying the coins and jewelry program to be an exact copy of Magic's renowned program only to accidentally overwrite my changes in the last steps. So I just want to know what method (steps) I should use to modify the program and then rename it as "Magic". I'd like to retain the coins and jewelry program as well so ultimately I'd prefer to overwrite the 'common' program.

thanks in advance,

Hibby

Found this large piece on my property in east-central Ohio. It looks much like petrified wood but not quite as slick as many specimens I have seen. It's also not very common to find in my part of Ohio (Licking County). Is there any way to test to see if it is indeed silicified or petrified wood?

Another Q - Do all ammonite fluoresce? I have a giant museum quality specimen and I am curious if it would glow like that.

Jim - thanks for such a thorough answer. You even answered questions I hadn't answered yet (but was going to).

Looks cool. 

2 questions:

is shortwave light the the same as black light?

is conglomerate the same as 'pudding rock'?

Sure looks like mixed glass. I have heard of a meteorite causing similar formations by landing in a silica-rich environment. But they usually happen in deserts as opposed to beaches. Wish I could tell you more.

Steve, I think I've got you beat on the lowest common denominator detector. 

I had a radio shack orange detector when I was maybe 7 years old. This isn't mine - just a pic from the web. The only setting that detector had was a volume knob. It worked and I caught the bug that I've never been able to shake.

On 1/2/2018 at 11:00 PM, Gerry in Idaho said:

I'd say the White's Eagle was the 1st smart detector that wow'ed me.

Now I mean smart as in digital ID with VDI readout.  I think it was mid 1980's and around $600.

I did have some meter ID machines in the 70's, but the Eagle was the 1st one that was smarter than me, hence my definition of "SMART"

That would have been my guess as well. Eagle spectrum was a great machine.

I will admit, there seem to be so many variations to the mxt line that it's confusing.