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  1. I never knew such a kit existed! You learn something new every day! Thank you, Gold Seeker! Much appreciated.
  2. My first thought was a very tiny cleaning rod for a very tiny pistol. 😁
  3. This is another one of those, "What the heck is this?". It is 3 1/4 inches and jumps to a magnet and rings up a solid, LOUD -54 on the Manticore. Those are not threads on the end and appears to be a hard rubber type covering on the handle end. I am used to finding fingernail and or makeup type tools on my beaches, but this doesn't look like anything that could be used in that way. It is fairly heavy for its size also. Can anyone enlighten me? Also, show it to your spouse as they may know what it is. Thanks, Joe
  4. I seem to recall being somewhat distracted by the scenery on that beach!
  5. The picture of the "cent", "nickel", "silver", and "gold". = cuniagau from the periodic chart of elements.
  6. This makes 10 gold rings and 14 total gold with the Manticore since my first hunt on Jan 15. It is size 4 and weighs 1.38 grams. I also found a 1964 Rosie. Nice to detect my name. LOL I do believe that I am getting the hang of this machine.
  7. Compass, Welcome to the club who has returned Texas A&M University rings back to their owners. Dan (NM) and I both returned rings last year and I think I watched two YouTubers who also returned A&M rings to their owners. Mine was a 2006 ring that belonged to a college professor who received his ring upon completion of his Doctrine. I received a really nice handwritten full-page letter of gratitude from him. (Suitable for framing when I get the chance) Kudos on your return! Joe
  8. The rubbing wasn't any better than the token. (good thought though)
  9. This seems to be slightly familiar but not enough for me to recognize what it is. It is 41.1mm and weighs 8.6g vs 22.45 of the Ike Dollar. It appears to be well worn but no real corrosion on it. From the weight I would say it is aluminum and it rang up a solid 93 on the Manticore. It was on a freshly sanded in beach. This beach replenishes with a lot of greenies on a daily basis this time of the year, so I detect it often. The winged side is symmetrical, but the triangle side is not. The edges are smooth and not reeded. Anyone know what I have found? Please enlighten me. Thanks, Joe
  10. Back in the 1990's an old detectorist from the club pulled me aside one night at the club meeting and said, "There are two things I want you to remember, One is that it's a numbers game. You dig a thousand pull tabs (beavertails in that time period) and you get a gold ring, you dig two thousand pull tabs, and you get two gold rings-a numbers game. And number Two is, If you are digging nickels, you ain't missing much gold." Sage advice that I have always remembered. He hunted at that time with a Fisher CZ 5. The CZs in the beginning, were analog with a needle and different zones on the dial. On the faceplate on the CZs in one of the zones was 5 cents, a gold ring and a pull tab grouped together and were assigned the same tone. If you are digging nickels, you ain't missing much gold!!! And it is a numbers game. That advice has served me well over the years and I have passed it on many times since. All of the above advice given will serve you well. Little nuggets of information taken from each response if remembered, will help you become a successful detectorist. Re-read all the posts on this thread. Re-read it again. And now go back and re-read it again. Knowledge is paramount to being successful, but you have to make it second nature. Now go back and re-read each response.
  11. I hear ya on looking around. LOL At 70, I still get that exciting feeling but just hope my wife never sees it happening. I don't think she "gets" it, she just "gets" another band-aid!!!
  12. Compass Congrats on all the goodies. I had to laugh at the first picture. I know that wave personally. In fact I met that same wave about three times last week. Once on a sanded out rocky beach. It bounced me around on the rocks like a ping pong ball. I am still wearing five bandaids on one leg. LOL (at least I only had a cuff break and not a shaft) It is fun to find those "pockets" of crusty old coins because you know that gold and silver are in there too! KOB is always prepared for the unexpected for sure! Congrats again on the New Year start. And keep facing the surf! Joe
  13. Having "Gold" taste on a "silver" budget!!! I find a lot of gold plated .925 jewelry on my beaches. Some I acid test it and it test positive for .925, but for the most part my Equinox rings up high so I usually know that it is at least ringing up as silver even though it has the look of gold.
  14. Great perspective and a really well written article from that perspective. I got more from this than any YouTuber has put out there. I almost felt like I was on the hunt with you and really understood what you were describing. I am on a couple of "buyer list" but don't think that I will see anything until spring from the pace Minelab is producing and distributing this machine. They are a corporation that has many many working parts and the Manticore is just a fly on their a$$ in the big scheme of things. But it does sound, from your description, to be one that will be a daily detector and the Equinox and 3030 will be assigned to backup roles. (the 3030 being my backup to the Equinox already). Thanks again for the non-biased, experienced detectorist view of this new machine in your type of water detecting.
  15. Simply a stunning piece of history! Love the simplicity of the band and the beautiful calligraphy inscribed inside. Having a date as well as initials is priceless. Great dig!!!
  16. strick, Folks, I think we have a winner of "what the heck is this BEAST on this ring?". Thanks strick, cuniagau HIPPOCAMPE and HIPPOCAMPUS (Hippokampê and Hippokampos), the mythical sea-horse, which, according to the description of Pausanias (ii. 1), was a horse, but the part of its body down from the breast was that of a sea monster or fish. The horse appears even in the Homeric poems as the symbol of Poseidon, whose chariot was drawn over the surface of the sea by swift horses. The later poets and artists conceived and represented the horses of Poseidon and other marine divinities as a combination of a horse and a fish.
  17. Maybe a cross-bred between a Pegasus and a serpent. LOL Hey, they're mythical aren't they. Maybe a Pegaserpent. The brother of the BEAST.
  18. My first thought but that is a lion's body, scorpion tail and man's head. But a BEAST non the less. LOL😃
  19. The beach always surprises and delights me. This uniquely designed silver ring hit the Equinox at a very solid 35 so I knew from the get-go it was going to be silver. I have googled "horse head, winged, serpent" trying to find out what that mythical animal is called but didn't get much at all. As far as pictures from the search, they looked more like a "winged dragon with a tail". The slanted shape and the rectangle protrusion on the back of the ring are also a bit puzzling. I think that the thick protrusion is maybe a stabilizer to keep the ring from rotating on the finger maybe? Anyway, I just thought I would toss out the pictures on a post as my finds have been somewhat limited lately and at least it is a precious metal find. LOL If anyone has any info on the creature on the ring or anything for that matter, I would appreciate the help in IDing it. cuniagau PS: It is about a size 6 so it is either a woman's ring or maybe a man's pinky ring.
  20. phrunt, Thanks for posting the YouTube. I just received a F-Pulse yesterday and the video was very timely. Like you, I like to see in real time doing what they are saying in the manual. cuniagau
  21. sohN, Thanks for the info. That just may be the manufacture. I am in SoCal, so we have tourists from everywhere. And if they lose a few things here and there, I am glad to clean up their clutter. LOL I don't have a bucket list per se but if I did, I think the platinum bracelet would have just been marked off. thanks, Joe
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