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8 hours ago, GB_Amateur said:

I don't get what you don't get.  😏  Are you surprised that the iron ring responded differently than the stainless nut? 

I certainly get what you wrote! Apples and oranges... SMH on the stainless. It's very high quality stuff, it was on a John Deere combine. Going to return all the parts to the farmer 😎

Thanks as always, GB. 

15 minutes ago, nickeldNdimed said:

Lowes sells these. Also heard guitar hangers work well but feel those might be a little pricier option. 

Exactly my thought. I have a bunch of them in my shed for shovels and stuff. 🙂 Nice storage and display! You could cut a brass kickplate for backplates to make it sharp.

I was fiddling around with this today out in the field. Found this loud 16/17 target at 2", it was a huge iron ring about 5" diameter. I was in F2/0 at the time, switched to F2/2, and got a small iron grunt. Later I dug a 3/4" stainless steel nut at about 4". F2/2 and F2/0 did nothing. Solid 16! 😵

Maybe I just don't get it...🤔

55 minutes ago, Tom_in_CA said:

Huh ?  In the USA you can make $$ too.   It's called "ebay".  So it's not only the UK guys that "have a chance of getting a finder's fee".    In fact, the system is better here, because you get to call-the-shots on whether you want to keep it, or sell it, and at what price.  So I don't see how the UK system is somehow better.    We can sell our stuff here as well, or elect to keep it, with no govt. intrusion.  

Pure contextual reply. 🙂 I'm completely aware we have it great here in the USA. 

Take for example the people that found all that gold in Israel, they got a "just be glad we didn't put you in jail". Some countries are really tough, I've been to a few of them. I've also been on eBay since 1997. 

1 hour ago, Stu said:

'Identifying Metal Artefacts: No1' by Brian Read

Hey Stu,

Thanks much again! I may have found a complete hanger, photo attached. It's in the bottom right.

That book looks great, if it wasn't US $50+ It would be on order this very minute along with the equally expensive buckle book.

The early settlers here would indeed have had many weapons, not only for obtaining sustenance, but to defend themselves against invaders and unfortunately the indigenous population. My back yard hosted such an invasion in 1812, it was a very small skirmish. 😀

There isn't much from the Civil War or the Revolution other than civilian artifacts. This area was left alone for the most part due to the huge farms and possibly sympathy to the UK. It hasn't changed much.

I have found a lot of early swirly bits here!

Going out today, I've been stuck inside for 3 due to rain. It's 35F outside and windy, but there isn't much time left to hunt before they plant the fields.

Looks like you're creating quite a case of treasure there. Congratulations!

Note the tooth marks, some of mine have them too. Primitive "assay".

Very interesting story. At least in the UK you have a chance of getting a finder's fee.

At first I thought it was New Jersey... 😀

14 minutes ago, Stu said:

Can you do a close up of the flowery/leafy/scroll curvy type thing? This looks like something that has a name, but a close up would be good to see to be sure. Stu 

 

Hi Stu,

Thank you!

I have a couple of other studs like that, smaller and with two hooks. Really good info! This place was settled in the mid 1600s so anything is possible.

Below are the photos you requested, front and back of the item.

Really appreciate your input.

Welcome! I'm rather new to metal detecting but started with a bang I guess. 😀 I have nearly the same stuff you do, a 600, Garrett Carrot and a CooB water/sand scoop. You might want to look into a Predator Tools shovel for land, the Barracuda or Ranger. Looks like the Sito will work well, 2mm stainless is very strong.

Lots of great material available for you to read while the snow melts. Andy Sabisch's Equinox book and anything from Clive Clynick. Of course you can ask questions here and post photos of your finds. Lots of serious experience here.

Very rare coin. 🤔 you really may have something there. Recommend PCGS?

https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1849-5-moffat/10240

Be very careful about cleaning it anymore. 🙂

1 hour ago, Cootiewap said:

Back at it after 20 yrs . Got me an AT PRO and Equinox 600 .

Welcome to the forum! There are a lot of very experienced and friendly people here.

I also have a Garrett (Ace 400) and an Equinox 600. Started 7 months ago. I hacked around with Bounty Hunters and others a long time ago, but have the bug now that I am retired.

I also prefer the Equinox to the Ace. I think it is the target interrogation capabilities the Equinox has.

As was recommended to me, get Andy Sabisch's book on the Equinox to get some great insight on how to use it effectively. Clive Clynick also has quite a few books out for beginner to advanced.

What sort of places do you hunt? Farms? Parks? Rivers or Beach? Post some photos of your finds!

1 hour ago, GB_Amateur said:

Actually $899 --> $949 on the ML Eqx 800 model.  I like rounding (or truncating), too, but not at the $50 level.  😁  And pretty sure the 600 model has stayed at $649.  Kinda tells you that the 800 must significantly outsell the 600, if that wasn't already surmised.

So now the 600 is an even better deal! 😀

Other than the odd pocket drop of relatively modern coins, this field is nearly all early to mid 1700s to late 1800s. On the other side of the road nearly everything is 1900s. The road leads to a steamboat landing which shut down early to mid 1900s, as evidenced by the finds there. The fact that there are a few finds dating back to the mid to late 1600s indicates that it has always been an active spot! Just have to find out why. This area was settled very early, yet hasn't changed much.

42 minutes ago, CVISChris said:

The hook pin thing is interesting.  What is on the other side?

Unfortunately not much. On further inspection it might have been silverplated, there is a little in the photo. It's definitely broken off something.

At first I thought it was a zipper pull but now I dunno. 

Did they just raise the price of the Equinox 800 and not the 600? 800 used to be ~$850, now it's $950. 600 was ~$650 when I bought it last year.

9 hours ago, Chase Goldman said:

Need to clean these up some more but here are my finds from two trips to your detecting paradise, Bob.

Did you notice the matching piece I found to the rightmost top row item? Once you clean it you will. Is the leftmost item a ring?

Paradise just got bigger yesterday! Two more potential house sites.

That octagonal button/cufflink is really fascinating. Think it is silver? I found this one early on. It's plated but pretty heavy.

8 hours ago, Valens Legacy said:

Good finds for sure, and I am confidant that you will be finding more.

With the nox are you using headphones or are you using the buuilt in speaker?

I ask this because where I have hunted I have never used any headphones and wonder if I need them.

Thanks Caleb

I'm using these, sorry for the ridiculous link:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07WGMT883?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

I also have the TROND headphones that others have recommended, but these have much greater fidelity and are quite a bit louder. Chase uses a similar product with the Equinox.

Because of all the hunting that goes on around here, I am making a vain attempt to convince a bone conduction manufacturer or two to make apt-X Low Latency headphones so I can hear the environment as well.

Like you I used only the speaker for quite a while. No one here to annoy! I was told by a Civil War detectorist who owns a shop I visit that I should always use headphones, he said that I'm missing faint signals that could be great finds. More important, so many military and civilian aircraft fly low over my area that sometimes I can't even hear the headphones. Had a couple of Blackhawks flying around yesterday, and some person doing aerial acrobatics.

Just added 170+ more acres to the 300 or so I already have in a new permission, it has two more old house sites. This small one I've been hunting is beginning to dry up somewhat, I'll go back over it next year after they plow. They've been doing "no till" farming for years here, but I think that is going to change. I'm probably set for a long time!

Wow, that is a great place you're hunting! Incredible finds. Thanks for sharing!

Outstanding day! Can't wait to try my hand at a beach, it's coming soon. I'm also going to do some river hunting if I can get a permit.

What sort of digger/scoop do you use?

Another day out in the farm. I am grid searching about 100 acres, only going about 36 feet at a time per day laterally. Every day doing this I have dug interesting relics. Today was no exception, this stuff is as old as America, in some cases older. I wish I could regale everyone with fabulous coin finds and gold, but I find very few coins here. Some are cool though, and again very old. I'm hoping I can piece together some kind of picture as to what was going on here, it will take some historical research.

Usually button finds dominate the day. Today I found only one, a two-piece 1800s-ish round button with the shank still intact. It blasted in at a very loud and solid 23 on my Equinox. It is the third such button of it's kind I dug out here.

From the top left:

Shoe buckle, found in two different places. These are very rare to find in one piece on a farm. Some sort of pin with a hook on it, a spoon handle - weighs 7.1 grams (quite heavy for its size), and rings when dropped. It was a 25. No identifying marks. I don't think it's silver, but it is mildly magnetic. I test most everything with a really strong neodymium magnet.

The small object was a very strong and solid 15, but it really doesn't have any identifying characteristics. Next is a leaf shaped piece of metal that decorated something, again mildly magnetic. 2 buckle fragments, one may be silverplated.

Bottom row is a piece of non magnetic metal that is not lead but is very heavy, and what I believe is a modern black powder slug. All in all nothing really exciting, but it does make digging all the pull tabs, can slaw, shotgun shells, tacks and buckshot more tolerable. Unfortunately I can't notch anything out because I wouldn't find what I keep.

It's going to rain for the next 3 days so that's it for a bit! Ya get a break. 😀

57 minutes ago, GB_Amateur said:

I always recommend caution in cleaning coins with numismatic value potential, and this qualifies.

Poor coin has really bad Bronze Disease, cleaning is risky. I had to get out the microscope to get the date, and even then it's a maybe.

Yet another spring like day today. Started out relatively warm, about 48. I decided to do some scouting on land I haven't visited as yet so I will know where to go in the future. In particular I was looking for another house that was in one of the fields back in 1917.

I think I found it. Found what looks like a drawer keyhole, and then an aluminum child's ring with no stone. It is very fragile and pretty mangled, but highly decorated.

I visited three separate areas, two yielded coins. I dug the 1967 quarter and a 1937 wheat penny. Went way out in the field near the river and found an 1867 Indian head. It was very difficult to find the date but I did. In the area that had no coins I found one small colonial button, it appears to have a backstamp but it is unreadable.

Not bad for just walking around at random, really coin shooting.

10 hours ago, Chase Goldman said:

Can't wait to come down again.  Really enjoyed the early touch of spring and the digs.  Thanks!

You're always welcome! It's good to have experienced company on a hunt. This place is so varied you never know what you'll find.

Thankfully most times the ground is good (or totally clear of stuff), but what an Equinox symphony on that point! Going to go back there with a single frequency machine or two and some sharpshooting coils (thanks) and maybe do a shootout. I know the Equinox is a "grand piano" that can be used in single frequency and limited tones as well, but I'd rather use it for what I see it does best.

9 hours ago, Joe D. said:

Leave it to F350 to find the Ford parts! 

I wish that old "T" would fit in a display case 🤔

Might just make that hubcap my avatar. The truck is a payoff to myself for an illustrious career, I pull a 40 foot "toy hauler" with it. It's getting close to travel time, going to regale y'all with beach hunting stories at some point. They'll "button" up the farm in a few weeks and plan to plant corn. I'll still have some places to go out there, just not so choice. No such thing as a fallow field here!

1 minute ago, kac said:

That a buried Ford?

Apparently crushed and buried. It's pretty flat!