Doc Bach

Probably not and let's hope not.But it won't take long for the first in line buyers / users to find out.I was just being a SMART A$$!

Especially the hardcore water hunters Har Har!

Interesting idea.

Great story and photos Gerry.Personally I get far more pleasure and excitement from seeing the relics and especially the Tokens than I do the nuggets.I've always been considered to be a different breed of cat by my digging friends and associates because of the fact that I would rather dig a Token than most of the coins that are encountered.The Amethyst colored tray with the embossed Griffin might possibly be an advertising piece from a San Francisco liquor agency? The concrete shack could be for dynamite or black powder storage? Thanks for sharing your adventures the great finds! D.B.

All good points.

Personally I cannot stand coil covers not so much because of the slightly added weight but do to the fact that I hunt in very hot soil here in Northern California and in my opinion the dust that constantly collects in the cover does affect performance especially when hunting in the rain and it turns to mud.I am really hard on my equipment and i hunt in very rough terrain so my soloution to protecting the vulnerable coil edges from rocks and so forth is wrapping the coil edge with Coilteks cloth coil tape.You will need to purchase an after market charging clip from Doodads for the D1 and D2 but lets face it the factory clips from XP are junk.As for the bottom of the coils they are tough and resilient and hold up however they do wear and scratch therefore voiding the warranty.But how often do coils fail? And is it worth the risk?

You gotta love those O mint marks!

Killer Token!

Speaking of geezers the earliest detectorist starting in the late 1950's and beyond who dug in the Seminole Indian villages and campsites etcetera found a wealth of treasure that would blow even the most successful and seasoned relic and artifact hunters mind.After all other than the few survivors and the spanish salvage crews the natives had the first shot at what may have washed in from the Atocha and what they could pillage from the Santa Margarita wrecks of 1622 as well as the numerous wrecks of the 1715 fleet.And judging from what I read and saw in Argosy and other early treasure mags in the 1960's and 70's they took full advantage.Then there was the Seminole Indian wars another very lucrative endeavor for todays relic hunters.We don't seem to hear much about all of this these days but you can bet that there are still a least a handful of diggers out there hunting these sites.Just an opinion from an old geezer.

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First off follow JSONGS advice and look for any depressions which would be easy to spot depending of course on the amount of vegetation ground cover or if any grading has takin place or fill added and if the person who burried the items took the time to compact the backfill which is doubtful.Also as mentioned a good P.I.with larger coil or two box detector could locate it at 4 ft but 6 would be a stretch depending what the said items were buried in which would most likely a plastic bucket? Another option would be to contact your nearest Antique Bottle club and hire one or two experts with 5 0r 6 ft bottle probes to grid and probe the lot they can easily locate any holes that size and in most cases feel any sort of container good luck with your endeavors.

Beware Terry Shannon here comes Minelabs Manticore Man!

All very good comments and theories by everyone.Yet another fairly common situation that can occur in parks etcetera is that trees some that may be decades old and others centuries old that can actually predate the park itself are removed for safety reasons etc but more commonly die from over watering and or become uprooted during storms.It goes without saying that when this occurs many coins relics and so forth become available to detection.The bottom line is that your hard work and perseverance paid off Troy and you were rewarded handsomely that is a great piece of silver!

YOU Cats have been smoking too much Wacky Tobaccy!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?