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DON'T DO IT, I THINK IT IS A TRICK! Send it to me and I will put it somewhere safe for you.😉

The night I came up with my user name I had received the ashes of my dog back from the vet. Valen was the second dog that I ever had and he was the best part of my life. Smarter than most people and could find anything that you would ask him to find. With my old detector he actually helped me dig up what was under the ground and then keep on digging. The dog in the photo on the boat is not him and he is not as smart as Valen. It is a way for me to never forget my baby that always loved me and everyone he met.

Awesome finds and a great hunt! Hope you have another great hunt in the future.

JIm, The forks will work unless the soil is really dry, they break easily. Also the plastic is not biodegradable any time soon.

Great finds, now if I can only talk my neighbors into letting me check out their fields.

I use these flags when I am hunting a good area. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Presco-100-Pack-18-in-Orange-PVC-Marking-Flag/50066715

I do believe that you are correct as I searched for pictures some were very close to what you have stated.

Thanks guys for the information as I was going to order another set of headphones in a couple of months. I will keep this in mind for when I do get another set.

When I was growing up we had a cabin in Missouri and had picked up a bunch of the same type of rocks. We simply called them quartz, but I really don't know the name of all the different types of them. Nice looking rocks though and have always liked the ones in the middle.

What a day you had, keep up the good work, and a really good start for the new year.

WOW, I have a lot to read from this thread! I really love all the information that this site holds and keeps on bringing for all to read and enjoy. Thanks to everyone that has posted on this topic. New downloads to read!

Very interesting article as I had never knew about that gold rush. That is a really big gold mine they have open.

I know the area well from many years ago when I had lived down there. Things got so bad and I just couldn't take it any more.

Nice job Dan, I hope that the grandchild has learned a lesson from all of that. Wish you more luck on your next hunt.

So sorry I just wasn't thinking when I saw the pictures, they are great items.

Since having my 800 unit, I have never had an issue with the weight, balance, or anything that would give me a problem. I have not had it in the water above my knees, and I felt that it was doing a great job for me. My problem is that I am still learning this unit, and with it being so cold or wet outside I don't get to use it much. I only have a problem when I walk past it and it looks mad at me for not taking it out to swing it and find something in the ground. It tells me it can handle to cold, the snow, or the rain, and I have to tell it wait until it gets warmer for me.

Very nice finds you got there. What size coil and which software version are you using?

I can only dream about something like that, and wish you have many more great finds like that. Also when you think that you have enough of them you can always send me one of those.

Very nice find, I hope you bought her dinner for her help.

I agree with phrunt on this as he is correct about the larger rocks, unless you plan to separate all those large rocks nice and even. I would hit the smaller stuff and then dig down a ways to the layers below it so as not to miss anything.

Now that is a lot of trash, but also a nice box of coins. Good luck on this year.

That was a great job in your description of the 2 types of coils Steve. You are so correct on what you stated and you give a simple way to explain coils to a novice. When I was designing coils for parking equipment and for street lights I had a much easier job doing that than to design them for detectors. Whites used a very simple coil for years, before the digital age, and they were easy to make. Any way thanks for the explanation.

That was a long hunt for those 2 necklaces, but you gained a lot of information from the park ranger I bet. Wish your next trip is better for you.

Great finds and I hope you find a couple of nice gold rings next time.

My grandfather had one of those when I was growing up! I remember that he had said that it was one of the better models that could be made at the time. He could locate almost anything with that little guy and he knew exactly what it would be when he dug it up. I think he said he could locate a dime almost 9 inches deep with it, but I really can't remember that far back anymore. Make sure that you clean the battery compartment quite well before installing new batteries and hope the capacitors are still good. I remember it was very rugged and used standard headphones. He could use it all day without running down the batteries and then use it again for about half a day after that. Just remember that batteries were not as good as they are now and they had less power in them also. Great find that you got and remember that it used for hot areas in gold country.