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Yes the xp2.

I was wondering if anyone had this list. I remember seeing a Chase Goldman post that discussed this to some degree but cannot find it anymore.

Thanks

in addition to using black sand as a guide to where to dig your gravel for gold panning or sluicing, look for bird or buck shot that is corroded white. They tend to hang out in the same traps in small creeks and branches. Found decent amounts of gold in north georgia using that method with the Fisher gold bug back in the late 1980's.

On 3/23/2024 at 1:54 PM, steve said:

i had a good day with my vanquish 440 3 silvers and 11 wheats thanks for looking Steve

I would say a very good day indeed. just goes to show you don't always need a $1,600 detector. What you need is a decent detector like the one you own and get out there and hunt. Alas, sometimes I don't even follow my own advice.

These look like meta grain storage bins that were built into the ground. I am assuming for raw materials making moonshine. But I am not sure. I have metal detect a leveled out area upstream about 30 feet and found lots of rusted barrel hoops and a bent U-shaped small gauge rail road track about 4' long. This location is in a forest where an 1840's homesite is located. The still is about 1/2 mile from the house. So the question is were these metal round cylinders used for grain storage or something else? in the last picture you can see other depressions/holes which may indicate there were 5 or 6 storage bins at this location by the creek.

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Metro Atlanta is a tough place to find silver coins. I am looking for good coin or civil war relic hunting spots in metro Atlanta. If you used to hunt these areas back in the 70's and 80's and wouldn't mind sharing the locations, please send me a private message. Thanks

Nobody with experience ever told me metal detecting would be easy, but it sure is a whole lot of fun.

Well that is not what I wanted to hear for the simple reason old beer can ends are very abundant in the CW areas I hunt in urban Atlanta. But fact are facts so I will just dig more trash when hunting relics. Not much different that what I have always done. Thanks

I am rather optimistic. Would like to adjust my relic tones on my XP2 to have a distinct tone on civil war belt buckles.

Any know what they ring up or have a XP2 and CW belt buckle to get the TID?

Good luck (not being sarcastic) with the rebuild and upgrade. I have run 7 web sites until recently and crap can happen. I recently move my remaining art web site from one ISP to another to get a better word press front in builder and it was worth it. But now I only have to wrangle one web site. I don't think many of us on FMD will leave because of this incident. We have too much fun jousting with the admins.

very nice year you had there NC. congrats.

Google failed me in my quest for an answer.  Modern metal detectors are obviously based on some microchip(s) to be able to do all that they do.

So I was  wondering what chipset they use and what type of language do they use to make the detector do what it does.

I am guessing that this may be confidential company information in some or even many cases and I am not asking anyone to break any laws.

I am assuming other than the D2A and A2D chips/circuits it is probably mostly like any other programming language like C++.

I know there are some very talented members on this forum who can dive very deep into the weeds in terms of modern metal detector designs.

" After all, just because you own a set of Tiger Wood's golf clubs or LeBron James' shoes doesn't mean you can play like them."

That is a thought, maybe Tiger should take up metal detecting and make videos. No doubt in my mind he could sell a ton of them. The guy is a pure marketing machine and for good reasons.

very nice ring find. Rare to find in a field or anywhere besides, volleyball courts, totlots, beaches, swimming hole and parks.

I just looked up him on linkedin. obviously not enough info to make this post about Steve. I apologize to Steve and anyone who knows a lot more about him than I do.

19 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Yikes that spider is big, definitely larger than the biggest garden spider or wolf spider I've seen. 😀

I'm sure you have your share of black widows and possibly brown recluse, haven't seen a recluse here but I've heard claims of bites.

I pretty much give all creatures some respect, and others a wide berth. 🤣 Hell I feel bad if I dig up earthworms. However, I have no sympathy for ticks.

they came in on the containers from Japan and Korea several years ago and have taken over north Atlanta. Bite is said to be somewhat like a bee sting. Not like a black widow or brown recluse. Females are huge, males are much, much smaller. I respect all living things and go out of my way to not injure or disturb them or their homes. But it will wake you up when you stumble into their webs. As I said before, you react quick and jerk back and typically will not disturb their web. I live in north Atlanta burbs and most of the people go ape when they see a joro web and broom it, spray it or otherwise destroy it. As long as it not over a walk way, I leave it alone.

this has always been my strong belief. When a great metal detecting company loses its founder and is replaced by a financial person. Apple tried it with a CEO from  pepsi john sculley who was a consumer brand wizard or Microsoft elevated steve balmer to CEO who was another consumer branding guru.

I think the same fate has hit garrett with the current ceo. Zero experience in metal detector design. I wonder if he has ever gone metal detecting in the wild.

I am happy that modern metal detectors have update features. Windows 10 seems to update itself a couple of times each week if not more frequently. But we ended up with a stable Windows 10 platform. Not like that Vista crap and everything after the Windows XP platform up until windows 10.

Getting rid of Steve Balmer helped quite a bit. You don't have a non-IT person run and IT company and expect to see brilliant results. Apple tried that with the guy from Pepsi and Microsoft with balmer.

On 11/8/2022 at 1:22 AM, CPT_GhostLight said:

Thanks for the report on the 11" coil, F350. I'm with you on the 9" coil. It's doing a fine job on my ground and since I may get to a beach once a year, I really don't need the 11".

Congrats on those gilded buttons. Those are beauties!  BTW, what did the spider ring in at? 😄 I hate it when I walk through one of those orb weaver webs and don't know if the spider was in it at the time! 😱  

just wait until the Asian Joro spiders invade your state. There webs are 10 times stronger, they produce an egg sack for over the winter with 400 - 1,500 eggs. They are invasive, but don't seem to be doing any real harm. They are the only spider that will eat stink bugs. When you run into a Joro spider web, you don't often bust it. You back off quickly and the web is intact and no harm done to either party.

I am going to do the same with a second shaft. I am finding out the menu system is easy to navigate and very logical. At first it was a little confusing. But I am liking the menu system better then the 800 and CTX.

Been hunting with silver slayer at my close by parks that I have hunted for 6 years with AT Pro, 800 and CTX.

haven't found any silver coins but there again it is not noted for silver. But am finding deeper and older clad in areas that I hunted with all three previous detectors.

Silver slayer quiet and to the point it will find coins above 87 and give very good audio and steady digital readouts. Also give a clear indication on deeper targets that is  unmistakable to the ears. Nice to have that very clear audio choices available  in the SS pgm.

I got the XP Deus  2, WS-6, WSA II XL, 9" coils and MI-6. I am ready to learn this baby and have fun.

snow outside, sitting by a wood stove smelling the burning wood with a cup of coffee or tumbler of amber liquid. My idea of a good time if you cannot detect. Enjoy.

boy what a great  find. Not just the gold, but the date!!!!

Manitcore is not here. 800 good machine but very chatty on land, XP Deus II is here and is what the 800 should have been.