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Nice finds Bob! Maybe as winter gets here the weeds will die out enough around that barn to get a search coil in there. With finding two silvers inside, there’s a good chance of finding more around the exterior perimeter.

What coil do you have now and which coil will you be buying?

I’ve never used the puck as the master. I really like the remote and if XP had offered a package with the remote, WSAII headphones and no puck, I would have bought that. I’m debating on selling the puck and buying the WSAII headphones or the WSAIIXL headphones. For me the weight savings is pretty much negligible plus the remote feels much more ruggedly built. My other option that I might do is: if XP offers a smaller elliptical coil, then I would keep the puck, buy one of the two headphones and another shaft for two different setups. That would be much more expensive than my first option. In fact I could probably pocket some $ by selling the puck and then buying the headphones. Am I missing anything here?

Wow, that’s crazy! The one I got has an O mint mark. From what I could find out it’s a semi-key date. I have yet to find a seated coin!

Thanks Strick! That thing that looks like a ring is (I think), a piece of an old odometer from a car or tractor.

I was getting a little depressed as I’ve no new sites that are very promising for silver. I took yesterday afternoon off and went detecting to a site that has produced well in the past two years. In fact a couple of weeks ago I dug a 1922 half crown (50% silver) from this site. Well yesterday didn’t turn out like I would have liked it to, but I did end up with a model T hubcap and a 1900 crusty V nickel. This morning I hit a small site where I’ve pulled a walker and a merc along with quite a few wheaties. Today was a bust for silver, but I did get a wheat, a buff and a tiny old toy car which I thought was really cool. This afternoon I went to a permission I have that has produced well but is really starting to slow down. In fact after about mid summer it was too grown up to hunt. The owner is clearing the land to build a new house but no new work had been done until about a week ago I noticed some guys with a track hoe are clearing it again. The weeds have been cut and a lot of the trees have been pulled out. I did go out there after work Thursday and got a deep wheatie that was 9” down and gave a very nice signal in my modified sensitive program. That gave some hope that maybe there’s still some silver that I missed. So this afternoon I hit what used to be an old dirt road on the property and got another model T hubcap. I meandered along and went to a part of a field that’s at the opposite corner of the property where the old house stood. I had been over this section several times before but there was a tree that had fallen that I couldn’t get under before. Now the tree has been cut and moved so, well working my way back to the car, I detected the bare ground under where the tree trunk had laid. All of a sudden I get a real nice high tone reading 96-97. I thought for sure a silver quarter, but about 5-6” down out comes a 1901 O barber half dollar. The hole was where my shovel is in the pic. My first ever barber half and my fourth silver half of the year all others being walkers. My depression suddenly disappeared and I ended the hunt on that happy note!

Abenson, you deserve a “Hell Yeah” for not only getting 4 silvers, but for getting them out of a site that you’ve pounded for years! I agree that there’s some special mojo going on with the deus and notching. Congrats!

My cheap and easy fix: I removed the corresponding section opposite of the break and used two zip ties to hold it in place. Very secure, even more so than when it was new.

It almost seems as if XP designed those feet on the armcuff to attach an extension to. It has those molded in nubs that these aftermarket stands are using to keep their extensions in place. I’d sure like to hear an explanation from an XP rep as to why they made the stand so short. Otherwise, I really like the stock shaft.

Thanks for posting this Jeff. That’s the one I was going to get because the ears are wider and look stronger, but I’ll look for something else now.

I bought one of those 3d printed aftermarket stands for my D2 a while back. Well, it broke last evening. The little “ear” that clips over the too short deus stand broke off and now it won’t stay attached. I’ll try to remember to post a pick when I get home from work. I bought it off of ebay from a seller named manxkat5. It doesn’t look like he’s selling them anymore. Here’s a pic from a different seller with the narrow ears like the one I had My question is: has anyone else had one break and what, if anything, did you replace it with? I don’t want to spend $15 on a part that’s going to break every 4 or 5 months. Are there better options? Here’s a link to one that has wider ears but it costs more: https://www.ebay.com/itm/175321515599?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=tjwVIf_yT8q&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=aM-gh_K9QNO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY I really liked the stand because it kept the detector from constantly falling over. But, like I said above, I want one that’s not going to break so easily. The ones in both pics above say they are printed in PETG for strength and durability. I don’t know what the one I had was printed from. Is PETG going to hold up? Here’s a pic of mine:

Me too. Sometimes it’s a little difficult getting the clip wide enough to slide over the edge of the coil cover. To make it a little easier to slide on, I took a small file and beveled the edges of the coil cover where the clip slides on.

That looks like a printing block off an old printing press. Just a guess on my part though. Congrats on the silver rosie. A silver dime will make any detectorist’s day!

I was using a custom version of the Fast program which is multi-frequency.

I would say he used a lathe to make those since they were made out of delrin rod. Very nice job by the way!

I’ve been using Rattlehead’s silver slayer program a lot recently also. CPT, I also have your concerns about missing good targets (mainly gold) with a lot of notching. However I started looking at this from another perspective. I mostly hunt for silver coins and the silver slayer program is very good for this especially in trashy areas. So my new perspective on this is that once I go through a site looking for silver, I can always go back using different notching or another program more suitable for finding mid and lower conductors. I will mention this: one of the first times I tried the silver slayer program I dug a nice 10k ring that came in at 63 in that nickel window that doesn’t get notched out!

That’s a Hell Yeah! on that cavalry button Bob! You had a great hunt, thanks for posting!

Yep, 97, 98, 99. It was only about 3” or 4” deep. When I got it out I thought it was some kind of silver plated coin and most of the plating had worn off. In the area where I found it the soil is really black and ashy ( is that a word? Lol) looking like there been a big burn pile there in the past.

So last evening after work I decided to hit a site where some old mill houses once stood. I’ve pounded this place with the nox getting maybe 5 or 6 silver coins, a silver ring and I don’t know how many wheats. I hit this place a couple of times with the D2 back when it was fairly new to me (the D2). Yesterday I went there and decided to use Rattlehead’s silver slayer program. It’s based on the Fast program but with a lot of notching and the sensitivity at 97. In about 10 minutes I had 2 wheaties about 6” apart then within another few minutes I got a 1945 merc about 8” down. I ended up with 3 wheats and the merc. Tonight I went to the same place again. This time 5 wheaties, 1 copper memorial, and a 1922 King George V Half Crown which after I looked it up I found out it’s 50% silver! It’s about the size of a US half dollar. How I missed it before I don’t know. I have gridded that area in the past but there’s lots of iron, coal, ash and other trash from when they demolished the old houses. A 50% silver coin, especially one slightly larger than a half dollar counts as a silver in my book and makes 36 for the year.

I was using program 3 (sensitive full tones), varying the reactivity from 1.5-2.5 and sensitivity at 95. I like sensitive FT for woods hunting because it uses no disc.

That’s genius!!

Yeah I’ll be checking the woods this winter. I checked my V nickel collection and I think this one makes 8 that I’ve found and this one is by far the nicest. And it’s only the second one that has a green patina to it.

I’ve only ventured a little off the actual path. The property line is just to the left of the path as you walk in. On that property is a fairly big house that was built in 1840 so I’m hoping for some older 19th century coins. Anyways, I’ve got a lot of area to explore this winter.

I work at what used to be an old resort. Originally there was a 100 acre lake here but the dam got washed out in a flood back in the early 20th century. I found an old roadway that goes back to where the old earthen dam broke. On the way back there I got a solid 64 on the d2. Expecting another shotgun headstamp I dig down about 5-6” and see a green disk. Turns out it’s my nicest V nickel, a 1907. That got my hopes up and a little further on I got a high 80s tid and out pops a wheatie. When I got to the old remnants of the damn I turned around and detected back along the other side of the road/pathway. Before long I got a low 80s tid and out comes an 1896 Indian head penny. The rest of the way back all I found were headstamps, 22 shells and some old pistol casings. I also found a couple of modern copper memorials. Hoping for silver I hit the same road again on the weekend. Nothing but headstamps and pistol shells. This past weekend I hit it again hoping that maybe I missed something. On the way in I got more headstamps, .22 shells and some small centerfire pistol shells. On the way back more headstamps, but no coins. Not to be one who gives up easily, I hit the trail once again Monday after work. On the way in I got maybe 2 headstamps and that was from wandering off the path slightly into the woods. I did get teased with a high 80s but it was a small 4 hole button. On the way back about the same, a couple more headstamps until about 100 yards from where I was parked I got a really strong, nice 95/96. Thinking this is a clad quarter I dig down only about 2-3 “ and I see shiny! Out pops a 1963 quarter! Not as old as I wanted but I’ll take it for #34 for the year.

Man, that’s a nice one! Congrats!