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They were, my favorite is the Walking liberty half dollar. Only half dollar I've ever found. Thank you! Our coins were made much worse starting in 1965. 😀

Thanks Colonel, 🫡 if you could see me (or not😀) sometimes, I'm wearing Woodland Camo, Wrangler's repro of the colors I wore from '81 to '91. Started out in the Vietnam era olive. Ended before things took on a shade of tan or ACU. 😅 Realtree™ is all the rage here, people wear it to work.

Thanks NC, I'd like to be but what comes around goes away in detecting. 😀 Especially Relic and old coin hunting.

It's too green, there were carpenter bees on some of the daffodils. 😀 Today we're in the 70s. It happens here, especially when the northern jet isn't as strong as the Southern, which I believe has risen. 🤣

Just got my coil over the silver 🙂🍀 it's there, probably more. Always a blast to have ya down. 👍

Nothing beats the separation of a small elliptical (10x5), I haven't used the 6" round, but have been successful to the best of my knowledge with an elliptical. Many of the sites I've hunted have nothing or next to nothing left. You're fortunate that your parks get replenished. The conundrum in your quote is that using a small coil isn't going to get you "missed deep targets". Removing the junk and using a large coil might, but the sage among us insist that small coils don't find deep stuff. I rarely have a problem finding anything deep with a smaller coil, you have to go for the "iffy" stuff sometimes, and silver is going to silver. 😀 It's the easiest stuff to find if it's there. Another consideration is weight of the machine. The glaring difference between the Equinox and the Deus 2 is weight. Should you have the WS6 Master or the whole D2 kit, the heaviest configuration of the Deus 2 is lighter than the lightest Equinox rig. If you're a geezer like me, that is what matters. Both are pretty darn equal, the D2 does all the work in the coil really, and transmits its findings to the RC, whichever you have. You can carry a second detector in a small vest pack on your back. 🙂

What a great story! 🙂 I stayed home on Valentine's Day, gave my wife this and she loved it. For years she's been loading up silver and gold charm bracelets with charms that reflect our lives, she even got a silver toilet paper charm during the "pandemic" 🙄. Brilliant hunt, someone beat me to it but I earned two of those AAM's in the Army, one was given me in the field by a Brigadier General. The second was in the Middle East (Turkey) for latrine duty above and beyond the call 🤣 The medics were gonna condemn our field latrines so I mustered a group of soldiers and we told poop jokes all day while disinfecting and restoring them. That's one of the many great things about detecting, finding incredible jewelry for our better halves, and often it saves the day. 👍 You earned that medal! 😀

Thanks Colonel, the SLQ was about 6 or 7 inches deep, left its impression on the plug. I suspect that the inch or two of rain we got a couple days ago made things pop a bit.

Thanks Cap'n, for some reason the silver keeps coming. It's the easiest metal to find, but it hasn't been for me until I got some new permissions. Best found randomly where you wouldn't expect it. I bumped reactivity to 2 in that spot, may have something to do with it. There's a lot of iron and junk around where the house was, even more in the old garage area. They must have had a Ford Model T or two in this garage. Dug a hubcap (my avatar) here along with a couple of valve covers that look like screwdriver handles.

I thought so too, but the base looks odd. Could also have been used in reverse to spin the disc.

One thing I can't figure out is what the heck this thing is. 🤔 It's brass, heavy, and totally beyond me.

Thanks! Try as I might I can't see the "D" with a loupe, but it sure looks like it in the photo 😀 I'll have to count but my silver count for this year is much higher. I think I have some of that nickel stuff around, never used it. Wish I could get a date from the shield nickel too. 😵

Thanks! I've been finding much more silver this year, it's been good so far. Thanks Rick! People are friendly and generous here, it pays to reward them too. 🙂

Compass, a seated is a great find anywhere! 👍 Nice 3 silver haul. I'm always finding bullet shells at beaches I go to, my theory is this: A lot of times beaches get replenished from "sand pits" that are often used as ranges. I was on a beach in Savannah where I found a lot of 30 caliber bullets on top (the big stuff), and unless someone went nuts there with a rifle, I surmised the beach had been replenished as such. Yours must have come from what was a training place a long time ago. Congrats!

I've been staying home for a few days, but now I'm back like a freight train. 😀 Invited Chase down today to hunt a new permission, an old house that was probably built in the late 1800's, a permission I got hunting another farm, the farmer was renting that one and working on it, he invited me to hunt his family land. His grandfather built the house, and his Dad was born there. At least 3 generations of very nice people. Tried to make friends with kitty but he wasn't having it. 😀 Hacked around the house a bit, found mostly junk and a few wheats. I did get an old brass AAA plate (Maryland) and this: 1954 silver Washington. Gave both of them to the family. I didn't photograph the AAA badge I dug but it looked like the one above. Dad, son and his wife were there, and they were excited and grateful for the badge and coin. The father told me that he lost a gold ring a long time ago and never found it, he showed me where. Here's my trash from that farm: Yeah, quite a bit. 😵 First time junk. I did keep the milk glass butt cream jar. 🤣 We looked around a bit more, and decided to go to some older places, they were kinda busy there. Went to one, found next to nothing, so we went to the old farm with the cellar hole again. I'll go back to the first farm myself soon. It cleared up and got warm, we had walked across the huge field looking for random stuff, I didn't get anything but I think Chase did. Got here, and I got another big surprise, my second here in a week. My second "slick" SLQ, not a heck of a lot of detail on the back and no date: And right next to it I got another 94: Nice 1941 Washington quarter, my 3d silver today! Here's the total take: I got 2 memorials, 8 wheats, a clad dime, and my first but toasted shield nickel: The back doesn't look much better: It was a solid 58, I had no idea what it was until I got home. Trash was pretty horrendous here as well, lots of car parts. 😵 Oh well. Chase got some great stuff too, always fun to have him along.

At first I thought harpoon, but looked at them and didn't see one similar. They all kinda look like this one. Also thought of those spikes they use in maple trees for syrup, but it would have to be hollow. Iron? Brass? Nice ya got a permission out of it 🤔

I had to drill a 1/4" or less hole in the Detecting Doodads locking device (big enough for the wire), exactly where the wire would pass through the shaft. Pretty much Kentucky windage. I bent the wire backward, put the puck holder on and locked it, brought the wire around the side and stuffed it through that front slot so it would be under the puck. I didn't shrink wrap that end, just removed 31mm of outer insulation and cut the shield off. Left the inner insulation on. 👍 less is more there. This rig was tested in brackish water up to the center camlock, worked perfectly. 🙂 I did put a second zip tie on it and moved a bit it to the side of the bump so I could see the charging light. 3d printed stuff tends to melt when you drill it, you may have to ream the hole a couple of times after the plastic cools.

Here's the wire I used: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07L67M9YT 7.99 for about 10 feet. Just strip the outer insulation and the shield, shrink tube on the coil end. I'll probably zip tie it to the side of the bump so I can see the charging light. BTW right after I jumped on that XP wire, I looked and it was sold out. Hope you got one Cap'n! 😵

I had a suspicion the weights might be false. 😏 Their pinpointer is heavy. Well made however.

Out of likes but thanks for the heads-up. Ordered. On my rig I had to stuff half the cable in the upper and the other half in the lower 🤣 nothing quite so elegant as others.

So it will be the second lightest detector in the world. 👍 My WS6 Master with 9" weighs 911g.

Wow, if true this makes the V80 with 11" as light as the Deus 2 on SteveG's CF Shaft with the 13" coil 🥳 Even more interesting 🤔 lighter than an Equinox with a 10x5.

The 9" is markedly better, but with the 13", sweeping from 2 directions (in full tones, which are amplitude-producing) will provide enough feedback to locate the target perhaps a bit better than the 11" round. I was always digging targets on the side of the hole with the 11". Of course aluminum will trick it and be off center. I wouldn't be surprised if an axiom came about as "bigger coil, bigger hole" regarding digging 🤣 So far I have nothing but good to say about the 13". It's light enough, strong enough, easy enough to use, even without centering it, which I've come to find preferable anyway. I've used it on the beach, in the water, and in the fields. We're particularly lucky this year that most of the crop was beans, and everything got flattened to spread cover crop. Good times. I think the OP is going to be very successful with it. 👍 Already was.

You're always such a ray of sunshine! 🤣 I get it tho. It's pretty close to center, not as bad as the Deus. 😀 My worry is weight.

One of the campgrounds I visit rather frequently in the warm months has WiFi and wired ground lighting everywhere, so running the Equinox in 10kHz is essential. For some reason it's the only SF I can use there. When I got the D2 that problem went away except for one spot that I had to use 15kHz in, a small pond beach with underground lighting. As I moved away from it I could switch to SMF. Tybee Island South Beach is also a big problem for the Equinox, the pier is loaded with WiFi and power, so the Equinox was useless at even 10kHz near the pier. The Deus 2 had absolutely no issues after doing one frequency shift. One of my biggest permissions here is close to a cell tower, again the Equinox struggles sand the Deus 2 is quiet. If the Xterra has not had the improvements to EMI over the Equinox, it wouldn't even be a consideration for me. The 600 is good enough.