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Thanks for the contest Gerry !

I try to live for my friends that didn't come back and help those that did , a broken shell of what they were before going..........

 Congrats Jeff ! 

May your luck continue on the hunt.

Nice lookin' chunk of gold !

With all you dig up on what seems like EVERY HUNT !

I guess you should be getting good at the elusive "invisible plug"  .

Another stellar day for ya !!

I remember that ginger ale' ,,,Slogan was 'It's Cott to be Good"

Thanks to Gerry for holding this Monster of a contest !

I got totally rained out so didn't enter but I DID find two clad dimes and two pennies today ! 

One of the pennies was even CANADIAN !  But I'm not putting it in my mouth  ......Skuh kuh kuh kuh

Can't wait to see who won !!!!!!

 Yes , Warning Warning ! Danger Will Robinson !   Is correct !

I was just thinking post a quick soldering 101 when I posted ....my life doing the shows was usually "emergency surgery" keep the show on time without access to parts , usually in the dead of night !!! LOL

I'll change or delete the post if anybody thinks I should.  

Personally , I carry a portable battery  for extended use beyond the built in batt capacity. 

Me too ! But then I remembered the toys...

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Why'd you "like " that ^ ? 

Ohhhhh , I know , don't want me to make you look bad ! skuh kuh kuh kuh

Rained out here too ! 

Ya knowwwwww , I was just adding an edit to my last post ,,,, you could use the dead battery for practice BUT !

It is possible to "jump start" a "dead" LiFePo4 batt with a little juice from a charged battery  !! sometimes they just get too low for the BMS to kick in,,,

Parallel 'em up for a few seconds  20-30 and try charging again normally , try a little longer ?60 seconds?

If that doesn't work , start practicing !

Ahhh , I thought he was savin' us all that fancy cipherin' ! Thx GB ! 

And Thx for providing the factory specs Gold Seeker , always handy info.

WTH , I'll give it a shot.

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On a battery , you need to heat the connection point but NOT the rest of the battery. A fairly hot tip is needed (~40 watt iron ,,,should be fine for this size job.) . Probably get away with the low setting on a gun  but it will be QUICK !        and leave the torch for other jobs PLEASE !    

A cooler tip will take forever and heat the joint as well as the whole battery and not hold very well or conduct electricity that well either.... this is called a "cold" joint . You don't want one of those !                    No , I didn't make that up ! LOL

Warning : you will need to grow a third hand and maybe a fourth ! LOL  Use a clamp or a vise ,carefully. Optionally a volunteer whose fingers are not yours may be involved ....but I digress.....

OK ,READY ?

Place the iron to the battery with the wire in between , and touch the solder a little away from the contact point , heat just till just after the solder starts to melt ,remove the tip and quickly move solder end to the wire and flow more in till you have a good coverage but not a big puddle (you should still see the shape of the wire but no bare spots.... (if it starts to bind up apply a little more heat)

A good solder connection looks smooth , wet and shiny , if it doesn't do it again.  BUT let it cool down first .

This lesson was free , at least worth what you paid ,,mess up ( I mean practice) all you want but don't complain OK ?  

Actually practice might be a good step 1 ... It's really easy though, I learned when I was 10  ! ( use the dead battery !)

The factory "pros" actually use a mini spot welder , and I could tell you how to rig up a likely MacGiver replacement but lets not go there today  !! 

I thought GB was referring to the weight difference of silver in the WN compared to the silver in a pre 64 dime ?

It DOES look nice ! (no more likes for today but I clicked it anyway) !!

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR   200 pieces of silvarrrrrrrrrrr !

Another great line up for you ! OH AYUH yup yup yup

Wearing it's age well !

Loved the report of yer ill fated trip.

Sounds like you never lost control of the situation !🤪

Controlling rain is a different game though .....

Yup yup , That's the kinda "Stink" we're all lookin' for ! 

So ya got "dosed" real good ! 😏

(I think the detector's magnetic field will defeat a shark's location skills  🤔, so VERY safe to be in the water with one.....well it's a theory that needs "field" testing ,,,,, good luck !)

It's raining here all weekend , would a pic of my detector wrapped up in my raincoat work ?🤔

73 is a Ham greeting ?

So , you got skunked ....Is that all there was ? 

Yer skembarasskn' me ! skuh kuh kuh kuh kuh

C'mon depositors !    Gettin' close,, I can already smell the targets ..

Sorry 'bout that Chief !!!

Missed it by THAT much....

Maybe you didn't miss it ...try counting again ! Sure wasn't due to lack of effort..!

Small gold is still gold .....

T'adds up real well , oh AYUH !

Prime spots no doubt !  

It was a hell of a ride ,,, doesn't seem likely the break will reduce the target count for next trip ! Only add more OH AYUH ! Call it Your "gift that keeps on giving" beach. skuh kuh kuh kuh  , you're slaying it with that detector too .

I'm not saying it's aliens but.....