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I'm doing just great with an Equinox 600 and the 10x5. Finding stuff I didn't with the 11" coil. Never found anything that wasn't under the coil. ? I'd like to try the Deus, but with fixed income it's out of my range. I'll wait to see how it does.

It's sad really. The landowner really wanted me to find some great stuff. Now no one will know what was really there. He wasn't happy when he heard of it.

Hey GB, You really have to grid it now, a random search won't find much at all. As I've mentioned a local detectorist and another searched this place every day (without direct permission of the landowner) for 3 weeks. The race track was a straight track about 1/2 mile long along a road and ended at a large barn. The landowner told me the other side was used for training horses. I've found some tack but not much. Last spring when they turned the field I got one Merc but that's been it so far. There is a lot of trash here and I know where the house was pushed into the woods. The barn burned so there are lots of chunks of molten metal. There is also a small cemetery that is fenced in. The headstones date to the 1800s. I've retrieved lots of clad where the barn was, that is where the farmers park their vehicles and set up the machines. Lots of grease gun pull tabs too. ? The wheats and IHP were dug where the house was, thanks to the 10x5 I can find them among the iron that is everywhere. You'll get a 20-25 and high tone in the middle of low tones in Park 1, I use 5 tones. That is my indication to dig. I imagine that is why they were missed. There is another farmhouse site very close to my house that is very trashy, I expect to find a bit more there as well. The 11" did good but the abundance of junk in the ground fools it a bit. The 10x5 is way more precise.

Wouldn't have mattered, not only couldn't he see me but he was wearing earplugs. I couldn't see him either. It's funny, In the fall and winter I wear some really good Wrangler hooded sweatshirts. One of them is exactly the color of deer. Probably won't wear that one ?

It's funny, these should be common. I've dug a lot of other silver, but never a Rosie. ? Nice coin. ?

I have never broken a shovel, but my diggin's are easy apparently. I have that very shovel but only use it where my Predator Barracuda might scare people. ? I can't imagine the shovels they send to NZ are any different than what we get here. Sad you have to go through this. ? Did the second break in the same place as the first?

He had no idea I was out there. I think, because he owns the other land I hunt on, that I will put a flag at the gate from now on to let him know I'm there. He was quite shaken. ? I'm thinking some sort of latch myself. It is brass, so it's kinda old.

We had a monster storm yesterday that dumped almost 3" of rain on us, but Thursday I got out for a little while, and went back to the same place today. I'm gridding a really hard hit area at the old horse race track. Where the grass is an old house and a couple of barns stood. It's at the end of the track, a half mile straight. There was another big barn here too that I posted finds from previously. I didn't find much but what I did find was good. Thursday in 3 hours I got these: 3 wheats, 1918, 1919, and a 1957. A small Baptist Sunday School attendance pin, silver plated and enameled. A nickel plated D buckle, and a couple of whatzits. I think the object on the right is just a splattered bullet. Today I got out there again, it was a pretty dangerous day. While I was hunting I kept hearing black powder gunshots, almost all in my direction. I did range work in the Army, and sure know when I'm being fired at. Have to say it made me a little nervous. ? Luckily I didn't hear any 'snaps', nor the sound of anything passing. Did pretty good, got an old fancy pocket knife, a re-purposed old sinker, and another whatzit. If you look close at the knife it's decorated 1800s style, lots of figuring around the brass scales. Today's finds were scant but better, a 1917 wheat, a 1905 IHP, an 1800s round ball two piece button, and a flattened thimble marked "Singer Sewing Machines". Not a great couple of hunts but good enough for me. The IHP was an interesting find, I dug because I got iron tones and ID's with a 21/24 mixed in. Upon pulling the plug the high tones disappeared, and all I heard was iron. I put the plug back and went on, but something told me to go back. I pulled the plug out again, checked it with my pinpointer, plucked some nails, and when I broke the plug open, the penny dropped out. ? Drove back up the road on my golf cart, and when I got to the end there was a guy zeroing the scope on a Black Powder rifle, pointed right at me behind his target. He apologized for not knowing I was there. Good thing he didn't pull the trigger.

From some quick research, Alberta does have Jade. Jade is mohs 7. Your photos are terrible.

I don't exactly dig it all or I'd have to dump my trash bag every pass. ? I do know what you're saying though, dig all that looks good. If I dug -4 to -9 without any high tone, I'd have collected enough to build an aircraft carrier ?

After using it for quite a few months I'm reluctant to take it off... ? Pinpointing, ground balancing, close work, finding things between undesirable targets is so much better. Going out tomorrow, I'll try the reset too. Can't remember if the change occurred after I switched them last time, but I do remember not doing a reset.

This could be the issue, going to reset mine before hunting next time. Last time I switched coils I didn't do it. Thanks Cap'n!

Yes. Didn't think it mattered much because I don't do a lot of programming. Just got used to the new numbers. Pretty much put it off to different conditions. But yeah, it does seem to move the IDs up a bit, I'm glad Valens Legacy noticed it. Now that I have dug almost a thousand coins with it I could list those IDs out of my head.

I have one, I bought a guitar from a dealer at a guitar show. About a year later I got a call from some irate guy who demanded I give it back to him, or he'd send the police. He was very nasty, also threatened to sue. I calmly told him I still had the receipt, and he could go for it if he wanted to but the state I bought it and lived in has a law that says anything bought in good faith with a good faith transaction (how was I to know the dealer may have been disreputable?) must be purchased back from the person holding a receipt, stolen or not. Stolen property is a whole 'nother ball game for sure. In any case, no matter where you are, KNOW THE LAW. Ignorance of the law is not an excuse.

Hey VL, First off what mode are you using? I use the 10x5 all the time and have dug hundreds of coins with it, so I can give you a general rundown on IDs with it, yes it does seem different than the stock coil. Maybe more accurate ? my IDs come from Park 1: Zincolns are going to be 17-20 depending upon how much is left Good pennies are going to be 21-25, the older they are the higher the ID, I've even seen a 30 in there Nickels 12-15 Dimes are 25-28 Quarters 28-32 Half dollar 32-34 Old silver may be in the 16-18 range, I always dig that one. You are correct in what you see. Noticed it myself. Just adjusted my thinking and drove on... If you're just coin shooting 17-34 is the "sweet spot", but you're going to miss nickels, so you still have to dig 12/15 if you want them. I've had pull tabs (older rectangular type with tab) come up as 18/19 too. Most aluminum bottle caps will be 21-23.

Thanks. It was a bit of a disappointment, only one silver coin found here so far. Tons of clad, almost 100 coins here. There is so much junk in the ground you really have a challenge. In a way we are cleaning it up for future visits, but nothing jumps out at you as much as the debris does.

Glad you like the 10x5. I may not take mine off. It really gets the "stuff between the stuff". Nice pan 'o' coins. ?

Went back to the farmhouse today, Chase wanted some detector time so I invited him down. It was a cold morning, 50s and windy but good for the hard work ahead. Chase got there shortly after I did, my first find was a 1990 nickel, and it really didn't get much better. I had to dump my trash bag 4 times, lots of plumbing parts, matchbox car parts again, molten metal and just about everything that gives a false good VDI and tone. Bullet shells, you name it. ? The place is getting sort of lean. Here's what I got, some of it is interesting: The usual clad and memorials, nothing older than 1972. Remains of some kind of brooch with rhinestones, it was pretty mangled but still had 3 stones. A 3 ring bullet flattened, some sort of knob that has a coin edge. The most interesting finds aside from the bullet were the aluminum penny token which is about the size of a quarter, and the small brass "E. Faber" fountain pen tip case which contains a small pencil. The token is corroded and broken so that the date doesn't show, just the bottom of the memorial and "One Cent" on the back. It was a fun day, always good to have Chase along. He found some stuff too.

Ha, thanks ? yeah I thought the beach was bad. These are all shredded or crushed, found a couple intact but no wheels. Worst part is they all sound like coins, from pennies to quarters. ?

I dig everything that shows in that range, don't consider it "iffy". It's been anything from a really good penny (I've seen 30s with a few, best ones have a 25 in there), a dime, silver, or a quarter. Yesterday it was 3 mangled steel tubes in the same hole, but getting junk in that range is rare. ? It's kinda the "sweet spot". Glad you did the test though, and got some great advice.

Great coin! They only minted 1.5 million of them, it's not very rare but cool to find. Interesting stuff about them here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coinage_of_Upper_Canada If it is struck in medallic alignment it was Royal mint, if in coin alignment it was Heaton mint. Which do you have?

The finds are all in the 2-8" range. First day I found a few things right on top. They are usually in the plug or just under it. I'm using a Predator Barracuda shovel which digs about that deep. Settings are Park 1, 23 sensitivity. I always use the horseshoe button to hear everything. I used F2=0 Iron Balance, and ground balance varied in spots from 4 to around 30. When using F2=0 Iron falses so I dig a lot of it.

Yes, the circle I mowed here is the front yard of an old farmhouse, ca. early 1900s, maybe a little older. All the toys are from the 70s. Most have dates on them. I guess the kid threw them around a bit or left them everywhere.

A little history: The A & Z Chain Company, founded by Carl Ashen and Saul Zeitlin in 1905 in Providence, Rhode Island, as a chain manufacturer. ... Hayward Company (founded in 1851, Attleboro, MA) merged with The A & Z Chain Company and became The A&Z Hayward Company.

One of the local landowners stopped by today, told me about a road that used to be there. I sort of figured out where it was, and followed it a bit. That is where it turned up. Oldest coins so far were a 1908 IHP, a 1910 wheat, and 2 1911s. There is hope for others. Guess the composition changed in later pennies.