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This afternoon netted another eagle button. This one is a large coat button in great shape. Some other stuff as well.

Ray- This area is quite near a very small historic mining town. I believe you are right- it must have been a small Calvary out post to protect the settlers in the area.

Today's finds...

Strange horse shoe, some Spencer and Henry cases plus bullets. No coins yet but they gotta be there.

I will re-size even smaller next time! HH.

Dean

P.S.- Ray, you are welcome to borrow one of mine while you are here!

Thanks guys!

I'm gonna head back out this afternoon after my "honey-do" list is complete. 

I'm going to pack the little 5" coil along and see what else lurks in among the iron targets.

Absolutely beautiful today here in the "Zone"...about 70* and sunny. HH.

Dean

What Keith said!

I'm getting one or the other. Thanks!

Dean

I wish they were gold double eagle coins but I'll take em anyway. These are my first Civil War Federal Eagle buttons. Rare finds in Central Arizona. The one with the "C" in the shield is a Calvary officer's button. This site has been producing other Civil War era relics as well. No old coins...YET. HH.

Dean

Don't know why the pics are so large?

khouse,

How does the MXS compare to the AT-Pro? 

It would seem that this is the machine that White's is trying to compete with. I have seen Bill's vids on the AT-Pro so perhaps he would have some experienced in-put on a comparison between the two. Thanks.

Dean

Fred,

I believe it was Monte who came up with a test similar to this. I, too, was surprised at the results. If I remember right, there are many detectors that give a crazy response to a numerous mixed coin bag. A response that most of us would walk over! I think the Fores CoRe did a pretty good job and maybe a couple of others.

I believe he said that he takes a few silver coins, etc. and makes a "coin purse" and tests his relic machines in this manner. It was a real eye opener!! 

Dean

The Fores Relic looks like a real winner. I mostly relic hunt with the CoRe and it excels at it. Nokta added a bunch of great features to the Relic that should make it the "Dream Machine". Can't wait to swing this one.

Dean

Here are a few goodies from my last hunt with the CoRe in very trashy ground... Old gold watch and some large caliber rim fire cases were the finds of the day.

Nokta rocks!

Ray,

I found a pin just like that one on Tues afternoon! I was hunting a old home site near a mine. What do you think it's from?

Dean 

How about considering the FoRes Gold+? I don't have one, but I am impressed with the FoRes CoRe as a relic hunting machine and the "Plus" gets great reviews.

Wow!!!, is right.

I'm still loving the CoRe and now being tempted by all of these new models that Macro/Nokta is coming out with. Nice to have choices!!!

The SDC will pick them up smaller! Fred is right, wait until you find one so small it won't weigh. Amazing.

Dean

Great job! That was fast!!

Wow! Two seated in one day! Blows my mind and gives me hope .

Incredible finds!! Congratulations.

Dean

Thank you, goldbrick.

I'm having problems identifying the different cases. Notice that there are four different types. The two on the left have been necked down and have a shoulder. The two on the right are much smaller in diameter and the one that has not been fired is much longer than the others. So far, (as best as I can tell) this is what I've got...

The shorter rifle cases with no shoulder are .56-.56 Spencer

The two with the shoulder are .56-.46 Spencer (One of the first wildcats. A necked down .56-.56. Rare.)

The long un-fired shell appears to be a .56.-56 Extra Long Spencer

The two small cases appear to be (measured length) .44 Henry Pointed cases.

All 1860s era.

To the best of my limited sources, FWIW, this is what I think I've got. If anyone knows different please chime in. 

Thanks!

Dean

P.S.- www.cartridge-corner.com seems to be a pretty source.

Thanks for the comments guys! 

I'm trying to research the old rim fire cases and not having a reat deal of luck. Does anyone know of a good site? Thanks!

Dean

You are right on, Chuck. I wouldn't be without one!

Hunted an old home site/mine this morning with the Fores CoRe. I've hunted this place a couple of times before and I'm getting it figured out. This was my best hunt here yet. The CoRe is great for picking the good stuff from the bad.

Today was the day for old, large caliber (52 cal), rim-fire cases both rifle and pistol (41 cal). One not fired! The Webelos neckerchief slide is really cool. The shotgun head stamp says Peters/Victor. Never found one like this before. 

The large disc is from a silver slag pour I found there last time. They did some small time smelting as I have found some copper slag as well as this silver pour. It was dirty and had stuff stuck in it so I melted it, cleaned it up some, and poured it in to a round mold. This is the second silver pour I have found. 

I'm really liking the CoRe for this kind of work (play) .

Good luck!

Dean

Awesome!

Thank you, Steve! 

Dean

Steve,

Thank you for your awesome answer! Very thorough as usual. I was initially thinking that it was a ferrous volume control which would be totally cool. I like running as little Disc. as possible but sometimes the iron grunts become overwhelming so it would be nice to turn that down some.

Now, I understand that the "Iron Audio" is not like what I'm doing with the Nokta - well, kind of....

The Nokta, as you are aware, has the iron grunt if you don't disc the iron out. Then, if you hunt in DI2 or DI3 you essentially get the same thing as the AT-Pro with "Iron Audio" on. You can even run a little iron disc too. I know I'm stretching that comparison a bit but basically with the Nokta the "Iron Audio" is always on. O.K., I stretched it a lot  . Have you ever run the AT-Pro? If so, what are your thoughts? 

Thanks again, Steve.

Dean

I found a good video by Garrett on this topic and it more or less answered my question. What confused me is that there are guys making videos and not using the feature properly- go figure.

Pretty cool feature though. Thanks!

Dean

Some detectors have an "Iron Audio" feature. With "iron audio- on" it lets the operator hear the iron targets. So, does this feature just basically turn iron discrimination off so that you get an "all metal mode"? I ask because I am interested in the AT-Pro which has this feature but am wondering exactly what it does. I notice some guys in videos using the iron audio on setting yet they still turn up the iron disc. When I hunt with the FoRes CoRe I turn the I.D. Mask all the way down to 5 or less so that I can hear everything and let my ears do the discriminating. Am I basically doing the same thing as "Iron Audio-On" ? Thanks!

Dean

Looks like it would give the AT Pro a run for it's money. I like the water proof feature on a light, mid-freq. VLF. Makes it more versatile.

I've never owned a MXT. They seem to have a loyal following among the coin shooters. Nice looking unit.

Dean 

WTG! Great start to the new year.

My sanity? I lost it a long time ago.

I hope it's gold! If not, I'm going with lead.