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Actually skunks are the ones that pull plugs. Happens a lot when there are lot of grubs. Been using a probe here because grounds just too dry to dig.

Possible to make a motion based pointer and even have multi tone to it.

Most gold rings will be very detectable with frequencies >5khz. Most the rings and jewelry I find is with my Tesoro at 17.5khz and recently my Multi Kruzer at 19khz with small 5x9.5 dd. The frequency has much less to do with me finding jewlery than the coil size for the area I'm hunting. I happen to like the narrow dd for jewlery hunting because it has excellent separation and I am able to sort through modern trash easier. The higher frequency and smaller coils are more sensitive to earrings and smaller gold but that doesn't mean you won't find them with other setups. Micro jewlery is another issue but finding a stud earring in and around aluminum trash and foil with a prospecting machine could easily drive you mad. Couple my recent finds, 925 cross, rhodium ring and 18k gold with 5 small diamonds.

Coin is soldered to the key or was it cast that way? Last skeleton key I found that had a solid top was a hotel key. Nice finds.

Maybe lost roll that broke up if they are on the same beach.

Good idea but kids are picked up and dropped off at their houses either by the buses or the parents. Not like the old days were we had to walk 10 miles up hill both ways in 6ft of snow.

If you dig the sinkers first you won't need a weight belt 🙂

Nothing is sacred 😞 You should have asked if he had a permit haha

Large silvers on edge can on some machines come in as junk. It is because the phase shift of the target goes around called iron wrap. More common with DD coils. Nature of the beast. Be more concerned with iron masking than stumbling on a silver horde 🙂

Ahh didn't know he hit that place before.

Place looks way too good for you to be the only one digging there. Bet there is someone local that hits it. At least you found some stuff. Might want to toss that small coil on the nox and look for some tinies

Stress ball from digging too close to emi.

It's the thought that counts 🙂

Best ones to ask is Nokta but I believe they are inclusive so latest update should include previous. Best to double check.

Now if that was 10-12" down your heart would be pounding at first hehe.

Depends what your hunting for. Copper and silver is above most pull tabs however tiny silver can be in the aluminum range but would have weaker signals so you should be able to tell the difference. Now if your hunting for gold jewlery most rings, earrings and chains are in below us nickels and above iron (where a square iron nail breaks) with the exception of large rings like class rings.

I have a pile of wood pieces I use for rod building as seats. Those are birds eye maple. I engraved the logo with my laser. I have some brass rods I cut 1/16" longer on each side of scales and peened them down with a small ball peen hammer then used my sander to finish it all off. All the stock I used I happen to have in my shop. The knife stock I had for a folding probe which I haven't finished off. Seemed bit long and not sure how well it will work once it is slopped up with dirt. May put serrations on the sides of the tip but so far doesn't seem necessary. So far the polished tip didn't gouge up any of the finds but that would probably change on a pine tree shilling :)

RTG are round so toss a pair of calipers on it. You could use a ruler for what it's worth. Other scoops that have different profiles I think a paper tracing might do the trick then can it in and model from that.

Brass pins hammered down.

Looks like your missing the 42. Might have to get back out there 🙂

Single discriminator with a concentric can be tough in a trashy park unless your just chasing the coppers and silver and have everything else disced out. Looks like you guys had a blast.

Got some areas that I want to hit but can't really use my regular digger as the ground is really dry and want to be bit more discrete. Made a mini digger/probe using 1095 high carbon steel. Thinking I may use a lower carbon steel as this can be brittle but it is surprisingly strong and holding up well even on packed dirt. Still have to get my technique down but it does a pretty nice job.

That's great! Best of luck with the Nevada hunt Chuck! Hope you packed your Vaquero for the trip too ;)

Wonder if that is new, last time I was there they didn't have those listed and needed a 3rd party lidar viewer.