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Only 2 pieces of gold here and not many more silver. Lots of bling, but a very poor showing on the better jewelry.

A lot of gold is mixed with copper to get the rose color. If you pass on pennies, you're leaving gold in the ground.

The easiest way to tell if it's gold in the pan is add a little mercury to the mix. If the merc. picks it up, you have gold. If it doesn't, throw it all out. You could also add a little nitric acid to the concentrates and let it soke.

When I get serious about finding value targets, or I am hunting a place for the first time, I grab my 6 1/2" concentric to hunt with. Nothing I have owned or used has yet to out perform it.

My hunting partner just sent me this. Capabilities of a Small Coil by Reg Sniff, Lost Treasure Magazine

The big problem now days, the MFG's don't want to build many concentric coils so in order to get different size coils, you are forced into buying DD's. It really cuts down on how you can utilize your detector. Even with aftermarket coils, the choices are very limited. The right coil for the right situation, can make or break a detector. Coils can make a good detector, a great detector.

This is my opinion of DD vs Consentrics from field use. People have the impression that DD coils eliminate masking. They do not. Often times they are vulnerable more so to masking then a concentric. Another misconception of DD coils is that they are better in hot ground. This is a maybe. If you are using a small DD it can help. But in the same ground, using a small concentric will work as good if not better. In order to compensate in the depth loss of a DD vs a concentric, you have to go to a larger DD coil. When you do this you are now reading more ground increasing the problem with hot ground. By going to a larger coil, you also increase the problem of masking. Larger coils also have the tendency of ignoring smaller objects. Using a DD also decreases your ability to pin point and discriminate. Most VLF detectors derive their best performance from a 6" to 7" coil on coin and jewelry type targets, in most hunting situations, at moderate depths. Smaller targets, such as small gold need smaller coils to see it. All other size and type coils, larger or smaller, are designed for nitch hunting situations. These are special applications for your hunting style or area conditions. Use of these coils create trade offs in performance in many different ways.

99% of my hunting is in urban parks and school yards. ON the grass. These are the tools I use. The plastic rake is for tot lots with wood chips. The Rose clippers are far better for clearing away smaller tree roots. The 10" plastic gold pan is for the removed dirt from below the root line of the grass. It keeps all the dirt in one place and is easy to replace back in the hole. Using Hocky tape on the handles of your diggers will keep your hands from sliding up the handle in wet grass. If a plug is dug and replaced properly no one will ever know you were there unless they see you. You will never lose a target this way. Think of yourself as a professional gardener.

Your detector is only a tool. Having a detector that does everything but shine your shoes is great. But it will only do half the job. You have to train your mind to focus every minute of the day to find treasure. So many times I have been out and about and found valuable jewelry just laying on the ground. You would not believe how many times I have found an item of value before the detector is close to it. Here is an example: I was once hunting a tot on a cold, drizzly, day and the wind was blowing about 35 mph. I glanced over at the sand box and it was smooth as glass. Then I realized in the middle laying on top of the sand, was a long, 14 K gold chain, like someone had layed it out in a straight line for me to find. The strange thing was, it took a minute or so to realize what I was looking at. Because I had let my mind get lazy and focused on only what the detector found and not what I was looking for. If your mind does not recognize what you are looking at, you lose. How many times do you look for something that is in plain sight but you don't see it? There are many ways to keep your mind focused for treasure. On rainy days check around the drains in the parking lots or check along the fence lines on windy days. These are just a couple of exercises you can do to stay sharp. I am always looking for what is on the ground every where I go. It just amazes me how many times I do find items of value. Not every day is a payday, but if you're in the right frame of mind, you can bring them closer together.

If you watch where the players take off their ball gloves you will find a rich area. Base lines are good and places where the out fielders tend to take their glove off comming in at the end of an inning. The action of pulling the glove off produces more rings then the actual throwing of the ball.

That's the first I have heard of that one. I'll have to see what I can dig up.

In case you didn't know, Dr Todd was, Mary Todd's brother. She was Abraham Lincoln's wife. The original town of Todd's Valley was on the north west corner of the first cross road from the corner of where the dump road turns off the main road just passed the property. There was a small ranch there at one time. It was the only thing left that I remember to mark the site. Where the old foundation was of Dr Todd's cabin, up the hill behind it was an old hard rock mine. It was still open the last time I was there. My cousin used to get mad at my grand father for going into it and chipping out the quartz. It was full of large quartz crystals. I think my cousin was actually working that mine, but he never told anyone if he was.

The old barn was the original WF barn. We used to play in it when kids. It was split in two and one side was for Tac the other was a store way back when. When the barn finially fell down, a new one was built over the old. I didn't know this before the new barn was built. I would have loved to have detected that old floor. A lot of stories about that place. It is very interesting. It was my favorite place to run away too when the city started to get me down. I have been up there a couple of times and have never seen anyone around. I would love to walk the grounds for the memories. I may just take a chance. P.S. After a rain storm, my grandfather and uncle used to walk the road into the place and pick up small nuggets!!!

You probably new my god father. Erman. Every one did. The property is located on the right of the cornor of the road that goes to the dump. Last time I was up there about a year ago, they started to subdivide and looks like they stopped. Made me sick to see it that way. I know the area very well and it's history. The property boarders Todd Valley estates.