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Minelabs X-Terra Pro.... Anyone Enjoying Theirs?
The Pest replied to bigtim1973's topic in Minelab X-Terra Forum
That Ring Even Has A letter M Engraved on It.... That's A Perfect Advertising Plug If I Ever Saw One... Great Finds... -
Thanks to you... I know what to look for now... o7
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Crawled Under A House Today.
The Pest replied to Doc Bach's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
That Lucky Strike pack is from before 1942... When The Green Went To War... Old-Time Radio: The Golden Years of Commercials -
What Influences Your New Detector Purchase?
The Pest replied to bigtim1973's topic in Metal Detector Advice & Comparisons
Casually showing 2 Rings on the display... LOl... The camera angle makes this the perfect Mine Lab advertising back drop... Your picture is desktop wallpaper gold if nothing else... I don't have much luck with scoops here in West Coast NJ... I think River sand just has too much mud... rocks... and junk... mixed in... I gave up... and just use a shovel... I wish we had your beach... -
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What Influences Your New Detector Purchase?
The Pest replied to bigtim1973's topic in Metal Detector Advice & Comparisons
I knew Monte very well From over at Findmall... And he's still everywhere... I can't do a google search for anything detector related... Without one of his post's turning up....☺️ As far as choosing... budget was a factor... being an old school white's guy... This is new territory... And I definitely want to crawl before you run... being able to get other coils reasonably was a factor... And the Hands On accounts... Recommendations... and answers to Questions of forum members really helped solidify my decision... But it most certainly started and ended with the forum... -
What Influences Your New Detector Purchase?
The Pest replied to bigtim1973's topic in Metal Detector Advice & Comparisons
Just My 2 bits... The most recent purchase I made was the result of a forum thread By Monte... Which led to several YouTube videos... Then back to several forums to learn what I could form other's hands on... and wash... rinse... repeat... I ended up looking at 3 different machines before I Did Not Buy the one I went looking for in the first place... The Hands on Accounts from forum members is what directed me to my purchase... But the YouTube videos were fun too... -
Not Much Interest In USA Units Lately
The Pest replied to bigtim1973's topic in Metal Detector Advice & Comparisons
Just one more 2 bits ( oh no ).... I think that American detector manufacturers should quit outsourcing their production before they try too hard to compete.... How many Tesoro & Whites knock offs' were out there before these companies went belly up... Even now there are Garrett & Bounty Hunter knock offs' galore... Why seriously improve or re-invent detection technology.... If it's gonna be re-produced and sold in mass as a more efficient knock off... Let European manufacturers have their Hoorah for now... And quietly sit tight developing and building one detector at a time if necessary... In House... ☺️ -
I Found A Relic Dump In The Woods
The Pest replied to NCtoad's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
" I also found a 3 merry widows tin near that dime." Sorry... see it now.... I was having a ball... and missed it earlier.... -
I Found A Relic Dump In The Woods
The Pest replied to NCtoad's topic in Metal Detecting For Coins & Relics
The Barber dime is a great find.... But I Think that old Railroad Lock really shines... That's the neatest thing I've seen In a spell... Is that a Ring next to the lock in the 4th picture??? Is the pick axe head in the 5th picture in decent shape??? I mean... is it too far gone to take a handle??? What does the mashed cup in the 6th picture say??? "merry" is obvious.... I'm just glad you had a great day sir.... ☺️ -
Not Much Interest In USA Units Lately
The Pest replied to bigtim1973's topic in Metal Detector Advice & Comparisons
Just My 2 Bits.... I myself just acquired an MXT-E and recently posted about it... I don't know that An older flagship detector could compare fairly... It's like a race between a Dual Engine Tractor Pull Tractor... and a Porsche... They just aren't in the same class.... I haven't toed in on a newer unit yet.... I like the Nokta Simplex best at the moment... But the technology is still evolving way too fast... In My Opinion.... They're gonna hit a technology wall... and it's gonna burn out... Garrett and 1st Texas may just be hanging tight for the minute... And waiting to see how it's gonna spin... I'm not in a hurry by a long shot.... There's plenty of old and new Aluminum targets to be found... I have plenty of Old Flag Ship detectors I'm Happy with.... And I quite honestly don't like all this GPS stuff the Non US companies are incorporating... Every time you do an update.... the thing is trying to share your GPS data with it's makers... It's nobody's business where I found A silver quarter... Unless I choose to share the adventure... But that's been more than 2 bits.... The xtra 3 1/2 were on the house.... ☺️ -
I recently acquired an MXT-E ... as I'm getting to know this detector... I've been amazed at how deep it finds very small targets... I had read somewhere that these machines do well at the beach... So I took the MXT out a couple of days ago... to a little strip of beach I like to hit... many of the locals fish here... there's always sinkers and pocket change... I've found two wedding bands on this strip in the past... For Me... It's a Good close by spot... after an hour or so... I found the usual run of the mill aluminum... sinkers... a nice little pair of wiss snips( CW7T ).... A stainless hook( I really should take up fishing some day)... some junk rusty iron... clad coins.. The piece of Bone was an eye find at the edge of the water... I think It came from something that's dead... but one target blew me away... pictured in the middle of the quarter and nickel... is what I'm pretty sure... is a dot of silver solder... I don't know exactly how deep it was... but I dug a heck of a hole before it was topside... the MXT carried on like I had a troy once under the coil... this is the 3rd time Iv'e had this machine out... It finds Tiny stuff deep... It kinda reminds me of one of the blue lunch box detectors... The Coin Master V Supreme... That machine could find a rusty nail head a foot down.... But... that was my sneak away from work early day at the beach... with a detector I'm really starting to like
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Howdy Sir... At a first quick glance.... I thought was Disapearomite ... but now that I've had time to take a better look... I agree whole heartedly with your assessment of Invisirock 100%.... I was further surprised to find that Invisirock is not as rare as we thought it was... Most people just don't see it... I found a sample right in my back yard ( pic included )... Just under the grass... Now I know where those cracks in my windows came from when mowing... You can clearly see... in the picture... why the translucent edges led me to think this was the much harder to find Disapearomite ... Does anyone here have an actual picture of Disapearomite they could share... As I have never seen an actual sample... ADDITIONAL: While searching for a more Clear picture of Invisirock... I found reference to Vanishanium... Which is horribly Rare... As Vanishanium is so hard to find... Samples can only be seen at Museums... Has Anyone been to a museum and taken a picture??? I'd really like to see what Vanishanium looks like... I've learned so much here on this forum... but the most important take away for me... Is to just pay attention to what I'm looking at... 😉