Doc Bach

24 minutes ago, Tony-Ok said:

Do you know when these D2 Lites will be here in the USA??? 

24 minutes ago, Tony-Ok said:

Do you know when these D2 Lites will be here in the USA??? 

Northwest Detector sales in Oregon has both the 9 and 11 inch coil packages listed on their website and they appear to be in stock.I would suggest calling them to confirm.

3 hours ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

Eventually I'll probably sell it but since I have yet to sell any tokens, I don't know their value.  Do you know of a site or group who specializes in early California mining memorabilia?  Thanks for the input. 

3 hours ago, Gerry in Idaho said:

Eventually I'll probably sell it but since I have yet to sell any tokens, I don't know their value.  Do you know of a site or group who specializes in early California mining memorabilia?  Thanks for the input. 

You're welcome and WesD beat me on the advice Holabird for certain they feature Tokens in all of their Auctions and specialize in western and Gold Rush memorabilia.

On 9/13/2022 at 7:03 AM, Gerry in Idaho said:

There are quite a few of us who've recovered gold teeth, caps, crowns in years past and many/most have been recovered in or around water as that is a gathering magnet for people.  I expect many of them who lost their teeth from being drunk and getting into fights.

On a side note, one of my favorite token finds is a Downieville, St Charles Hotel piece of history.

I imagine there are some fabulous pieces of history all around that town and area.  Water holes are great places to hunt.  Keep it up and thanks for sharing.

That is a great Token Jerry with everything going for it it's scalloped and from a small town and a Gold Rush town to boot and unless some lucky privy digger  or contractor working at the Hotel site got into a slew of them it's probably pretty rare as well.As you probably know rare tokens particularly from Saloons and Hotels command a premium and their value far exceeds their weight in Gold.You cannot beat Tokens for pure Historical significance.

On 9/1/2022 at 10:09 AM, GB_Amateur said:

Very nice!  Good to see you've figured out how to tune the Deus 2 for your conditions.

Your shovel looks new, or did you recently repaint it?  What brand and model is it?

I noticed that you did not get a reply to your question about the shovel. The brand name is Excalibur the model is the Merlin two piece travel.I bought one with the 40 inch length with the D handle and the wider blade option to carry in my XP Backpack and it fits very well.Great shovel it's powder coated not to heavy and rock solid a good purchase in all respects. 

1 hour ago, GB_Amateur said:

As long as we're butchering the name, is this a good mascot?

I'm not trying to be negative here but if Minelab somehow drops the ball and does not correct the flooding issues that plagued the mighty Nox then the Manatee would be a very appropriate name indeed.

3 minutes ago, 1515Art said:

You are probably correct in the conditions it was found in, but the location’s probably not California or even in the United States, but who knows? I’m pretty sure we were in China at some friends Jade carving studio I just don’t remember what studio it was or even what city we were in, but I’m sure it was a gift. 

The reason I was asking it would not be out of the question for it to something unusual and I wanted to be sure it wasn’t a fossilized bone from the Gobi Desert or something like that, since I had no idea what the heck it was, lol.

Hello Art1515 I like your topic and the item that you posted very much.I goofed up on my FIRST comment as I intended to reply to the bone photo that strick posted (senior moment?)  keep making those good discoveries D.B. 

On 8/4/2022 at 5:04 PM, 1515Art said:

Cool bone, my wife’s opinion would differ thou. What’s it s story?

That one looks like it has spent many centuries lying in the water and mud and possibly been in the fire? Very typical of what is found in certain areas of Clearlake here in Nor Cal.....just my opinion.

Back in the late 1960's a friend and I were digging a turn of the century privy and he found a very similar one it made a nice conversation piece and roach clip.

Thanks for sharing Cal Cobra and Tom all of things that blow my skirt up so to speak keep at it and do whatever it takes to keep it on the sly.

21 minutes ago, Cal_Cobra said:

It is slightly different, different back mark as you noted, and the button on their site appears to be a one piece, whereas mine is a two piece (which would lead me to believe their one piece is an early version, and mine is a later version as two piece buttons started to come into use).  Also of note is that mine has a twisted rope border whereas their example is plain.  Aside from that the button design is identical, leaving little doubt on the King William IV attribution IMHO.

Interestingly this desert site has produced quite a wide variety of buttons from all around the world.  It was a Spanish outpost, on both an emigrant route and ancient trade route, and there was a trading post either on the site (which we suspect) or nearby that's now inaccessible.  What's fun (to me at least) about this site, is that when Tom and I discovered it about ten years or so ago, we believe it was a virgin site.  For some reason this site just spoke to me, probably due to it's colorful and dark history, and given its seemingly virgin site status, I worked out a deal with Tom ($$$) to keep all the finds so that we could have a fully intact historical context of the site.  It was never an easy site to work, there's been plenty of trips where Tom or I  dug no coins, but always relics.  Tom hasn't been that interested in it for a while because it can be a punishing site.  He seems to favor virgin sites with no modern trash and where the finds are just jumping out of the ground 🧐  Who doesn't, but I'm not afraid to work a site that's interesting to me, and this site has produced a lot of finds over the years.  Dozens of seated silver coins including some high value ones and a mystery seated dime button cache, a rare gold coin, lots of buttons, buckles, some Indian trade silver and Indian trade beads, and Spanish era artifacts such as a myriad of religious medallions, Phoenix buttons, and reales, on to Mexican era coins, and into the Western era.  You rarely find anything past the 19th century there when the site effectively ceased usage.   To me the site has an untold story to tell,  telling it one find at a time.  Eventually I plan to exhibit the collection of artifacts from this site as a whole in my man cave (if I ever get one haha). 

I hit the like button but the fact of the matter is that I am envious of your site beyond words in addition to all of your notable great finds their must be some amazing iron relics and tools such as small Spanish pump drill bits a common trade item and shards to some serious early pontiled bottles being dug as well.D.B.

24 minutes ago, CPT_GhostLight said:

I was curious to get some feedback on the D2 Full Sized headphones. How do they sound compared to other over-the-ear head phones and how long do they run when fully charged? I couldn't find any info on runtime in the specs on the XP site. Thanks in Advance.

 

Calabash did a review on them a month ago.As far as I can tell they are not avalible here in the states except for the testers?

25 minutes ago, GotAU? said:

“Go slow, coil to the ground, and have an ear for whispers”, and variations of it, are some of the most important answers to many of my questions; they are the same recommendations I’ve been given by several successful detectorists. 

And it also helps to be born with the gift of a built in tinfoil hat like some of us life long collectors and Teasure Hunters are blessed with. Some call this condition or affliction depending how you look at it dowsing.

10 hours ago, Erik Oostra said:

Not exactly a favourite (that's Goldhounds by a mile) but more of a 'love to hate' Youtube channel is Metal Detecting with PJ.. He's as mesmerizing as a snake.. If you're easily offended or politically correct or not an Australian yobbo you'll cringe at his take on metal detecting.. To his credit he does find some good stuff and his videos do feature some very weird and wild metal detecting enthusiasts.. Here's one of his least offensive creations.. 

They all seem like very nice Lads to me.I'd be willing to wager that they all get together with their families after hours for ice cream socials and bible studies.😁 

On 7/15/2022 at 4:26 AM, deathray said:

Nice gold man! Don't get eatin.!! We got some hippys here in Cali, that want the grizzly reintroduced. Maybe they should spend some time out in the Montana woods first.

Word around the Cali campfire is that a Gizzer won't eat a Vegan.

28 minutes ago, strick said:

Buffalo hide scraper good find 

strick

Perhaps? However every hide scraper no matter the size or material that I have ever personally found or seen and that numbers in the thousands has a worked and flaked edge on the base not what appears to be ground and polished? To be fair though the purpose and usaage of a lot of these ancient tools is based purely on ones opinion and imagination.

1 hour ago, jasong said:

Dang, you got some Google-fu going, thanks. That actually pins the date down pretty accurately for me. It looks like the closest forts were built in the early 1870's so the time span makes sense. 

I appreciate all the help, I learned quite a lot here. This means that it's likely someone - prospector or otherwise - at least knew about this area fairly early on, even though it seems to have escaped almost any mention in history until the 1900's. 

Found this too a few miles away, some kind of massive knife or something, never found one this big, and it appears to be only half of it, must have been the size of a football almost originally. Guessing it was for scraping buffalo hide or something. Or an axe head?

That is a very nice artifact! possibly an ax or adze for wood working it could also qualify as being a hoe head and or spade bit and was most likely hafted to a stout wooden handle.

3 hours ago, Dug said:

The 10x5 stays on my equinox.  I love it. Does anyone know a US source for a replacement coil cover Mine came off in a river and got away from me. 

Try Gerry's detectors.com He seems to be plugged in pretty well with Coiltek and is a contributor on this forum.

That is a killer button D.S. and tough to find.It took me 50 years to dig one.Mine is the #28 type one style two large variant my unsolicited advice would be to pound that site congrats. 

3 hours ago, NAGANT said:

Waiting till Monday to see if he finds one.  He had 3 but they were sold at a rally.  I bought the nox from a Alaska dealer.  But try to buy from local guy when i can.  He's helped me out a few times.

Rich at Colonial Metal Detectors .Com has the NOX 6 inch coils in stock $179.00 no sales tax and usually ships free but no international shipping.

I'm a natural born skeptic I reckon and I am reminded of the catchy phrase that the fabled P.T.Barnum is said to have conjured up.

1 hour ago, SwiftSword said:

Customer service at metaldetector.com told me today that the 11x13 for the Deus II will be out in the fall. From what I read here, Im not sure I'll partake, though. 

Personally I am more excited about the release and availability of the WSA 11-XL Headphones hopefully sooner than later.😊

Congratulations on your first C.W. button Dirtshark.The Eagle I will always put a smile on any diggers face I hope that many more will follow. D.B.

1 hour ago, Gwcracker said:

I'll order one when they come out in black!

Good luck with that...Got Magic Marker?

Nice relic it has some similarities to a Navy Colt?

Ahh the illustrious whiskbroom and dustpan  crowd beware of those SOBS.Not only do they have the opinion that they own it all they also feel that only their  fraternity has the expertise and right to dig it.