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Very good.

That is one of the prettiest rings I have seen in a while. Great to learn your machine.

I think all the coils available have their strengths & place. A couple of Concentrics would be nice. My last three Seated coins were all Dimes. 1876 was in the best condition. I would like to find a Half Dime too.

That LG 30 12X9 is a very good coil & it's lighter, but the stock LG 28 is also very good & deeper. If you decide the Legend is a keeper I would highly recommend the LG 24 and the LG 35 coils too.(I have all 5) There are enough adjustments on a V1.11 Legend to keep a tweaker happy in any situation.

We are an impatient bunch & just want to hear you do well with it. I know you certainly have the detecting skill set to get the most out of any machine. I want to see how it does in your hot red dirt. When you power the detector on, the version will appear briefly in the top right corner.

The Stability adjustment in Beach mode is to address Salt/Conductivity falsing. It would have to be very small Gold to be effected. The User Manual mentions around TID 11 if I remember correctly.

Thanks for the story. That dirt doesn't look too bad. What firmware version is your Legend running? I assume you have just the stock LG28 11" round coil.

Good on you and the Tejon.

Welcome from East Texas.

Welcome from East Texas.

Welcome from East Texas.

Nokta will warranty it, no questions.

That is a nice start on a new machine. More to come.

Looks Greek to me.🙃

Me too. Nice finds.

I have been using the same Energizer rechargeable 9Vs in my Garrett Pro Pointers for 5 years now. They last a long time but I keep a 9V Lithium spare in my pouch at all times. There is not much warning for low voltage.

In the meantime you might try a strip of adhesive tape over the port & switch.

Sounds like the low battery alert. It may not be able to hold good contact if cracked.

The brand my local Ace Hardware carries is Loctite. On gilt, I would try lemon juice first after gently cleaning off any dirt. The Navel Jelly as a last resort on stubborn ones.

Yes, axe head with the eye split open. What you called a spike is some sort of keyed locking pin. It has an unusual specific profile. The looped long handle is threaded on the end. I have not come up with what it might be for. The decorative flat piece is from a wood stove. To me, the pod auger is one of my best finds in a while. An unusual find in unusually good condition. The screw thread tip is even well preserved. Pod augers were quickly superseded by large bore screw augers by the mid 1800's when the Machine age started catching up to everyday life. Until then they had been used for centuries as the only way to bore deep holes in timbers or bore out wooden water pipes.

The title is a proverbial saying to describe a time long ago. The last few weekends I have been hunting one of the oldest sites of local activity. Early 1840's. It is well known & has been hunted by many over the years. It is very overgrow & trashy in the best spots. Not easy hunting but there is still some interesting finds to be made if you look in the right places. Those days long ago were real, and so were the people who lived and built and lost along the way.

Excellent post. Thanks

That is some good hunting. Glad you are out with the Tarsacci.

I have seen initial Iron falses get processed down with repeated passes. If you release the target from the coil and then come back on it it may or may not false again. A good non ferrous target will process up with repeated passes of the coil and readily reacquire if released.

That is some pretty serious up averaging. Have you experienced targets wrapping all the way back to ferrous in your soil?