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Erik, I would be careful if she rolls up on you with the cricket paddle, You just might get a strange thank you. Remember no pain no gain!!!!! HaHaHa

Nicely done my friend, Great to see some new and interesting stuff pop up. Keep it coming.

I usually dig anything in the 5 to 12 range in certain areas. Small 14k is always in the 6 to 8, like f350 said it's not worth passing those up.

Welcome Mario, I was wondering what happened to all those parts. Glad you popped up to save those. I'll be interested in some things for sure.

Welcome Greg, Always glad to have a new member. Sorry for the lockdown. hope it opens back up so we can hear some of your stories.

Nice job scooping that up. I like when I stumble across some odd silver pieces, I just show them to my wife and if she's not interested they go in the melt box. Thanks for the story and the photo's.

GB, Kac has pretty much summed it up with the Tesoros. His Tejon has multiple disc which is a great benefit to target ID. For the Much more simplified machine like the Compadre, Mojave or the silver umax, They still are quite efficient at target separation. Most people will tend to drift to the max depth and gain settings to help them find more coins, And in doing so they can punch past shallow targets and get a signal that they will sometimes bypass. Tesoros will still be fooled by big iron and aluminium or should I say still hit on. As Kac was eluding to, aluminum pull tabs square or round, anodized or not will cause some issues with your settings. Just look at some of the aluminum you dig with your 800, VDI's will be all over the range. I have found that not all Tesoros are the same in regard to disc. and need to be air tested with trash, coins ect. that you have dug out of the ground. This will give you a real life test for you to set a disc pattern to break in a way that will be best for each site. I mark with a sharpie the areas of disc I want to hunt with on the face of the machine. I also have a bag of misc. coins and trash I use at the site to help me fine tune the machine. (laugh all you want but it works). Kac is right when saying break your disc so you hear a crackle of your unwanted target. Tesoros are not super great on depth but I can tell you from experience that they dominate on disc and separation. THE most important thing to remember is depth is not king. Most of my silver finds are shallow in nail infested areas that the 800 masked out. The tones can take a long time to get the hang of, But lucky for you if you disc right it doesn't matter. Dig what it's hitting and you'll find yourself picking up some stuff that others are walking over. This being said it's not the greatest detector in the world, But another great tool in your bag that most people forgot about. No great mystery with the Tesoros just good old fashioned technology in it's simplistic form.

Great topic GB, I think for the most part there are millions of good coins still buried. Just do the math, Just look at the minting number for each year of every desirable coin and times that by the number coins. For instance lets pick Mercury dimes, 1916 to 1945. the total of merc's minted were 2,676,916,280 That's almost 2 3/4 billion merc dimes. Now you add the rest up and use a 3% loss ratio and you will see just how many coins are still left for us to find. Not that I keep track HaHa but I (average) two silver coins an acre today. The problem is permissions, A lot of folks just are not friendly anymore. They move from the cities for the rural life, but don't like the rural neighborly way. I try to get new permissions through networking. Oh you might want to tally the ZINCOLN'S

Kac, Let me know what the out come is. I'll take what I can get. I'm looking for housings, boards, coil wires, and the list goes on.

I have found over the years any concentric 9'' or under will out perform most DD's in trash. I've tried the Nox 6'' and could take it or leave it in trash, It still has a masking problem in iron. Just my two cent's.

This morning I woke up to much less heat and humidity. So not having to much luck at a few sites I decided to have a little fun and decided to just dig The dreaded Zincoln's. I was inspired by a fellow forum member who absolutely LOVES the Zincolns, I won't mention his name (GB amateur) Like I said I won't mention his name (GB amateur). I know that all of you will say, that is not fun. I look at it this way, It will always be rewarding. It will always give you a signal and it will hone your pinpointing and digging skills. (also give you a bad back). So off I went to start the Zincoln project. After a 4 hour run I was rewarded with 53 zincolns, 2 dimes (had to dig for my sanity) and 1 Quarter (also for my mental health). Not sure if I dug any key dates or mints (mostly were corroded). I hope our fellow forum member, Who I still won't mention (GB amateur) will now have a renewed sense of how rewarding it is digging these once pristine and beloved coins, But sometime cleaning out a park of these magical coins makes you feel bad for fellow detectors, Who will never have the chance to find such a wonderful coin. So in parting, don't be greedy leave at least a few so others can bask and revel in one of the greatest coins ever made. HAPPY HUNTING MY FRIENDS!!!!!

Like Sven1 said the pro's back in the day pretty much murdered the parks. I generally run my Tesoros disc high too. I'm really only after silver around old home sites that have a lot of iron. The few parks I hunt with the exception of one yield very few silvers. If you have the resolve to not hit a signal for some time, you will end up with the the silver. Some days are very quiet and uneventful.

That's quite the collection, Nice to see you got a few good spots to hunt. Wish you the best with the next 100. Now get out and go find some more.

Nice save on the 1/2 dime and token, Short hunts with a big pay off make the rest of the day that much better. Hope the business trip went as well as the hunt.

mh, I think most detectors think a $1000 machine will do it all. But that's just not the case. I have found myself starting to think that for myself at times. I some how forgot or didn't want to believe that a good old fashioned analog Tesoro detector could pull silver out of a lot of iron trash. Since I started running my Compadre again I have pulled 3 barber dimes and a barber 1/2 dollar in places where the 800 failed to find them. Not bashing the 800 I love it, ButI find Tesoro detectors wonderfully simplistic. Their disc. is spot on. People were saying only if Tesoro would have improved their design they would still be around. I think if people realized how good the design was they would still be around. Think of it this way, When was the last time you lost a call on a land line vs a cell phone. Sometimes the simple less complicated way works out. BEEEEP BEEEEP love that sound all day long, Nothing fancy Nothing complicated, Just another silver coin HaHa.

Sadly the Compadre has a fixed concentric, That's why I wanted the umax for the coil options. In the nails you just can't beat a Tesoro.

I just purchased a NIB Silver umax today. I started to use my Compadre about 3 weeks ago to cover some hunted out HaHa ground that I've been pounding with the 800. I've become aware that the 800 has a little problem masking out silver targets in areas with a lot of nails. I know some of you will tell me I'm using the wrong settings ect, ect. But after trying all the so called great settings from other users I still came up short and feeling like I missed some good targets. So for shits and giggles I pulled out the lowly 5 3/4'' Compadre and hit a few spots. Well now I saw a dramatic silver increase in some of my nail infested areas. There's a lot to be said for setting your Disc near max and just hunting the BEEP = Silver. A light bulb went off and I almost forgot how great Tesoro machines were at discrimination. So a few days ago I got the bug to find a Silver umax, for better depth. Lucky for me a member gave me a tip on a new one. As soon as I get it I will give it a good run. I think sometimes old school detectors will give the new ones a run for the money. I hope all tesoro fans take their machines for a walk once in a while, You might just have a good time.

That's a nice one, The one in the photo is actually Chestnut from an 1856 barn. I reclaim all kinds of old boards and beams. I'm basically a junk collector HaHa

I make my own cases, working on a coffee table display for a friend.

Yup, I agree. Hope your wife knows you put some holes in the wall for a new display? HaHaHa

Cool finds, Love the scale gauge and the pin, Most likely colored glass like you said but still a great find.

Welcome to the forum ScoTTT2. You have ventured into the Holy land of metal detecting. DP is hands down the best forum on the old Interweb and our members are the best that the hobby has to offer. You seem like detector wise, you have some good equipment. Sometimes playing with settings and coil choices can help with emi. I hunt some really good spots with emi (mostly WiFi signals) If you can knock it back a little to keep from having a seizure, Most machines will still lock onto a good target. I'm looking forward to some of your finds and stories. Hope to hear from you soon.

Thank the lord your still with us HaHa. Glad your doing well, And I'm looking forward to your help. Great to have you back!!!!

Was thinking of getting the 10x5, And my ? to all is Does the coiltek have a problem with multi in lower sensitivity settings say 16 to 19 ? Or just the max settings. I run park 1 in multi, 5 tones with IB 0 to 2 depending on ground conditions, Recovery 4 to 5 and sensitivity between 16 and 19. I tried the 6 '' and I'm not a big fan, Has some masking issues. That's why I've been running my compadre over some of my hunted grounds. I also tried the 4khz for a week and found little benefit over multi with the 11''. I've played with all types of settings and still have a problem of small nails sucking the life out of a tone/VDI or the iron completely masks the good target. Most of the silver within the nails comes up in the zinc penny range which I generally pass by.(don't anymore) I was hoping the 10x5 was pretty good at unmasking and separation. I know we all have different soil so, My concern is not depth( The devil not worth chasing) but the ability to help unmask and separate the good from the bad. Sorry for the questions, Your finds are awesome and I wish you more luck next time out. GREAT JOB!!!!

That sure is a nice looking ring!! My wife would have ripped my fingers off trying to get it out of my hand. She's on parole after tossing a pricey Tiffany ring in the garbage. Hope the sands yield some more goodies for you.