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2 hours ago, deathray said:

 You have any friends at a salvage yard?😁

Breaking Bad? 😃

We need to come up with  a big magnet on 4x4 wheels that we can wheel around. Then at least we pick up most of the ferrous stuff then flip a switch and let it fall to the ground away from where we re detecting. Maybe then we could have a fighting chance in some of these spots lol 

strick 

I must have missed the part where that was your first gold ring...congrats and looking forward to your posts in the future. Almost went to the beaches yesterday but decided to get some stuff done around here instead...There are some better tides in the next few weeks but without a weather event it's a crap shoot where to go..I may try to get down there at some point in the next few weeks for some relaxing beach detecting...it's fun but the traffic conditions can make it a real PIA. 

strick 

Nice work Mitchell to find a delicate necklace like that and all the stones intact is kinda miraculous...cool find!

strick 

21 hours ago, schoolofhardNox said:

So my problem is that when manual balancing, the ground balance always goes to 0. It never moves when I pump it or if I manually raise it (or decrease it) I don't notice a difference. Then I bob it up and down and it returns to 0. On nice sand I would imagine 0 is fine, but on this black sand mix, it has never read 0 before, but now it does. 

 

Does the machine quiet down as you pump it? Doesn't matter what the number ends up as.... as long as it quiets down as you pump it. If it is not ground balancing (quieting down during the pump) well then I would say either the ground is too hot or something is wrong with the machine..I have seen are places where the black sand is so hot that it's impossible to get the machine to balance correctly. The other thing I would add is if you are getting excessive ground noise try turning the sensitivity down...sorry Clive I could not resist..

strick 

Thanks fellas...yes I was thinking also if the sinkers metal composition might play a role as well as the metal shank. The large egg singers have no shank. The targets read the same sweeping 360 with them laying flat in their side so I don't know what they would read if you changed the orientation pointing vertical...I can cut the shank off one of the larger pyramid sinkers to find out...and then stick the pointy end into the grass as well lol. I have  5 gallon bucket about 1/2 full of sinkers so I can test some of the older looking ones to see if they respond the same my feeling is they will. If you look closely even the smaller sinkers read at the bottom just touching the line...How this plays out in our different dirts we'll have to see.

strick 

I wanted to clarify something that I posted in the Centerline thred that Basstrackerman started...also I watched  Video that Andy had made comparing led to gold nuggets. 

On  a recent water hunt I had noticed that some fishing weights I had dug were clearly off of the centerline. And when I got home I tested them on the grass and it was the same result. So I did  little more testing and what I found is this: 

1. Large Irregular shaped Lead fishing weights do indeed hit off the centerline These were Pyramid and Egg shaped sinkers. 

2. Smaller lead fishing weights of the same shape will read on the centerline. 

3. Flat lead sinkers of all sizes will hit on the centerline. 

Photo #1 5 oz pyramid sinker

Photo #2 1 oz pyramid sinker

Photo #3 3 oz  egg shaped sinker

Photo #4 1 oz egg shaped sinker. 

Photos #5-#6 are the sinkers tested. 

Conclusion: Centerline stability for lead fishing sinkers is dependent on the size and shape of the sinker. Smaller sinkers will read touching the center line while bigger pyramid shaped and egg shaped sinkers will read off the centerline.

I did test all the modes in factory and it seemed to be the same for each. I just wanted to clarify as this may help those of us that hunt beaches and fresh water swimming holes. 

strick 

The life of a relic hunter lol...We get all excited when we see little pieces of glass shining in the dirt...ahh all the possibilities that may turn up 🙂 

good shooting CBT 

strick

Amazing story Steve and thanks for sharing it with us. Having worked in Alaska for 9 Summers I witnessed  myself the tremendous need for boats, snowmobiles and ATV's.... Unlike over here where they are considered luxuries over there they are primary modes of transportation and used by nearly everyone. Great job and one to be very proud of. 

strick 

2 hours ago, Cris said:

very nice products. Steve, do you sell your products online? 

Or just e mail them on their web site....they get right back to you. Bought a detector there several years ago...easy transaction. 

Strick

You can make any of the programs sound the way you want it to AFAIK except for the prospecting program which is set in the prospecting audio ...there are lots of audio choices and yea it can be a little confusing but take your time scrolling through the different functions...I'm still learning as well and I've had mine since before Christmas. 

strick

These are my favorites. They don't slip down much but the velcro will wear down after a long time the need to replace. 

strick 

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-1-3-lb-Soft-Cap-Gel-Foam-Stabilizer-Knee-Pads-1H-22380-04/314238216

1 hour ago, Sirius said:

Too close to home man. I usually head south of there to SC. Best beaches around for finding stuff. San Mateo is a wash though no swimming allowed.

Sirius- beaches are for sissies lol J/K easy digging like butter..but once in a while I will oblige when times are tough and need a break from some real detecting. Happy hunting bro. 👍

39 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Nice hunt strick! 👍 I know it isn't much but just getting out in the open fields is awesome. Beautiful scenery and evil sticks, I can knock the ones that grow here down easily. Sorry you are getting all that rain. 😵 We're having the warmest February in a long time. It's been great!

Those ditches look deep enough to handle some serious runoff, you should see our 100ft deep ravines here, treeline and bam. 😬 If some of the trees that grow in the bottom of them were on the higher elevations, none of which are really all that high, they'd be 200ft tall. 😀

Always nice to swing that D2, ain't it? 😎

350 yep had to be careful climbing up the bank very slippery...the sun will come out sooner or later..but then the grass will be 2 feet tall so gotta get the swing time in before then. Always loved the deus for some quality swing time The deus 2 is just a tiny bit nose heaver then the deus 1 was but not that noticeable. The deus 1 with the elliptical coil is true feather weight and has crazy separation but I'd rather have the Multi if you know what I mean..thanks for checking in buddy. 

strick 

4 hours ago, matt said:

Those wed sticks can sure be a pita. I always hated the tar weed in the summer months. It smells and sticks to everything! It looks like the same type of ground. Do you get that nasty tar weed too?

Matt I'm not sure what that weed is we do have sticky tar weed around here in certain areas...this place  I avoided last summer due to the overgrowth...I was thinking it was dead Mustard grass which is all over the place in the Mt Diablo foot hills. 

2 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

I'm thinking this is a better time of year to deal with that vegetation than when it's alive.  At first I wondered if you had a miner's tag but then I noticed the size of it next to the Wheaties.  Do you know what it was used for?  Any scarce date -S mintmarked Lincolns you want to antagonize me with?  😏  Nice photos -- really give us an idea of what you were dealing with, positive and negative.

GB that tag came off some type of livestock..It had  very large chain attached to it which makes me think a bullock or old dairy cow set up...Thanks for looking Oh and the penny's all had s mint marks but are so thrashed and I looked them up briefly but no love lol.

strick 

yea but in Australia dont see any in the US for sale...

strick 

Thanks for the report Hunterjunk It's going to be a gold rush when the small coil comes out lol...every man for himself..😁

strick 

have not had it happen 

strick

I had the same happen in December. Neighbors tree came down on my property  glanced my shop landed on my brand new trailer for my side by side. Their insurance is now ghosting me...the damage is not really enough for me to take out a claim...Hope your car is fixable

strick 

Insurance may say it’s an act of God...tell them your an atheist and they need to pay up. 

Strick 

Oh boy me likes that chain 😀 almost 34 g nice honker you got there. 

strick 

$260 you got a deal! My father in law lived in Mexico for 15 years he always drove a beat up van or RV....the less attention the better. Lots of stories he had. But he liked it there 🙂 

strick 

12 hours ago, Sirius said:

It also looks corroded in some places; mainly this one nub that looks like copper tarnishing. Also some parts of the chain looks like it was welded together and is also tarnishing? I could also be dirty cause I didn't clean it very well. The rest of the chain and center panel look fine though.

 

Get a tumbler if you don't have one already. It is great for cleaning all the clad you find plus for questionable jewelry. If it does not survive a tumble and shine right up then it goes in the junk box (let neighbor kids pick from) or into the garbage can. Your bracelet may just clean right up.

strick 

Cool find those parks can be full of surprises no mistaking that German eagle..

strick 

13 hours ago, schoolofhardNox said:

From what I remember from the Equinox, that iron audio is not just iron targets but ground noise as well. I kind of wished they didn't combine iron targets and ground noise together on the Manticore as well. It clutters up the audio a lot. I hope I'm remembering that correctly?

Yes I think this is right...I've been running my threshold as I would if I were nugget hunting with barely audible...the ground noise is easily differentiated from an iron target as it breaks through the threshold. I believe the threshold is set to zero and you have to engage it in all the programs except the gold modes...they call it  "referenced threshold" I tend to run my detectors   in all metal most of the time except when relic hunting in nail beds where it can get monotonous very quickly.. I don't know if you guys are running with the threshold on or off...good discussion 

strick