Joe D.

Hey Joe,

   Great job! Is that some kind of police/Sheriff badge in the pile? 

   You know your areas, so go with the one that you think holds the most promise! If you can pull of two locations, even better! But that sounds like alot of gearing up/down for one day! Safety first always!! Good luck, wherever you decide to go!!🍀👍👍

5 hours ago, strick said:

Joe what are you doing with the garden hose coupling here?  internal flush lol counter weight? very interesting set up you got here. 

strick

😂 Yeah Strick,

   That's for my removable counter weight! The removable part weighs 16 oz. And the insert weights another 4 oz., And are brass plumbing parts!

   It's made out of an old brass hose nozzle that i found detecting! Than I added a solid steel knob on the end, and a hardened steel spike in the other end! So I have a chipping tool for embedded items! And lethal/non-leathal defensive weapons, if the need arises! And the whole thing is wrapped in paracord, with a loop that I can hang on my beach scoop, so my detector is hands free, and doesn't fall in the sand, when I stop for a drink, picture taking, etc!! 👍👍

Great reporting as usual,

   Glad you are at least, able to access the areas now! I'm surprised that you haven't found more sight finds!! Maybe after some good rain! I love hunting plowed fields in Georgia after a few good rains to hunt for flint and arrowheads! But took years to find the good spots where there was enough activity!!

   Continued Good Luck for old finds and silver! And don't forget the orange, and the air horn! Buck fever is as real as gold fever, but more dangerous!!👍👍

42 minutes ago, Valens Legacy said:

I like to hear the tones from the speaker because I hate having sweat pour out of my ears when I am done.

 

    Caleb,

   Exactly why you see those waterproof/sweatproof earbuds in the picture! Only use the muffs when it's cold! So like hardly ever!! Also those allow me to wear my sun hat! They have been very good, albeit not the sound quality of my good wired headphones!!🥵👍👍

   I agree with all above!! Direct to the detector, or WM08! Not a big fan of the Nox headphones!

   I have my Nox with the Nox accessory wire($20) run up underneath to the bottom of the cuff with tiewraps! Than I can use whatever plug in headphones I wish to use without the cord in my way! (see pic)

   If not using wired (to detector), I use my WM08 in a waterproof phone arm band on my detecting arm! This gives it direct sight to the detector, with no dropouts! No hassles like the wireless headphones give me!!🍀👍👍

Welcome to the forum Dz,

   Beautiful terrain you have their! Would love to see more pictures! My nextdoor neighbor is from Poland!

   You have many great suggestions above! I think the two top pics for you, based on location, availability, and warranty are either one of the Rutus's-Alter or Atrex, or one of the MineLab Equinoxes- 600 or 800! Price is always a factor, if you also have to buy other equipment for pinpointing, digging, pouch, etc...

   If possible, find a place to test drive a few models! If not that, maybe a club! Be sure to buy; new or used, from a reputable source! Lots of counterfeits lurking from shady sources! Also see what others are using in your area, and why? That may give you a better idea of what works best in your type of soil and terrain!

Good Luck!!🍀👍👍

   Speaking of coins no one wants to carry, how many Susan B. Anthony, and Sacaagwea coins have any of you coin shark's found??😁👍👍

   Great Job on the 3D nail board!! I was working on a similar version myself, as the "single plane" was the only thing I didn't like about the original! 

   I think it would be easy enough to make the nails/coins more or less interchangeable to accommodate different conditions! But overall, that may be splitting hairs for a standardized portable test platform! 

   As far as trying to replicate any "Halo Effect" or soil conditions in a portable platform, it's possible, and time consuming, but again, would probably not give you much more information than you can already acquire with that setup!!👍👍

   Great way to highlight one of the problem's Simon! I like the epoxy, and hope it does the job and wears well!!

   I guess my hope with each coil i have sent in(3 so far), was that the replacement would be, at some point, improved! With either a new formulation of thermoplastic, or a redesign! But I have since given that wish up, and will just ride out the warranty, or sell all before expiration! As any capitulation on ML's part, other than warranty, would likely; as we have said many times, end up with a large loss to their; and investors bottom line!!👍👍 

   Chase and GB,

   I've looked at all the points you both made, and actually find them complementary to each other in many ways! You both are well versed, and all the observations made have truth in them! 

   I've also done some of my own research on both "treasures"! And when taken at face value, without all the hype, are both valid in there own right! I have a love of the history, and ingenuity that went into both stories, and all the work that was done in both cases! And especially with Oak Island, l try and look past the personalities of the particular players i find sometimes irritating, and floating false narratives; including the constant "Could It Be??" narration!! Not always easy, but necessary to enjoy the core of the show's story, and get what I really want, which isn't necessarily the monetary objectives being sought after! But that is unfortunately, usually the driving force to make any of these attractive to the TV masses! 👍👍

   Mine is now completely better for now too! Just one of those health and body things that happen, especially as we age, that if you don't stay on top of, gets worse!!👍👍

  If i had to choose using between the two, I'm sticking with my 800 for multiple reasons, which have already been stated! Now if ML wants to give me one to use, that's another story!👍👍  

Thank's Simon,

   That's great info, and a warnings for anyone, about counterfeits! Name brand or not! I'm sure it adds to the cost of what we all pay for the genuine machines, as the companies have to constantly spend to fight this at every turn!!👍👍

   May very well have an RV parking spot there next year, and we are allowed to cruze the neighborhood streets in golf carts, so......! And the northern most 1715 fleet wreck site is about forty minutes away......👍👍

BTW, That was not a genuine Thank You Joe! It was a snarkey one!! Just in case anyone was wondering!🤣

I N F L A T I O N!!!!🤬

   I don't like saying that word Mike!! Please don't make me say it again!!😂

   But I must say, that the Florida real estate market is booming! Thanks for that, Joe!! (as i just sold my house!!🤑) 😂👍👍

   So that's what black walnuts look like!! Never seen one, or been hit by one!🤪🤕 We do have Mahogany trees down here, and as kids, we use to pretend they were hand grenades due to them breaking apart when thrown! But they hurt if you were hit by one, falling or thrown!😂

   And nice saves on the artifacts! Hope you find many more, with some coins mixed in!!🍀

     I'm still waiting on my backordered 5×10!! Been a month and a half! 😬 Though my emanate move a few hours North may limit my prime "winter" detecting time this year!! Oh well! At least I will have many new parks and beaches to detect next year!!😀 I'll just have to detect vicariously through you guys for awhile! So keep finding stuff for me Bob!!🤞👍👍

Nice 3 ring Tom!,

One day I would like to find a few!! 👍👍

    Magic, collectable, you name it! It's whatever the market will bare, and how bad someone wants it! Ebay is a perfect example! People get caught up in a bidding war in the last minute or two of a sale ending, and before you know it, it "wins" for way over price!😬👍👍

   I don't know if anything i have done on this coil will be successful; time will tell!! But I can tell you that having done nothing other than changing the ML washers, and watching how tight the coil bolt torque is, has been unsuccessful for me thus far!!

   And GB,

   I have had the same problem with those "supposedly" plastic bonding adhesives! No good bonding!! I even tried some the cures instantly with a UV light applied; too soft, and didn't hold up!! JB Weld, with good surface prep, has been a winner for me!! I actually remember my Dad fixing a manual shifter ball with "JB", in his old 74, Bronco! And not the one you put your hand on to shift but at the other end in the manual transmission!!👍👍

Well GB,

   You got a lot more hours out of yours, than I did, out of my three coils! And by the way, may I suggest the JB "Quick" weld and fiber washers  over the regular JB weld! I made a little form for my broken tab and used a piece of appropriate sized silicone straw to keep the hole intact! (I did not have the broken piece) Than filled with the quick weld! In this way, I kept the shaft slot the same, and added the fiber washers to the outside of the hole! Worked great, as you don't have to wait all day for the quick weld to set up, like the regular!!

   That was the one that I repaired, just before a trip out of state! When I returned, ML got sent that one, and I got a new one under warranty! 

   Since than, I have used a tab protector, and altered the coil bolt so that it doesn't put as much stress on the outside of the tabs! So far so good!🤞

   This is what I did to the coil bolts! First I filled with silicone, than set a nylon washer just above the surface of the bolt face! No more beach sand filling the gaps, and now the force is more evenly spread across the whole bolt face, instead of that minute edge, which i think is another design flaw, which is adding to the tab failure!!👍👍

Weirdo alert!!🤓

  I like wired coils!! But we will see what next year brings! In the meantime, I've got more than enough equipment to keep me busy!! What i really need is more time to use it! Who's selling time in a bottle next year??🤣👍👍

Hello B,

    I'm in Palm Beach County; at least for a short while longer! Moving North a few hours, soon! 

   Glad you found the forum! Would love to hear how the detecting in Miami is these days! Used to be stellar a few decades ago! Glad to have your experience and stories, here on the forum!! Good luck with both areas!!👍👍

   May i suggest wearing an over abundance of Hunter's Orange this time of year!! We really don't want to go to your funeral to give you a 21 detector salute!!😞😞

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  The simple fact is, that neither one of us, nor anyone else, should have had to do this!! But we will all have the money go elsewhere next time!! BTW, there are still some good shovels made here, but getting them to you is a stretch!🤣👍👍