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6 hours ago, John4455321 said:

Hi I am fairly new to metal detecting I took the  hobby up from my grandad so I went out and bought the equinox 800 metal detector in January this year and ever since I have tried to get used to it but just can't seem to get the hang of it as there is to many settings to figure out and I am just wanting a detector I can just switch on and go. I have been told the Xp Orx metal detector is a great machine for beginners I have been offered to swap my equinox 800 for the Xp Orx is it worth it as what I just said don't want to have to muck about with settings on a detector just want to beable to switch it on and go.

I haven't used either of the detectors you're asking about....BUT if you do swap keep in mind that there's a big price difference in the 2 detectors, Equinox 800 around $1000, the Xp Orx around $650,  just an FYI I compared the prices on KellyCo's website.

So if I were doing such a swap I would want some money added in the deal along with the Xp Orx.

6 hours ago, phrunt said:

Those English are lucky to have such great hunting grounds with ancient stuff to find, this woman just sniffed out a 2000 year old silver penis with her metal detector

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/metal-detectorist-penis-pendant-kent-b2091712.html

 

Looking at her photo she seems rather happy to finally find a penis!   

It's not gold and also not a meteorite the best I can tell from a photo.

I have a trowel/digger similar to the Fiskars posted by rvpopeye, mine is made by Ames, they don't make the version I have any longer but they now have a similar version called Ames Planter's Pal which the blade looks as mentioned very much like the Fiskars and my older version Ames, I still like my older version better, I bought it at least 10 to 15 years ago at Home Depot and can't seem to wear it out, I've only resharpened it once, I even cut down a small tree (about 2" thick) with the serrated edge one time in my yard.

Here's a eBay link to the Ames Planter's Pal, it seems to be around $15 and up everywhere else.   

https://www.ebay.com/itm/325083330796?hash=item4bb079f8ec:g:3V0AAOSwZ-1iIa4B         
 

10 minutes ago, Northeast said:

Which makes me wonder even more, why are the new ones double the price?  

It's because of Covid and Russia invading Ukraine.

1 hour ago, CPT_GhostLight said:

This was made by the same fellow who made the Cache Pro Elite desciminating pinpointer/probe which was way ahead of it's time. It had an 8" tip-only sensitive probe that could discriminate ferrous and non-ferrous wih out digging if the ground was soft enough. Unfortunately production of all his products has stopped and there are only a couple of the trowels being sold in his ebay store without the electronics installed.

I wish someone would make an updated probe like this. The only two discriminating pinpointers currently on the market require being within an inch or two of the target to correctly discriminate and they are both a little wonky to use. In a very digging restricted situation like my local parks, this probe is a time and dig saver.

 

I found this website that says they sell refurbished Cache Pro Elite pin pointers, not sure if it's still doing so or if it's legit, but there's the link.

I clicked on the "Buy Now" link to see what would happen and it took me to a PayPal login page, so it may still be legit, they have a contact page  and you could try and contact them first if you're interested, it's a email contact system. 

http://www.intexsystemscorp.com/refurbished pinpointers.html

It said on a good day if they;re lucky they can get up to 1000 Rand.....that's $64.53 in US dollars and 89.93 in Australian dollars and that's IF you're lucky, some days they're may only get 1/4 to 1/3 of that and many times they get nothing, a very hard life!!

I went to Lashbrook's website and couldn't find a ring exactly like that one but I was able to "build" a ring just like it except the stone, it didn't give me a choice that matches the stone in that ring, but no matter it didn't seem to change the price no matter which stone I chose...., the price came to $1494 for a size 10, price goes up for bigger sizes...but that wouldn't include the custom inscription, so at least a $1500 ring, great find, and it's a good looking ring as well.

https://www.lashbrookdesigns.com/shop/rings/profiles/RED/widths/8/ring_materials/10KY?ring_finish=POLISH%2CPOLISH&finish_type=FS&size=10&feature_group=G%2CN&groove_style=N&groove_group=15-N&grooves=15-N_MOSAIC-CORAL&sleeve=NONE

I'm trying to visualize how he does that with a pick handle , apparently it only happens with the longer pick handles , so the short handles seems to be his favorite for doing that without tripping falling over! 

4 hours ago, Denny said:

Original owner was ripped off bought a 18k engagement ring with fake center stone. 

The wife probably found out it was fake  and is why she tossed it at the beach!! 

21 hours ago, vanursepaul said:

I find it a little too wordy...

 

21 hours ago, klunker said:

  You can read!?

He can but only when there's photos.

It's common knowledge to most gold prospectors that gold usually will not go passed a clay layer and will be on top of the clay for the most part but could be into the clay layer a little bit, there is however a possibility of gold being under a clay layer IF it was deposited before the clay layer formed or got laid down, so it's always a good idea to punch through the clay and do some sampling.

4 hours ago, phrunt said:

It's great you were able to track him down Lanny.  I'm also a bit worried about Jim Hemmingway, he's disappeared off the radar too.  I hope he's OK.

I was also wondering about Jim a few weeks ago, I miss his posting big natural silver pieces/nuggets, I just looked at his profile and he was logged in to the forum on April 30, 2022, so just about the time I was wondering about him, I'm going to "mention" him here as well to try and get his attention so maybe he'll chime in on this topic!

@Jim Hemmingway

I haven't seen him on any of the forums lately, he last logged on here June 21, 2021, so almost a year ago, I hope he's doing OK.

I'm going to "mention" him in this topic which should notify him if he logs in.

@~LARGO~

I'm not sure what you have just looking at the photos....but you can do a hardness test to see if it's close to either one you've mentioned, Lepidolite has a hardness of 2.5 to 3 on the Mohs hardness scale, so it relatively very soft, Kunzite on the other hand is 6.5 to 7 on the Mohs hardness scale, so rather hard, very close to quartz in hardness also most if not all of the Kunzite specimens I have seen have a much clearer/transparent crystal look to them and in various colors lilac/pink/purple as well as from clear to brown, yellow, etc. depending on how much manganese is in it, so just from these points alone I would say it's not Kunzite, whereas the Lepidolite specimens I've seen are not transparent and look more like what's in your photos.

I had watched the first season and 2 or 3 episodes of the second season back when it was on TV, I just watched all 3 seasons in the past 3 evenings on Tubi TV, it's free or at least it never asked me to register or login, etc., also even though it stops for about 1 second around 3 times during each show saying it will continue after a commercial, but no commercial ever appeared, so you only lose about 3 seconds during each show, I'm not sure if the reason for no commercials is due to my "Ad Blocker" or not.

Here's a link to season 1, if you want season 2 or 3 just select the last show for season 1 and go to the end of the show and season 2 will show up after it ends, for season 3 do the same with season 2 and then season 3 will show up.

All together there's 19 episodes, 6 first season, 7 second season, and 6 for season 3, each episode is approximately 30 minutes long.

https://tubitv.com/series/300006335/detectorists?start=true

I thoroughly enjoyed all 3 seasons, wished they would start airing it again, I will be looking out for the "Movie" soon to be released, can't wait!!

Congrats on the quarter!

Victorian era location and a buckle that locks...hmmmm...latter day chastity belt bucket mayhap? LOL

11 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

Periodically, but I admit not daily.

I've been told by the Invision Techs that they do a backup once a week for all forums, If I recall correctly it's done on Sunday, that was a few years ago so I'm not sure if it's still the current SOP for them.

41 minutes ago, F350Platinum said:

Great title and cool finds. They say the Equinox has trouble with chains, you're living proof it doesn't. 👍 Cool!

I have heard/read exactly the opposite for the Eqiunox 800 when the first beach reports were coming in after it was first being sold.

The method I described using the bullet weight and plastic worm (it can also be use with other plastic baits) is called a "Texas Rig", here's a few photos of it rigged up, as stated mostly it's use for bass fishing but it can be use catch other species as well.

I guess it's possible that someone had their tackle box dump over and spilled out those weights or they were using them for some purpose.

The "bullet" fishing weights are very common down here, they're mostly used for fresh water fishing, I use them with plastic worms for large mouth bass fishing, the weight allows the "bait/lure" to free flow/float but keeps the bait down towards the bottom and or allows it to sink during a pause in retrieval, you thread the fishing line through the little hole with the pointed end facing forward, the weight also helps to avoid getting snagged when fishing in cover and bottom vegetation because of the pointed end.

For salt/beach fishing I generally use the pyramid type fishing weights because the don't roll around so much if at all from the surf/tide flows and thusly keeping your bait in the area you casted too.

10 hours ago, GhostMiner said:

   September 28   1936

 

   Dustin and I now had friends on the mountain. We would back each other up if there was trouble. Gary’s crew was a rough bunch but were not afraid to stand up to trouble makers. I felt the same way. Nobody was ever going to push me around on my claims and I had no problem with fighting for what was mine. 

   We set off on an exploration of the northern ravine where the north/south creek ran. The walls  got higher and steeper the further north we went and also it was much more remote. The creek was now about 100 feet below the top of the walls and fairly narrow with not much room on either side. There was good water flowing and we had our 12 volt highbanker and a spiral wheel I had purchased. We would use that to clean up the concentrates before a final panning.

   It was a cool and clear morning and the peacefulness of the location made me want to work there all the more. We shoveled away at the bottom of the steep banks and limited floodplain areas and fed the highbanker. We weren’t able to move much gravel through it at a fast pace but it was perfect for sampling. I found that using a 2200 GPH 12 volt bilge pump I could process about 200 - 400 pounds of gravel per hour and we could do about a yard a day maximum. That would be if we set down all day on one spot without moving but our intentions at this point were to just sample multiple locations and mark them on our maps. We were finding some good spots up there and we worked until around 4:00 PM.

   We headed back to camp with a little gold in our vile and were quite pleased with the day’s results. It felt good to be out here in the mountains and prospecting for gold. We were away from society and had no cell service. We listened to the radio at night when we relaxed and talked about the claims and life in general. I knew at this point that I would never go back to my regular life. I was hooked. 

   TO BE CONTINUED .............

You must have stepped back in time on this day in......1936! 

That dime is a key date/low mintage and is worth at least couple of hundred bucks even being a dug coin, if it wasn't a dug coin it would be worth around a $1000 or so, I would put it on eBay as is if you are interested is selling it, good find IMHO!