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My favorites that I snagged for 2019.

A dual frequency ATP with 4-6khz and 15-18khz same time would be slick, adjustable iron audio, larger coil options in the 13" round dd would be killer. Updating the ATX and stuffing that in the AT series box with a price tag in the tdi ballpark I think would do well.

May your pockets be lined with muddy coins and crusty rings!

Interesting, I usually use my other arm because I am ambidextrous and swap back and forth. Cool looking gadget looks like it would message the tendons pretty good.

That machine will sure be a collectable! Awesome opportunity you have, I am sure you will do great with it. Too bad people are jealous and resort to personal attacks. Gather all the great finds and send that person a pic to rub it in 🙂

Some may charge you. I wanted to get the plat ring I found appraised and graded and gia certified would cost $100 per ring. Call ahead first to see if and what they charge. Many coin hobby shops may test also but will only offer you a portion of scrap weight cost if you chose to sell it. Coin/Hobby shops would be marginally better than a slimy pawn shop imo.

Pulse is the way to go in the salt for pinpointers, it should serve you well.

I have a ML Profind 35 and been eyeing the Fisher F-Pulse. The ML Profind does start to false especially around my Tejon which drives me crazy at times. Does anyone have a F-point and want to chime in? I don't bother with a pin pointer at the beach but a pulse induction one I would think would be handy.

You can always get an acid test kit BUT if it is plated, the plating will indicate gold so I would look it over for any scratches to start with. Test kits run about $25 with a loupe. Not all good jewelry has a mark on it, I found a sweet platinum ring last spring that had no marks and had high grade diamonds. I thought it was a junker as the diamonds were so clear. Local coin hobby guy I know tested it and confirmed it was the real deal.

Any marks inside? Usually there will be a ##k inside the ring if it is gold, silver or plat but not always as some small jewlers don't mark anything at all. Hard to tell in the pics but liike like it could be plated. Take a loupe to it and look over the surface and if it was in the salt and plated there should be some bubbling. Also look at any scratches to see if the metal is a different color ie copper or nickel. Still better than a zinc! Congrats!

I should do a quickie air test on what I have with and without patina. You could be right if I am following correct that if copper has left a halo in the ground that could be what is altering the numbers. I am having good success with running the iron audio so I can hear the iron as a break tone rather than trimming it out completely. Helps a ton on steel bottle caps with dd coils as even though they ring high I can tell what they are as the iron break gives them a rough sound. Amazes me how much you know on coins, becoming our expert here on the forums. Have a Great Holiday!

Went back out today in the same area and snagged these. Wheatie is actually in good shape, just has some patina still on it. I may just keep it as is since it is a 1916, Other is a very worn seated dime. I guess at one time the 1916 was in demand.

Good possibility, lot of old coins in my parts but takes some persistence to slug along and find them. Snow only a couple inches deep in the woods, most the coins in the pine forests here are less than 6" down. We have a lot of iron nails so I run my detectors so tone breaks on iron. The ATP that would be 32-33 with iron audio off. Give you a nice quiet search. I have been looking for the old tree shillings out here but think they will be close to the clay line. Fortunately those are silver too so they should be in fairly good shape. I have seen pics of the 3 cent pieces but never realized how small and thin they are, it actually rang up in the high aluminum range. Oddly that IH range up like a dime usually those ring in low. Think some are bronze others copper? All honesty the key was my cool find for the day until I realized the other was a coin when I washed it up.

Shook the dust off my ATP and spent a few hours stomping through the snow in the woods. Found a nice bronze skeleton key, IH in pretty good shape and this 3 cent trime which I never heard of before nor seen one. Wasn't too deep stuff tends to stay high in with the pine trees. First thought it was from a broken button or something.

Those could be diamonds, check them under a loupe and look for any signs of refractions. Internal flaws and specs of dirt are a great indicator of a diamond also.If none then it's a good chance of being the real deal. I have found my share of cz's and all on plated or silver jewelry. I have some similar fields I like to hit nearby, produced a good 30lbs of clad and some bits of jewelry but usually get chased out towards dusk from the mosquitoes and skunks. Great finds.

For the majority of the areas I hunt my ATP does well, still find stuff that has been picked through for the last 30 years. I look at all the machines out there and it seems to be just splitting hairs. Next big purchase for me might be an inland pi.

They are found on Ali Express free shipping (slow boat from China literally) around $13. Amazon with free shipping between $16-25. They use a small lithium button battery. I don't know how long that would last. It should work ok on my ATP, might snag one after the holiday rush. Will have to get the Garrett connector to 1/4" audio adapter. I think there is enough tonal range between the grunt and mid/high tones to be effective. Wish they said how long it can run on a battery though.

Came across this little gadget. It is a mini equalizer. I thought it might be good on machines like the Garretts that would allow adjustment on the base (iron audio) to tone it down. Has anyone tried one of these?

Blackened metal I found is from hydrogen sulfide. It is more common in water that has a lot of rotting matter. Good example is a local pond I fished a ton has some houses around it and they use a fertilizer company to keep those lawns looking like a golf course. In turn that caused massive algae blooms that chocked out much of the natural plant life. I was pulling blackened lead sinkers. No old dimes but the new ones were darkened. With silver Hydrogen Sulfide causes Silver Sulfide (tarnish). On copper it causes Copper Sulfide (patina). Beach coins are subjected to electrolysis which makes them thin especially the alloys like zinc/copper pennies.

Looks like some the dimes I dug at the beach.

Had a couple warm days and field was thawed, nice and muddy to stomp around in. Found this about 10" down in the muck. Has all it's detail but missing the ball inside. Think they should bring them back for the electric cars out on the road so we can hear them coming? Worked on the horses back in the day.

Looks like there was a struck penny that didn't eject from the die properly and got flipped causing the next planchet to get a reverse strike from the already struck penny. Should be worth something, great find. GB, I didn't realize you posted what I said but only with more accurate detail. Well said.

Nice! Those Chinese coins in the mix with the square holes?

Cheap scales may not be accurate enough or sensitive enough to measure small gold. Just a heads up as I use a unit from AND and is incredibly stable going on 30 years old and at the time ran well over $400 which I used to mix small amounts of ink for making transfer decals. Lately I use that scale for measuring 2 part silicones in small amounts for mold making. I have a larger scale that was really cheap in the $20 range and it is ok on larger amounts upto 11lbs it is not accurate. I believe you get what you pay for.

You notice how close the aluminum shaft is to the coil? Luckily that machine only has a 4" depth max or it would sound off on the pole! I might consider one if it came with dolly wheels to push around rather than try to swing it.