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  1. I have a SDC 2300 and a GPX 5000 and a Gold Monster. Each one has unique capabilities that can be used for hunting deeper gold, smaller gold, hunting in tight brush, underwater, hot ground etc. The first time I used my SDC  I slipped on a small rock ledge and fell 5 feet cutting and banging up my legs. As I fell I threw the detector away from me to avoid falling on it. It ended up 15 feet away bouncing and scraping over the bed rock. I had that sick feeling when I retrieved it, but turned it on and it never skipped a beat. Worked perfectly. Again I try to pick my machines and match them to terrain and the size  of gold and depth I will be detecting.

    I do go back over an area with my other machines when possible.

     

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  2. Stepping into this thread late, so don`t know if what I say has already been said.

    Take two machines, if one go es on the fritz you have a back up. If you get on a patch use the 2300 to pick up the small easy gold quickly, all gold is good, don`t waste  your time  looking for  the  Welcome Stranger. Then go back over patch with the 7000 to get the deeper stuff, learn to grid, (drag a chain) it will pay benefits and you will leave less gold.  In Vic the lead shot will drive you crazy, in WA more trash free areas.

    OZx4

    Rege

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  3. Hi Paul,

    Good to hear from you. Looks like you are in a good area with lots of history.

    I too would be interested in learning what those silver coins are. They look to be hammered and some are struck off center. Did you find all of them at the same time? ?

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  4. The ceramic piece with the wire through it was common for house wiring in the early 1900`s. It was also called "Knob and Tube wiring", a hole was drilled through the beam and the ceramic tube pushed through, then the wire fed through. If the wire was to be on top/below of the beam a Knob insulator was used which consisted of a ceramic cylinder with a groove around it for the wire and a hole that a nail went through to fasten to the wood. ........Gee wish I had a picture

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