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Nice job Strick, Hope he gave you a week in the duck blind. I love duck and of course it tastes better than a gold ring. Best of luck next time out my friend!!!

Great to see your treasure box full of pennies. I wish mine looked half as good. I hope you still give the old detector a walk every once in a while. Thanks for showing us.

More than likely Ken, I've found a few stoneless rings in the last few years. Makes me want to bring a sieve with me to check the dirt. These days beggars can't be choosers, The way the summer was, I'm seriously in the beggar category. At this point, I'm happy to find foil.

350, Not sure what that is. It has a bunch of little holes around the edges also. Might be something from an old clock, I'll throw it in my odd finds box and research it later when I'm rained in.

VL, I was running in 15khz at the time and it was a nice steady 8-9. I really think for coins and jewelry in dirt the single freq's work better on the 800.

Yesterday I scooted over to a park for a mainly gold hunt. I was running the 800 and have been playing with single freq. setups. I only had an hour or so to dig so I made the best of it (kinda). Nothing annoys me more than digging junk but it's the rule if you want the gold. The first batch of targets were foil, foil and more FOIL. I hit up on some clad and a piece of baby spoon. I got another foil tone Ha Ha and figured I would enjoy digging another beverage seal. Well low and behold , looky here. The shape looked familiar but could it be, is it a ring??. Yup. Sadly the stone is missing from my find but its been a while since I found a 14k ring. This is only the 3rd 14k white gold ring I've ever found. For a quick 1 1/2 hour hunt I was more than happy.

Great finds, That's a really awesome little coin. Never heard of such a coin, but thanks for the story. I really love hearing about stuff that I will never have a chance to find. Best of luck the next run around!!!

I'm not a big fan of head to head tests, They generally are biased by so called similar settings and ground conditions and overall poor detecting skills. ANYONE who buy's a machine based on one of these video's and marketing campaign's deserve to have their wallet drained. I've run head to head with many kinds of machines and have Had my ass handed to me and in the reverse. I've run my lowly Compadre against an 800 and cleaned house, so to speak. I get tired of the, this is the best and that sucks BS. This is one of the reasons that I removed myself from this forum for a while. I needed a break from all the stupid. Detecting is 99% being in the right spot. After using many machines for many years I have concluded that EACH have certain things that make them better. That's why all of us run multiple machines. For me I have landed on Tesoros and the 800. ( Not saying they are the best, But they work for me in MY conditions). I hope that both minelab and XP do very well, But in the same breathe I'm not going to tell a new guy or gal that you should spend $1600 or $2000 on a machine because it's the best, cause it's new. I think a bunch of us know or have heard of the older detectors who never laid a hand on a so called modern machine, But yet we revere their skills and amount of finds. Please for the good of this hobby STOP saying one is better than the other, because it's just NOT true. WE are here to help each other and promote the future of metal detecting, not push them away. Sometimes it's the so called shit machine that you can afford AND gets you started AND makes you want to share with other's on a forum like DP. Focus people remember when you first started????? Show your finds, Congratulate each other and SHARE useful information. WE will all be better for it in the end.

So It is said, So it be done, You Erik are the Metal Detecting Monk. Man that has to feel really good to return that ring. Not sure I would take money for that either. I'm sure every time she looks at that ring now, you will be included in those memories. Your a great detector and a great person!!!!

Awesome Erik, AKA The Monk, Man your karma meter is off the chart. That will make her very happy. I think most people do not realize how much pain it is to lose a sentimental item, especially from a passed loved one. Sometimes it's the only connection that you will ever have. If that's the case then you truly are a MONK. Great Recovery for a Great cause.

Love the finds, Those Canadian coins can sound pretty good. As for the mystery item, I agree with Pimento its a brake, throttle or clutch cable ferule. most likely from a bike or moped. KEEP them coming.

Chuck, that would give new meaning to the term SWING

Check out their test on Youtube it's a hoot, Can not imagine using that beast!!!!

Evidently its 31 inch Simon. Roughly 79 centimeters. No woods hunting with that contraption!!!!!

Great silver finds there. Damn I wish my ground was that easy to dig, mine still is like iron. Hope you and your family is safe and you don't have any damage. Hope to see some finds after everything settles down for you.

Erik, No BS you might be the most generous detector on our forum. Hats off to you my friend. Glad to hear that your back at it making yourself and your clients happy. Hopefully you will find a big chunker that you can keep for your self. I might have to rename you the Detecting Monk for all the good that you do. Great story and recovery.

Welcome Ciaran, Glad you joined the gang, Hard to find one place with so many people that truly hold hundreds and hundreds of combined years of detecting. I would wish you Luck, but being where you live you already have it Ha Ha. Looking forward to your participation in the forum. 🍀

I'll Pass on the extra weight and extra 1/2'' in depth. If you learn your machine you'll very rarely be fooled by iron. I look at this way, Once you commit to digging a hole your digging a hole. At the 12'' mark I abandon all hopes of a non-ferrous target. (usually its 10'') My Carrot has served me well over the many years and digging that deep will get you lost permissions.

Kao, Nice job, keep it up. Junk to gold ratio is like 5000 to 1, maybe way more. If your a number hunter you can narrow your trash ratio by leaps and bounds by testing multiple types of aluminium/old and new. and different karat gold in multiple weights if you can. You'll be surprised at some of the TID's. Also you can walk past most TID's with gold indications where you find two, three or four targets in a small area. Usually aluminium can slaw. When hunting for gold jewelry silver always makes for a not so disappointing day. Keep them coming!!!!!

Thanks JCR, Colonial history is pretty cool and sadly lost on most people. A little known fact about early windows was that the more panes of glass, The more status you had. Say 12 panes over 12 panes or 9 over 9. I've restored more 18th century windows than most people have ever looked at. Another cool bit of info of 18th century housing is the stair newel post. look for a hole or an Ivory disc on top of the post. The Ivory disc represented that your debt or mortgage was paid, and was a thing to be proud of. It's very rare to find the ivory but you can always see the hole where it was mounted if the post is original. I suggest that everyone visit their local historical society and see what their towns past was. Thanks for being interested!!!!!

NAGANT, I have always been told that the brown bess was loaded with a .69 cal. ball for what ever reason. Today I asked a colonial historian with an arms background that question. He told me for the most part that the Bess round or rounds was buck and ball, used mostly with a roughly .69 cal. ball. He told me that they had a powder fowling issue with bigger caliber balls and a heavier patch kept the barrels from fouling the barrel. He also speculated that so called mass produced balls in a say .69 cal. could be used in multiple firearms. He went on to say that in times of need of ammunition that they pretty much would ram anything down the barrel, including nails, stones, ect. Another cool bit of information that I thought was an old wives tale was during the revolution, window sash weight's were lead and melted down to make musket balls for the cause. . Since I do a lot of historic restoration and have only found 2 lead sash weight's ever in 18th century homes I kinda believe it. Almost all of my muzzle loader long gun ball finds have been on average .65 cal to .69 cal.

Back in July I was hunting a field that has yielded a few dozen colonial musket balls and a fair amount of colonial coins. This trip out I only had an hour to spare so I had to make the best of it. For the most part things were kinda blah. Only one wheatie for the moment and then I got a good hit on something that could be lead, and it was deep. I took my time and pulled a very large musket ball at around 12''. This ball was huge next to a penny and was bigger than any colonial ball I have ever dug. I know the English had fowlers and some big bore rifles, such as 7 and 8 bore flintlocks and cap locks. This ball measures .794 for the most part and you can see the mold seam. From what limited knowledge I have of English guns, I think this could be an 8 bore ball. If it is, I have no idea how this thing got fired in a hay field in PA. If any of my fellow detectors out there have any thoughts on this ball, I'm listening.

Awesome Doc, I think your going to fit in well here.

Scare Crow updates are coming soon, Anyone have a request? I have a few in mind!!!!

Welcome Winnie, Its always nice to keep seeing new members pop up. DP is Hands down the best place to get detecting info. Hope you jump right in with posting and sharing. Please let us know what you detect with and what's your favorite things are to find. Good Luck