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I hear you my friend, I'm in the same boat, with no sign of shore.

With the price of Jeeps and Meteorites, That might fetch a small fortune!!! Remember what PT Barnum said there is a sucker born every minute.

I too wonder all the things you are Chuck, I have a feeling temporal thermometers may have shelved detecting equipment development. Tid bits can give you hope, silence brings you fear. I think the more Nokta waits or pushes the development, The more people go and buy an Equinox. Then the market shrinks for them. Hard to say at this point, That even if they did come out with a multi how many will they sell? Enough to cover R&D? I think at this point they would have to produce a serious game changer to even compete with the Minelab tech. I think most Mfg's have sat on their butts way to long milking old tech to save money. Then wondering why ML is killing their sales. I'm the kinda guy that is a brand loyalist, And would cut my arm off before trading companies. But looks like I'm going to have a hard time tying my shoes with one arm. Hope you have more faith than me.

I'll add the Tesoro Tejon, one I still wish I purchased. My forum member Kac will attest to its ability to find things other's missed.

Is that penny a covid mint? might be worth a lot of cash!!!! Great reale and LC, Glad someone is finding the reale's. That's my bucket lister. Thanks for posting!!!!

I've googled a few things and have found some that look close, I'm assuming no Stanley tool works of the Delaware tribes. All kidding aside it is one of the coolest things I've ever found. I think I might make a handle for it, Just have to find the right piece of wood.

GB, I was thinking in the more pure form of tin. Back in the old days it was mostly used as a protective coating and also made tin coated sheet steel easier to solder. Being in historic restoration tin coated steel and such turns a grey color. Oh and it was banned a while back due to the lead content. I'm thinking we could go halfer's on a xrf gun? Even with the gravity test, the numbers just don't work. Seem's by the numbers it's closer to bronze. JCR, Not german silver, I tested 5 different pieces of stock I have when making knives. Good call though. Actually it was the first thing that came to mind for me. I like the way you think!!! $10,000 per person should get us a pretty decent hand held!!!! Including JCR

School, It's grooved only on one side.

I did the test, coming up with 7.507 gravity. Maybe tin or some weird stainless but I tested a couple of pieces of stainless with the MK and the numbers are not even close. Maybe Tin? I thought tin was very soft? I did test pewter and its still below that range. I would love to know the gravity of 800 silver. Just did a bleach test and it stained the surface, Not sure how that reacts with tin, I'm still leaning towards some weird silver alloy. stumped for sure.

Thanks for the info GB, I'll give it a try. I think I can mimic your description to achieve the results. (hopefully)

Welcome David, Glad you joined. Do you have a current detector? And what do you like to hunt for most? Or are you searching for one to buy? Do not be shy, There are many great people here to help with any questions.

Great to have you aboard Frank, Can't go wrong with coins and rings, They do bring a lot of joy. Current machines and coil size would be helpful for some new found depth. Also what do you consider deeper? Fill in the blanks and help will soon be in your direction.

Was out hunting a big field which has coughed up some decent finds over the last two years. The property has history from the 18th and 19th century. The day was pretty much a bust until my last signal a 55-56 on my MK, I thought it was an indian head penny because the numbers were close. Low and behold when I popped the plug I saw what looked like a hammered silver coin, Very thin, odd shape and then nope!!! What I found is what I thought to be a watch case back, But looking at it closer it seems to be a piece of jewelry? I also noticed stamping marks. So my problem is the odd numbers for silver. The item mic's at .035 or 1/32'' thickness, .945 or roughly 15/16'' long, .780 or roughly 3/4'' wide. It weigh's 2.65 grams, A silver dime weighs 2.38 grams. It has two stamped #13's on diagonal locations, And remnants of prongs for holding a stone. I did a little research and found the 13 assay mark could be German or Finnish, Pre 1886, In a roughly 800 purity. Question is does an 800 purity drive the numbers down. I ran tests with every weird metal and foreign coin I own and can not replicate these solid numbers. It looks like silver, feels like silver, weighs like silver. But I have my doubt's, Anybody have any clues? Not sure how to do a specific gravity test without it costing a lot.

Hell, I would use the bear spray for the humans and give the dogs a milk bone Ha Ha. Nice job on the saves Rod, That's some great detecting for a bad area.

Great outing, I would take that wolf button over the 1833 any day of the week. That's just an awesome looking button. Do you know the history of it?

A couple of weeks ago when the snow was still a foot deep, I decided to walk a local creek. I walked about an 1/8th of a mile and found some pretty unique items. The first was, what I think is an Axe head or some kind of utility item. The second is a strange rock that looks like flint. Not sure if this is the case or not. This little creek has a lot of Lenape and colonial settlement history. I wasn't going to post this because I thought, maybe it's not what I think, But the longer I thought about it the more I wanted to get some answers. I hope my fellow DP members can point me in the right direction.

That's a keeper, I have no problem trading a little blood and cold fingers for silver. It's the tree branch to a cold face thing that makes you ponder your choice of area. Good luck on the next trip out.

This is why I joined this site. Questions about tech stuff always give you the insight to the right path.

Great, I was hoping the MO service center would be success.

Yup, Seems kinda shady to me. When I got my MK the box was sealed but the contents were a little beat up and loosened from the long trip to the US. I photographed the entire box opening, just in case I had a problem. Hopefully your seller will make it right. Nobody wants to blow their hard earned money on used, sold as new crap. If you do not get justification let us know.

That's a beauty for sure!!!! My wife would have allowed me to keep it for 10 seconds, Funny how all my jewelry goes to her. Great find!!!!!

Great find!!!! Hope its not the last. I find some weird stuff in places you wouldn't expect. I take every unexpected find with a GIANT grin. Nice job!!!!!

I think an electronics guru could make it work with little problems. It would be just the cost factor. That being said, if you own a pack that you can not replace it might be worth the cost to get your detector up and running.

Nicey Nice, Great find. Its those kinda days that make it all worth while.

Nice, You find it where it's at. Keep on diggin!!