UT Dave

I did nibble a little caliche off the first one to make sure I wasn't seeing things. It was mostly encrusted with it and I wasn't trusting my eyes, so I did chew on it slightly to get some of the crust off.... - Dave

I'm not on the FB, so haven't seen the picture. Imagine Gerry will get some of them on here when he has time. - Dave

Yup. I don't think I'd ever wear a hole in the coil itself if I never used a cover. It would sure look like crap though . - Dave

And, for fun and being real. Just some of the non-gold tiny bits I dug. I was keeping them for the first day and a half. Gerry told us how Lunk got his nickname. If they had been giving out nicknames for this class mine would have been Junk. I'm pretty sure I dug more tiny trash than anyone else by a pretty wide margin. That actually gave me confidence though. One of Gerry's staff members, Eli, helped me a lot with discerning targets from the ground. As I was getting a LOT of ground signals that were the same as a nugget signal. This junk really upped my confidence in believing I could tell a real target from the ground. And those three little bits of wire towards the right side, those were all three under the coil at the same time as my first nugget. And that felt pretty darn good to suss that out. - Dave

I think that would work. For me, the issue isn't so much the gliding, as how much sand gets in between the cover and the coil. Mostly desert, but occasional beach. Taping or gooping or whatever would help with that a lot I'm sure. But anymore, I just take the cover off in those conditions. FWIW, which is not much, my M-11 has been 85% used on grass and I've already worn a small hole through the cover. I'm a ground scrubber though. - Dave

Too stinkin' cool! From doing it in the snow, to the moose, to the recovery! - Dave

If I'm remembering what I learned in class correctly, this is where I'm supposed to say I found them down in the lake . - Dave

Attended Gerry's class this weekend and did not go home empty handed. Found my first two nuggets! A .42 and a .25 gram. Using my Manticore and the M8. Dime is for size reference only. Happy as could be! - Dave

I'm a mostly park dirt jewelry and coin, old site relic hunter. The M-15 is the least used of the three Manticore coils for me. But, in the situations it is called for, it's pretty sweet. I use it mostly for parks that aren't too trashy. Easy turf contact swinging with great coverage. For me, in my dirt, I can't really say I've seen a depth increase over the M-11. Maybe, just a tiny bit, maybe. But the coverage is awesome. It pinpoints surprisingly well, which for me in a park setting is important too. Like I say, the least used of the three, for me. But, glad I have it when I want to use it. Recent three silver park hunt with the M-15. And it is also surprisingly sensitive to smaller bits. This is a tiny .25 gram 14k charm I found the next day after the three silvers, in the same park. - Dave

Somebody must have told my Wife that when she was very young and it has just stuck with her. - Dave

I'm not really doubting it's a legit Garrett video. Just also know an intern with little experience could have knocked out that video in a couple of hours. Easily. But I'm puzzled by the source. A youtube channel with only one video. And going by the numbers publicly visible, most of the views for that one video came from the link in this thread. Wouldn't guess an intentional leak. That would be handled in a way to generate far more blast radius. Puzzling. I was already curious to see whatever Garrett is coming out with and now I'm even more curious. So, effective? - Dave

That video effect is trivial to accomplish these days. Even by amateurs with hobby grade tools. That one isn't even done very carefully - the masking artifacts and haloing are easy to see. But I don't think it was meant to fool anyone either, it's obviously just an effect. That coil ain't really flying around anywhere . It is fun to speculate! - Dave

I just checked. And, indeed, not holes, but on one side two tiny protruding ferrous wire looking bits and on the exact opposite side some ferrous looking oxidation. A fishing weight could have wire cast in on one side. But no reason for both sides. I had no idea bale seals could be this big. But doing some googling around I see that is wrong. Many were this big. I think you may well be right. As of now, I'm thinking it is in fact a large bale seal. - Dave

Check weight crossed my mind too. If it weighed 8 oz instead of exactly 7 oz I'd be more inclined to think so. But, still, could be? This stuff is found pretty far from the lake. Repurposed materials hauled from the lake is possible. - Dave

I'm thinking maybe old newspapers. A horse track would have got some coverage. Possibly advertising too. As I'm sure you know, horse racing was a big dang deal back in the day and got lots of attention. - Dave