Guess the detector ??

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I think it could be tricky unless you do your homework :0)

Detech?....what do I win?

A bag of monkey nuts..... Also I will throw in my wet socks from my last dig.... That's if your the lucky winner

Detech EDS REACHER 28 Khz ...12x12 coil..

Keith

“I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own”
-Nikola Tesla

Well again and again no dirt just air

LowBoy

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Lawrenzo Wrote:
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> Well again and again no dirt just air

Just of fun buddy, nothing serious......It's interesting to see what machine people think it is.

Ziggy Wrote:
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> A bag of monkey nuts..... Also I will throw in my
> wet socks from my last dig.... That's if your the
> lucky winner

Generous feller you are....I'd rather see the film of when you try to harvest the monkey's jewels.

This makes me wonder what the optimum coil size is for a medieval cut halfpenny. I feel that it's no more than 8 inches. Pretty tricky to determine, thanks to the shape.

O/T: "Monkey nuts" is what we in the U.K colloquially call peanuts/groundnuts. Do you use the expression in the U.S?

Ha, no we don't use that expression here.......you call peanuts monkeys nuts? Ha, ha, thinking about it, Ziggy is from the UK. correct?


Keith, you got me beat with the details, lol.

A bag of monkey nuts:
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Back on-topic: One of the 'difficult' targets we in the U.K search for are medieval cut quarter pennies, which are whole round pennies cut into four. They measure 9mm on the long edges. I found that a reasonable 'dummy' substitute for this coin can be made. Cut a square 7.5mm x 7.5mm from an aluminium drinks can, use the thinner metal halfway up the can sidewall. 'best-detected' frequency for these fellows is about 25KHz so the higher freq rigs 18KHz+ etc tend to do best at finding them.

Based on this, a 'dummy' cut half could be made from a 15mm x 7.5mm piece. I'll have a go at testing this idea out. But it gives you U.S guys an idea of the nature of the target. In proper buried-in-dirt conditions, I doubt a cut half could be found much beyond 7 inches depth, just my opinion.
Cut half and quarter penny coins can be found here:
[www.ukdfd.co.uk]



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These cut coins are interesting....money was really worth something then. I can picture a store owner using a hammer, chisel and a big anvil to make change.....and the arguments that would go with a bad cut.

It's known that many were cut at the Mint prior to issue, though tradesmen etc would also do it, it wasn't illegal at the time. A full penny was a days wage for a farm labourer, so smaller change was useful to have. Barter was used extensively at the time, and there were unofficial lead tokens in use as well, up to the 1700's. Cutting was eventually banned, as the King apparently didn't care for having his effigy chopped up.

Will reveal the answer tomorrow... Some have had some wild guesses, been interesting to see how people have come to their conclusion... Some have been miles off.

Cor blimey gov..... Never heard of monkey nuts.... Going to make a Rosie lee back in a mo.

I'll let the septics decode that load of Cockney banter ...



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T2 with 13 inc coil



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Ozzie found a cut modern cent yesterday.....was inpressive.

Rod-PA Wrote:
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> Ozzie found a cut modern cent yesterday.....was
> inpressive.

You jest....It was a cut wheat.......but not nearly as impressive as the 1744 George 2 you dug...post a pic....great shape for a copper in Pa. soil.

new tesoro black 8)

Couple of winners in here...... It was the Detech Reacher, wet socks in the post and I've already gobbled the monkey nuts :0)

Ziggy, Who in the UK sells coils for the Reacher? It's strange that Kellyco over here has never promoted these detectors--they sell the Detech coils for all the popular units. Looking forward to your further evaluation of this machine. Kevin at Staffordshire seems to like these detectors. Thanks, YubaJ Yuba is the name of a major gold-bearing river in California where I spent many seasons dredging for gold.

I will find out Yubaj...... Not looked into this machine much yet as such.... Out today and will be making first video on it.

How close was I on the Freq Ziggy????

Keith

“I don't care that they stole my idea . . I care that they don't have any of their own”
-Nikola Tesla