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Welcome from East Texas. Llano County has a little history of Gold and San Saba supposedly Silver. Lots of early history in the area.

Welcome from East Texas. Too many of us have also spent too much time living to work instead of the right way round.

Welcome from East Texas. Some good advice so far, more will chime in. Your experience is normal & everyone started out similarly. It takes time using the machine for it to all start making some sense. I will suggest laying out some typical targets( good & trash) on a clean area of ground and practice on them. You can cover them with a cloth if you want after a while to help on pin pointing. As far a digging in your red clay soil, use a sharp & NARROW bladed shovel. I have similar ground & the Nomad shovel made by Root Slayer works very well. Strong, light weight and cuts neat small plugs, They make hand trowels too.

Welcome from East Texas.

Welcome from East Texas.

Times change.

One of the advantages of growing up in a small town.

You are all set!

I have had people bring me family items just out of the blue in the past and always appreciated it.

I took off work a little early this past Tuesday and re hunted the same area where I found the Eagle button and found a mate. This one has a different Backmark; SCOVILL MFG CO WATERBURY CT. It is not in quite as good a condition but still nice. The thin brass ring thru the shank is the same as the first button but this one did not fall apart. I wonder if they were carded as replacement button in a sewing kit. MXT w/ 6" Detech Relic mode.

I had a nice visit with a family member of the tailor who issued the token I found. I actually went to school with him & he has done a lot of family history research. He brought some photos & even a wooden coat hanger marked with the shop's name when he came by to see me. He knew of the tokens being issued, but had only seen a photo of one until today. I was happy to add it to his collection of Family memorabilia. William Oliver Tippen, born 1874, died 1926. He was the oldest of 13 children and Great Uncle to my friend. W O Tippen.pdf

But they sure run a long time on a full charge.

Looking forward to more on your adventure.

Is your MXT the original Tracker or the All Pro version?

I was not sure if you were using the MS 3 HPs or a wired set with the Z Lynk wireless receiver.

Volume has never been a problem using Z Lynk on any of my detector combinations. You do realize the wireless receiver has a volume control if you use wired HPs instead of the MS 3 HPs.

I will see if I can find some of that product. I have had fair results with White Vinegar. I have had very good results with Ospho Phosphoric acid as a preservative after cleaning an Iron object.

That is certainly special.

@EL NINO77 These finds are from one of the sites that I have high hopes about the Versa's performance. High maghemite ground with lots of Iron, small & mid size. A 6" coin is a difficult target there. I will see what Dual mode Field MultiFilter & Dual Park can reveal.

That sounds like you need to get yourself a repro Colt 1851 Navy too. It actually took me a day of pondering before I realized what the socket end would fit. The screw blade end was easy. Thanks for the reply post.

My last couple of hunts have helped make up for the long hot dry Summer. The token dates to the very early 1900s. He was still in the 1923 telephone book but as a Manufacturer, no longer a tailor. The 1898 Sanborn map shows his address as a Tailor shop. I know a family of the same name & will enquire of them. Hopefully their Great grandfather. If so, they may like to have it. The combination tool is a special find for me. It gave just enough of an interesting tone to not be another cut nail. It was dug in the front yard of where a pre War cabin stood on the old main road, nearby to the old Republic blockhouse site. Troops were documented to have rallied & camped there on their way East to the action. Side arms were usually only carried by officers or Cavalrymen. The other items are just nicely interesting to me. The brass ring with ball may be some sort of buggy curtain rod ring. The ointment tube top is another example of the ornateness & attention to detail that was once give to even ordinary everyday items. All dug with the MXT in Relic mode.

Very neat. And it cleaned up quite well,

That sure is a pretty location. Any particular reason you were using Beach mode? Is the water brackish ? Did you try any of the land based programs? Still not a bad tally on coins.

Welcome from East Texas.

Welcome from East Texas.