Jackpine

That's awesome that your 800 has arrived.  Get out early and beat the heat!

With any luck I'll have mine by the 18th. 

Cal enjoy that new baby when it arrives.   Detecting comes second to the joy of a new one in the household.

Tom Z

Awesome hunt!

Killer finds and shows that nothing is ever truly hunted out.. especially when swinging a Nox!

How many small dealers are actually asking full MAP price on the Nox?  I have never paid MAP for a new machine and even though I don't have mine yet I am getting close and the price was considerably below MAP but not 15%.

The Tiger coil's low drag makes it a pleasure to swing in the water.  If I had the MMK  you can bet it would have one attached for most beach and sand bar work.

15 hours ago, dewcon4414 said:

Chase ....... both does it.   has to do with the hole i believe that the lower nipple must fit into.  The picture is of an after market...... but ive tested with the ML as well.   Doesnt seem to be a problem now...... but over time ill watch it and check.

Another thing..... those female inserts.... be very careful when tightening those bolts..... dont use a 19V drill .... just ease um tight.

The only way I can see to solve the problem would be to add a weep hole in the lower clamp case to let some of the water escape.  It would also help if you want to flush it out after salt water hunting.

9 hours ago, relicmeister said:

I like the size and shape of a 6"x10" less eccentric than the 5x10 and keep more depth. All I can say is the equinox is worthy of a large assortment of coils, and that includes a 10" concentric. In my opinion they will all sell good, and ultimately there will be a very large number of equinoxes out there so a good business move by Minelab to offer such an assortment. 

My thoughts exactly as I had said the same to Steve recently.  ML would be shooting themselves in the foot by not making a good range of accessory coils.

Tom

52 minutes ago, Nakky said:

A 6x10 open elliptical for water search and a 6x10 closed elliptical for gold search.

Nakky

A 9" round open coil would be my preference for water use. Lacking that, a 6x10 elliptical gets my vote over the HUGE 11" stock coil that has to be holding it back from its true potential in unmasking.

But the wrong kind

Had to hunt the beach for a while before the sun and wind broke up 1/4 inch of skim ice next to the shore.

As expected very few signals of any kind but did manage a small kids size 925 silver bracelet wgt 3.5 grams

I really enjoy using the Fisher ID Edge for working the near shore iron and pulling out the small low conductors.

Great read and story Skate. 

Still waiting.  Not really complaining as I got a deal on my trade in.  10 to 12 ahead of me and they are dribbling in to my dealer.

3 V's in 1 hunt Awesome!

Nice one!  Old workings or new ground?

On 4/21/2018 at 12:30 PM, Steve Herschbach said:

I agree this might be the way to go, but it is very hard to find a scoop like this. Lots of Googling found me a company that specializes in this type design - Lucky Scoop. They have several models and most seem like great designs for micro jewelry.

Looks good Steve.  Would be even better if the small holes were extended a bit further back.

With Frisbee courses becoming popular this might be a good place to pick up a ring.  Hunt around the Tee box area where they make the initial throw down range at the basket.

Ice is starting to go out on the lakes here so I went down to the local swimming hole with the ID Edge & 6" coil for a go.  At first I had trouble with iron falsing on the large rusty spikes from the old Ice House that stood on this spot before the lake level was raised by a power dam.  With the Edge a proper GB is necessary and it took a few tries to find a spot to balance where it would settle down on the nails.

Picked up 8 quarters a few dimes and nickels some corroded pennies and a kids Mood ring.  After moving out a bit where the current was sweeping over a shallow bar I got a high coin hit and dug this.

A Brunswick Balke Collender Co. Pool Table Check Token, Good for 5 Cents, French & Hastings.  It's aluminum and has quite a bit of wear and some corrosion.  These are quite popular and some command high prices.  Did a search and could not find any attributed to "French & Hastings" so it appears to be an unlisted type.

Like I said not the greatest condition and I'm terrible at posting pics.  The Token is the same size as a quarter

Tom

Good job keeping after the Merc!  I have dug wheats and other coins out of someones plugs in the past. LOL

Tom

Dan

I have read about that camp several times over the years and always thought it would be fun to hunt it.  Quite a few years back a 16D Merc was found there. 

Tom

Very nice find and on an uncommon metal type as well. 

I can offer one tip to get the best return on engagement type rings with stones. Take the stone out!

search Ebay for "semi mount" 14K rings and see the prices they can go for. I once found a really nice 14K white gold ring minus the stone and after some looking found this category.  The ring went for around $270.00 (I forget the exact amount)  which was way more than the melt value.

Tom

On 2/12/2018 at 10:09 AM, Mike Hillis said:

That is a lot of tabs, Skate.   A lot of large pull tabs.   

Why do you think that you need to be digging square tabs to find a gold ring?    How many types of gold rings are likely to give the same ID as a large square pull tab?   Who would wear a large pull tab type of ring?   What activities would cause someone who wears a large pull tab type of ring to be lost?   Are any of those activities taking place where you dug all those square pull tabs?   Does that activity take place often enough that there is a good chance of a ring being lost, and, most importantly, lost and not recovered?

I'm trying to be helpful.  If you are going to go out and dig pull tabs at least understand why to dig them and where to dig them. 

I cannot over emphasis  the importance of those books titles I posted if you really want to be successful at this.  You hunt gold with your mind and recover it with a metal detector.  

HH

Mike

If I may I'll answer your question from my point of view.  I will dig tabs all day in a park where It can be done without worrying about all the plugs.  It's where the bigger heavier rings come in and one of those can equal 4-5 dinks so, well worth the effort to me.  I'll take large mens bands and heavy 10K class ring any day of the week. I also feel there a lot more of those type lost than say small engagement type rings.

That's is certainly one beautiful chain and cross.

When you said the Nox wouldn't hit it, was that in Park 1 or did you try Park 2 as well?  I find it surprising since its a braided chain and not open link which would make it a much tougher target to hit.

Tom

Fantastic! Now go get that ring resized.

I would call that a VERY successful 30 hours.

Sweet! First of many