Johnny Crunch

1 hour ago, Contraption said:

Late 1960's these were popular with the hippie types. Don't know about this one. 

More like Biker wannabe... or Hot Rod culture of the time...

Thanks for sharing the story. How big is that ahnk?

If it's anything like antenna design, it's probably a trade-off between broadband (multi-freq) and sharply optimized (single freq). Perhaps an analogy is photographic Zoom lens vs Prime lens. Zoom is flexible; Prime lens can only do one focal length, but is unsurpassed for sharpness. Maybe an EE or coil designer can correct my [mis]conceptions...

1 hour ago, Chase Goldman said:

Is the coil beyond its 2 year warranty period?

I do believe so. (I got it second hand, so I didn't imagine the warranty would transfer anyway...)

The coil cable has developed what I think is a discontinuity on one or more wires at or in the molded plug. Plug says: "Amphenol". There are 8 conductors. Does anyone here know the part number for a replacement plug to fit the jack on the rear of the MX Sport control box? 50 years ago I soldered a shortwave radio kit together; I'm quite rusty, but perhaps I could solder a new plug on (doesn't NEED to be waterproof). TIA!

This is absolutely stunning. Now I can daydream about the past. Thanks for the pictures! Keep us apprised!

17 hours ago, Rob in (ca) said:

I smell a V3I Pro in the future 

Ha Ha! I wish...

2 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

Silver, gold, and old coins -- I'd call that a successful hunt!  On the bottom row I recognize four Wheat pennies but what is the fifth coin/relic/??

I can just make out the O from ONE CENT on the crusty coin; thinking all five are wheatys.

Jim in MA: Congrats on a wonderful excursion! Any interesting coin dates?

Nice! Is that an old coin?

Caution. Might not be a coin. Could it be a druse (druzy)? Don't know if the ocean would make it crusty, though.

What's that tiny coin? Thanks for the pictures from this hunt!

1 hour ago, kac said:

Will the needles stick to a magnet? Some stainless has too high nickel amount in them and won't stick. Just about any detector with a small coil should work fine.

That's what I was thinking-- some SS alloys are non-magnetic. I just tried two different sized medical needles (tiny insulin and a big scary one) and each was only weakly attracted to either a one inch cube (25mm) or a 8mm cube neodynium magnet... Certainly not attracted enough to yank it out of the soil, even roto-tilled soil! The magnets would pick them off the surface, surely; but at that point, you might as well use a pliers, if you can see 'em. I have metal detected pins and needles and tiny ball bearings before, so maybe OP could get by with just a pin-pointer? They could get a very good quality pin-pointer for the price of a craptastic metal detector...

Nice find! And cool research from TreasureHunter5!

Always vote like upun seeing a play on words!

Oh, well. Taking out the trash! (You got some goodies, too.) Thanks for the pix!

On 7/31/2020 at 8:13 PM, Tom Slick said:

Well, They said they were working on five new projects. This series is probably four of the five. I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess number five will be a detector that can find and trace those tongue studs that people swallow as they pass through the GI tract. 

StudSaver!

How mineralized is the soil on this hill of nails?

Thanks for the pics!

Enjoyed the video! The way it was edited was perfect. Never a dull moment. Nicely crafted!

Noice! Thanks for sharing!

Cool find!

Enjoyed the anecdote. I felt like I was there.

Nothing like detecting to remind us of the perverse randomness of the universe!

Wow! Congrats! A beauty!

Have yet to find an IH... someday...

Skull Gold, you are my Hero! That was the funniest detecting video ever! I could not stop smiling!

(You better lose that 22kg! I heard Ms.Covid loves the 'chonky bois'!) Haha! Cheers!

Thank you for the selfless kindness.

They say: 'it takes all kinds'. Wish "it" would come and take the littering drunken thugs first!

Foot and a half!  Must've been some erosion in 3K years!

Thanks for the link, okara gold!

I use the dreaded MXSport, but always keep the threshold audio on quietly. Gives a little more data about whether the machine is "iron falsing" on the fringes of some nearby ferrous trash (sometimes you can try pinpointing to double check that). However, I'm not smart enough to determine situations of partial masking and/or trash and target in the same hole— I just have to dig...