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Thanks much LC. The half Reale is kind of typical for the area, a couple of which I've found with tooth marks in them, possibly animal but reportedly human 😀 The Merc took a beating from fertilizer. It's a shame they destroyed a "Lodge Scent" to cut whatever it was they were cutting. 🤣 Can't help it that name is clever. 🙂

Thanks Doc! 🙂 The first coins I ever found in this area (about 200 feet from my front doorstep) were cut Spanish Pistareens. The next coin was an 1805 half cent not too far from that. I also picked at least 3 half Reales from that field. It's a field above a landing where all sorts of commerce occurred, but no historical record of it exists, just some names. Researching cut silver is what led me to this conclusion, I could be wrong of course. This field traded through many hands, I got all my intel on it from the farmer whose family has owned it since the 1940s. They told me of a steamboat captain who lived and was buried there, horse racing, and I worked with a descendant of one of the owners before the farmer who also had a farm here. It's a river peninsula surrounded by water with deep ravines all around, but at least 200+ acres of farm. I'd like to investigate more but the farmer appreciates my discretion, as do many of the other people that have given me permission to search their property. The other issue is that a large portion of recorded history for this county was lost many years ago to fire.

Thanks GB. I read a long time ago somewhere that they usually used a knife or chisel and some sort of hammering device (not many rocks here so possibly a tool) to cut coins. Reeding coins was a result of unscrupulous activity, shaving bits off and/or cutting them inaccurately. 😀 An iron or steel anvil is a possibility of course, but you could throw a coin on a log, and probably not bend the coin. 😁 Copper being a softer metal probably took it easy on the cutting tool. The varied lengths of the cuts imply a knife blade over a chisel. I admit it is speculation, but I think a pretty good guess. 😀

Thanks Cap'n, took me a while to think of a snappy title. 🤣 I'm always happy to add another half Reale to my collection. Winter doesn't want to leave here without a final kick or two, it's been great this year though having a lot of 60 degree days since November. Almost forgot what winter was except for the cold snap at Christmas where it got down to 9. 😀 It's heading back to 60 in a couple days, but it's a race to get detecting in before they plant the fields now. I'm looking forward to spring and summer camping trips, much easier on my feet!

Thanks JCR. A couple of previous hunts here weren't as interesting, but braving the weather was worth it.

Thanks Strick! 🙂 My photos are pretty much extreme close-ups, the hole is a pit but doesn't go all the way through. The other amusing thing is the tooth marks in it from people biting it to see if it is real. 😀 I don't mean to downplay a Spanish silver find, but my favorite is the early large cent used as a cutting board to make change from silver coins, it's kind of a "Rosetta Stone" for what was going on there. Farther back in the field there are some buried iron pots with oyster shells and there were lots of buttons there. There must have been some pretty large gatherings but not as large as another place I have a couple miles up the road. I've found other evidence such as thimbles and lots of horse tack, all stuff that cherry pickers seem to leave behind. Very few silver coins have come out of here, 2 mercs, an SLQ, 2/3 of a Trime, and this one Spanish coin. There is a lot more to cover, it should give me random good finds for quite a while, I'll just have to put the leg work in. 🙂

Thanks Colonel, were it that I was in the shape I was in my Army days. 😵 Recovery is much slower of late 🤔

Thanks VL, you threw down a gauntlet recently, so I had to pick it up. 🤣 You're an inspiration. 😉 Shame that relic hunting season is almost over for me. This one has been phenomenal.

Thanks Jim! This time I found the "cutting board" for coins, probably the most interesting thing I've found to date, but not the oldest. Most folks don't know that Spanish currency was used right up to the 1850s, and the only way to make change was to cut it. That old large cent saw a few silvers, shame the parts weren't everywhere. 😀 The first coins I ever found detecting were cut 1 Reale pistareens. I'll probably never beat the half coin I dug in another field a while back (1607), lost very early in this countries' history, but it sure is interesting to try.

Thanks Matt, this is one of the first places I got permission to hunt, it's nice that it keeps on giving. 🙂

Thanks NC, it seems like it. I hope I'm not making this look easy, Chase mentioned that I need to somehow illustrate the amount of walking and "dead time" it takes in large fields like this to find anything of value, the trash only tells part of the story. 😵 You pay for it in shoes and anti-inflammatory medicine 😀 The golf cart only gets you there. 😁 Saved about a mile of walking. What was going on here about 200 years ago is really beginning to gel in my mind, so yeah, the finds seem to be getting better. I wish I could find photos that tell the story in a more detailed way.

Nice gold strick! 👍 Ring looks old. Any idea what the stone is? Glad the weather isn't holding you back. I know my wife would want that one.

Thanks Jim, I was thinking scissors or something but it doesn't appear to be broken. The three nubs on it make me think it was centered in something. Some obscure tool maybe 🤔 There have been a few mentions about scale in this forum, maybe I should make good 🤔

Exactly what I did. I could not be more thrilled with the Deus 2. 🙂

Nice find! 👍I take it you were in a field or park somewhere? That's one my wife would grab in a heartbeat. 🤣 Wonder if it's a real emerald 🤔

Wasn't planning on going detecting today, it was cold and windy yesterday, and today was colder. Not much wind. It was supposed to start raining in the afternoon and rain all the way through Monday, windy on Tuesday. The next good day will probably be next Thursday, so I figured I'd try to brave the cold. It was in the mid 30s when I got out here, a farm close to my house. It's 200+ acres. If you've been following me it was also a horse racing track that was pounded by other detectorists. I've only found two spots they didn't know about or find, I've done pretty well there, and there was sort of a third today. One was a house that was there a long time ago, another a barn. This spot may well have been where some betting occurred, you'll see why. I was only out for 6 hours today before it started raining, but all things considered it was a great day. At one point I had to go back to the house to get my heated socks and gloves, they really helped. Unfortunately one of my neighbors tests his hunting rifles here, so at a certain distance there are a lot of bullets, mostly deer slugs that hit the Deus 2 in the high 80's and even low 90's. Dug a fair amount of trash today, even a couple bits of large iron. The green shotgun shell is a live round. Digging a lot of bullets is never fun, but you hope they caused someone to miss something, and today they sure did. I had just got out there, searched about 20 feet from my cart, and got a really nice 84/85 that I thought was either a bullet or a penny. I was surprised when this popped out of the plug: A totally beat up Spanish half Reale, I think the date is 1775, but it's really hard to read. It's off center, kind of normal for these. This is what it looks like in good shape: And the reverse: I'll probably never find one that nice! My first Spanish silver of the year 🥳 At least the were enough marks to ID it. I searched around that area, Chase found another coin there recently. Got another 85 and thought it was a bullet. Again a surprise, and something very interesting: This appears to be a large cent that was used as a "cutting board" for cutting other coins into "change". It has no identifiable marks of its own, but the knife cuts tell a story. Here's the other side: It's 28mm so it's probably a large cent that broke on one of the knife cuts. Didn't find much else but bullets in this area, so I decided to walk along about 20 feet in from the road that bisects this field. Got a 93, and thought I'd found another silver, but got this instead: It's brass and does not appear to have been crushed or damaged. I have no idea what it is. Got another 85 and got this silver plated medium button: It was a bit taco'ed so I flattened it. A little further down the road, after digging a few bullets, all in the 80s and 90s, I got a 91 that turned into a 94, and dug this, my last find of the day: It's a little mangled but hey it's silver! I looked around a bit longer, and decided to call it a day, it started raining as I drove back to my house. For a hunt that I almost didn't go on, it was a good one. 🙂

Cap'n if they don't work you're obsessing over a square peg not going in a round hole, or whipping a dead horse. 🙂 You tried everything with those headphones. The creative phones will work, as long as you didn't get the 4.1 model. If they say V2 on the box they will work.

Good going Zincoln 👍 That sterling collar you dug is from a tobacco pipe, probably an English one whose name escapes me at the moment. Great run you're on! Could be a Peterson, Dunhill, many makers used silver as an accent piece and and possibly a heat sink.

Sorry for the photo showing them with the Deus, as Chase wrote I have used them with both. I merely posted that photo to show you the wrap tape. Took the picture for another post to show they're ok with the Deus 2 as well with an Aptx-LL transmitter plugged into the backphone puck.

Yes they do. Even the BT 5.0 version. I have two pairs of them bought months apart. They're on-ear and have bass boost, they will give you some situational awareness and sound much better than the XP backphones. I can wear them all year. You might want to wrap the top band with something they're not uncomfortable by themselves but I used some wrap tape. Here's some more info on them: https://uk.creative.com/p/headphones-headsets/sound-blaster-jam-v2

Some headphones just don't play well. Yes, the + should show up at the same time. There might be a special setting on the headphones? I don't have experience with the headphones you are trying. I have about 4 different types that all pair well, even earbuds that I don't like, and I think they discontinued them. I provided USA links to the headphones I use, here's my favorite on Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lightweight-Bluetooth-Headphones-Multipoint-Connectivity-5-0-USB-C/dp/B08QRQMLVY I looked for the others I know work on the UK site but only found these. 🙂

Aha, thought you might not be in the USA. 😀 Amazon UK charges extra shipping? 🤔 I'd look them up there. Looked up your headphones, the reviews say they work with the 600 and 800. Not sure why you're having that problem, maybe your tea break was not long enough. 😉 Make sure both the headphones and Equinox are in pairing mode, the best way to get the Equinox in pairing mode is as I described above. Also make sure you reset your headphones first before doing anything, or at least determine how to put them in pairing mode when the Bluetooth icon is flashing on the Equinox. It can take anywhere from 2 to 5 minutes to pair, also make sure your cellphone is not in the room or had Bluetooth turned off. That may also help. 🙂

Welcome to the forum! The 600 is a great machine, depending on what you are planning to do with it, it should have you covered just about everywhere except prospecting for gold. I have one. I've used mine relic hunting in farms, on the beach, and detecting campgrounds which are pretty much like parks. Started in my yard learning how to dig plugs that won't leave evidence of my presence. 😁 Don't be afraid to ask questions but do use the search function with key words to see if a question you have has been answered. 🙂

Welcome to the forum. Are you looking for over ear or on-ear headphones? This is the place where you'll get the most info. I assume you are in the USA. These are on-ear and work very well, they're about $40. they're also noise cancelling. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B085DKHY5K These are my favorite, they are over ear, very light, very loud, and are also around $40 https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08QRQMLVY When pairing headphones for the first time you should probably do a system reset, restart the detector, then start the process. Turn on wireless/Bluetooth and wait for the wireless icon to go away. Turn on the headphones, hang them from the arm cuff, and walk away and have some coffee or something, when you come back they will be paired. 😀 Always know how to put your headphones in pairing mode, it helps later. You won't have to do that first time out of the box. I have a 600 and have used the on-ear headphones for two years now with no problems.

Nice hunt Cap'n! Cool you're testing all sorts of programs on the D2, you have a favorite? Looks like you got a decent bit of taco money there, and it's always great to find the paper stuff. 👍 Do y'all dig or just pop targets? I may branch out to other counties' parks this year, we don't have any. 😵 Kids are great at losing stuff.