Valens Legacy

Great hunting with some very nice finds for sure!

Keep up the good work and good luck on your next outing.

5 hours ago, ShintoSunrise said:

Article you linked mentioned (without a source) a single application; in 1967, by unspecified parties, supposedly in Vietnam.

That was just one of many articles I had found. Patton also used someone to dowse for landmines and water at one time in WW11 in another article, the practice has been around for 1,000's of years.

Does it work, I don't know, does it not work, I still don't know.

There are so many things that happens with no explanation as to how it was done today and in the past, that just maybe it could work.

I am no expert on anything and a newbie with metal detectors, but I still wonder how people found things in the past using those rods.

Very nice finds and you got the weather grandmother had a few days ago it seems.

Good luck on your next hunt.

When I was hunting a church a few weeks ago I knelled down to dig a target and put my knee into a pile of deer poo. When I drove up I had seen several of them near the church and didn't give it much thought. Had to go to the car to get some paper towels to get it off.

Still found a few cents.

My grandfather used one before and made a modification to how it attaches to the handle.

He drilled it out to a 1/4 inch through the pole/handle and inserted a pin with a clip on it so he could take it apart for the car. Works very well.

Even the military has used dowsing for years along with several other government agencies.

Dowsing goes back 1,000's of years and I for one have seen my great-grandmother use them to find lost items.

Here is another link that is very interesting to read.

https://canadiandowsers.org/military-government-and-big-business-use-dowsing/

Glad to have you here and we hope that you share some of your finds with us..

Good luck and happy hunting.

Really a great hunt and glad you made so many saves on the rings.

Beautiful rings and quite unique finds.

Good luck and happy hunting.

When I first gave a response to the question I did a search on the internet and came up with the information I had given. Several articles stated the same thing that I had read also. I did not think of the void that the snake had made, and it sounds like the best answer to the question.

Here is a small part of what I had read from one of the articles.

"Mineralized tissues, such as bone, teeth, antler and horn, are important elemental storage sites in animals. These tissues contain necessary elements, both major, such as calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), magnesium (Mg) and sulphur (S), and trace elements, such as iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn) and cadmium (Cd). Most elemental research has focused on the major elements, especially Ca, P, Mg, due to their crucial role in bone metabolism [1]. However, other elemental evaluations and comparisons across tissue types and species are required to more fully understand their biological function."

That is why I made my comment thinking that if a snake was coiled up in such a small ball that it might be possible for a detector to maybe pick it up.

Since I am new at detectors I hope this explains why I gave the answer that I gave.

Fantastic finds and great pictures thank you for sharing.

Please leave some for the rest of us.

Happy hunting and good luck.

Glad to see you here Tony, and hope to see some of your finds.

Great part of the country where you are at.

Good luck and happy hunting.

Welcome aboard to the forum and glad that you are here.

Please show some of your finds in the future and tell us about them.

Washington is a nice place to hunt and wish you luck on your journey in this hobby.

Good luck and happy hunting.

12 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

these are not prototypes,

I want the one on the left for sure, and a standard 6in.

4 hours ago, ShintoSunrise said:

makes me wonder what the difference is between a snake and say, my cat,

Take you detector with sense in a high range and go over the head of the cat and it will pick it up from the cats teeth.

Chemical makeup of teeth will have a small amount of magnesium in them, same as a tusk or ivory.

Nice hunting and glad you shared the adventure with us.

Happy hunting on your next trip.

Great job on the hunt, I bet your back is still hurting from digging so much.

Good luck on your next hunt.

Great finds, thanks for showing and sharing the adventure with us.

Good luck on your next outing.

Nice video and some good hunting for sure, but I have just one question.

With such a nice creek why didn't you take a fishing pole also?

Good hunting on your next outing.

1 hour ago, Erik Oostra said:

I'll finally have a partner in crime.. 

Would that crime be throwing him in front of the snakes so you don't get bitten?

Stay safe and I also am scared of snakes even the non poisonous ones. I just don't like them.

A detector can pick up a coiled snake which is in hibernation due to the fact that they have a .31% of magnesium

contained in their bones and teeth.

So depending on how large they are one can easily detect snakes in the winter. So go get them critters and post a couple of your finds on here for everyone to see. A video would be nice to show that it is not a hoax and maybe give someone more time out there.

Rattle snakes can still be dangerous so be careful.

1 hour ago, Againstmywill said:

Maybe this maker...

Looks like you found who was trying to trademark his works, great job on that.

I would have the metal test to see if it is plated or solid, because the stone looks very good.

Great find and one of a kind.

Beautiful area that you are in, and I think that you have real potential there.

Wish I were there also to help you out but hey I have to be somewhere else working.

Good luck and happy hunting.

Next time take a small pump and set your sluice up on the beach.

Once again I am out of likes.

Just now, GotAU? said:

A 34Ah battery will charge for a couple days and can also run a puffer or small refrigerator as well.

That was just a simple battery that I use for my USB circuits only, the larger battery I use is for the heavy equipment and it is a trolling motor battery I bought at a auto store.

The solar panel system I showed you I can charge almost anything with, and if I connect a small inverter to it I can run many other things also.

I know that it is a little heavier than what most people want, but I mounted everything on a hand truck to pack out. With everything I take with me that system only weighs an extra 30 pounds, but like I said it is all on the hand truck with the rest of my equipment.

Good luck on your decision.

25 minutes ago, Erik Oostra said:

Or an even wilder idea, could I hook the inverter straight onto the solar panel?.. it's output is also 12v..

Never do that as the solar panel that you are wanting to use will never be able to power it properly and burn the solar panel up very quickly.

This is what you need to connect your converter to for safety.

https://www.amazon.com/ML7-12-Battery-Mighty-Brand-Product/dp/B00K8V30D0/ref=sr_1_5?crid=SJ8Y1E8765HA&dchild=1&keywords=12v+battery&qid=1611737243&sprefix=12v%2Caps%2C211&sr=8-5