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Re: How should I handle this - 1 year ago
If you end up with the Exp. II back in your court, and still want to sell it, let me know. I love the Exp. II and wouldn't mind having a backup unit. As for the supposed wimpy depth : I'm guessing this is just subjective whimsical opinion on his end . Eg.: Lack of correct settings, & lack of ability to interpret the admittedly wacky Exp. II sounds, etc... So : Assuming thereby Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Monte passed away - 1 year ago
Monte had spanned the gap of the evolution of detectors, from the 1960s, to the present. Rubbing shoulders with industry and engineers. And was the nicest guy you could meet. Never stingy with site tips, tech tips, etc.... I never met him personally, but had talks on the phone, and exchanges with email and forums-chit-chat. A hunting partner friend of mine here in CA met and hunted wby Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: FMDF down - 2 years ago
thanx for the update.by Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: No traffic anymore!.... - 2 years ago
Cal_cobra Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I check here almost every day. > I just wait for you to test new mousetraps. And let you do all the heavy lifting for product review debate studies, tests, rumor-mill tech-talk etc.... What are friends for after all ?by Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: What's the deal with RNB Innovations? - 2 years ago
Harold,ILL. Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I hope not the life those get are crazy. Agreed. The battery for my minelab explorer can go a week straight, it seems like, on a single charge. Crazy.by Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: TEST - Phorum Database Error - 2 years ago
I was wondering why you didn't post your trek results here too.by Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Massive Amount of Permissions - 2 years ago
ChrisMD Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ,,,he was sa > ying unvaccinated people should be in concentratio > n camps. Please, tell me you're not serious ?? What the heck does she have to worry about ? If someone chooses not to be vaxxed, and if that results in some threat of their-own-selves: "Catching a disease", then prestoby Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Massive Amount of Permissions - 2 years ago
Cal_cobra Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nice thinking outside the box strategy! But this means you have to play nice. Chime in on their community. Build affinities. Be a part of a social group, etc.... Can you do that cal-cobra ? (just kidding bro ! )by Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: 
FS: Fisher Research Laboratory CZ-7a Pro VHS - 2 years ago
NEBeachcomber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sounds like a good deal... Now, all one has to do > is find a VHS player to watch it on. NE-beachcomber: Don't confuse Cal Cobra. He is too young to know what a VHS player is. Tsk tskby Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Silver's so flat 
- 2 years ago
If silver starts escalating in price, does this mean you'll convert to park turf hunting for mercs & roosies ?by Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Equinox 800 & iron falsing - 2 years ago
Cal_cobra Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > I don't think I would say *never* I'm pretty sure > I see at least a few nails from each hunt, for sur > e other types of iron. > > Bow down and repeat after me : "Tom_in_CA repeatedly kicks my #ss with his dino2k". (now I gotta work extra hard this coming Sunby Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Equinox 800 & iron falsing - 2 years ago
NASA-Tom Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Also noteworthy: In nearly all cases...... a slowe > r Target Recovery Response speed setting does not > necessarily stop you from detecting AND separating > two (or more) targets that are close together. If > the targets can be seen independently.....at a hig > her TRR speed.,.,.,.,.,by Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: What's a reasonable asking price for dug silver coins? - 2 years ago
Champ Ferguson Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Around here, i know several individuals that have > a standing offer to pay Kitco spot at any given mo > ment for silver and gold. Yes. If you have direct contact with a consumer/investor on the "buying" end of the spectrum, then yes, you can knock out the 10% middle-man between yourselveby Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: What's a reasonable asking price for dug silver coins? - 2 years ago
Cal_cobra Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You can get 90% of spot price for scrap melt with > Midwestern Refineries: > es.com/ Good link. And bear in mind that worn coins are slightly lighter than non-circulated coins. So don't make the mistake of multiplying through the calculators that estimate based on the mint weight.by Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Equinox 800 & iron falsing - 2 years ago
steveg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > At this point, I'd ask the question in this way -- > what DETECTOR is effective at cutting out or reduc > ing the high-tone falsing of square nails in miner > alized ground... > There are plenty of machines where you can effortlessly knock out nails (even bent ones, even in mineralsby Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: reason everyone got into metal detecing - 2 years ago
I was in grade school in the early 1970s. At a school built in the early 1940s. One of the kids in my class lived right across the street from the school we attended, and had seen an old man metal detecting in the school yard grass. He (like every pesky kid then and now) had gone over and watched the old man. When he saw the old man dig up a coin or two, he immediately went home and beggedby Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Here's some $1 gold coin action - 2 years ago
Thanx for the link. Chris is a good guy. Glad that he was able to show his other friend's coin around.by Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: two box detector. - 2 years ago
I have used 2 boxes with success before. When needing to hunt for a commissioned cache on 2 different occasions. On one commissioned hunt, the Next of kin suspected their dearly departed kin had buried jars of silver coins. But the farmyard turned out to be EXTREMELY junky. D/t apparently the ranch owners had used the yard for barrel burn pits for the household garbage (back in the eraby Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: War of 1812 in Alta California? Please be Seated as this story unfolds... - 2 years ago
steveg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > .... > > > There is some degree of truth in that, unfortunate > ly! > > Steve Here's another analogy : Anyone can go buy a big fat heavy gold ring. Right ? BUT if you are an NFL player, you will have a different sentiment to a super bowl ring. Even though a similar gold ring whichby Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: War of 1812 in Alta California? Please be Seated as this story unfolds... - 2 years ago
ozzie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sometimes you have to be aggressive. Clearing a si > te and ((BINGO))little treasures are uncovered. We > ll done fellas!! Hey, if it were easy, then it wouldn't be half-the-fun, eh ? Like fishing: If the lunkers weren't wily and evasive, then ..... they wouldn't be half as fun to catch, ehby Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: War of 1812 in Alta California? Please be Seated as this story unfolds... - 2 years ago
JCR Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > .... All that work pays off in th > e end. If not with finds then in memories for when > you get too old to Bushwhack detect. Interesting point. Yes, in 10 or 20 yrs, we'll be in our rocking chairs telling our kids about the crazy antics we did. The chase is half the fun !by Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: War of 1812 in Alta California? Please be Seated as this story unfolds... - 2 years ago
Lots of British navy 1-piece gilt buttons end up in CA. But I don't recall that particular design. Good sleuthing ID work ! Are you sure those buckles are "silver" ? Fun hunt !by Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: War of 1812 in Alta California? Please be Seated as this story unfolds... - 2 years ago
And the obligatory modern junk :by Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: War of 1812 in Alta California? Please be Seated as this story unfolds... - 2 years ago
And here some other age indicators : Green copper-smithed slag, pistol ball, etc....by Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: War of 1812 in Alta California? Please be Seated as this story unfolds... - 2 years ago
All told, I got 11 period buttons (gilt buttons, plain flats, a bird-cage cufflink, etc...)by Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: War of 1812 in Alta California? Please be Seated as this story unfolds... - 2 years ago
Here's 2 phoenix buttons from Saturday's hunt :by Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Question for you Deus & M1-6 users : - 2 years ago
Kickindirt Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tom I have one of these and work great. > > > ount-for-xp-orx-and-deus Perfect ! Thanx !by Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Question for you Deus & M1-6 users : - 3 years ago
ScoTTT2 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have a leather sheath that holds my hand digger > and my pin pointer ... there is a D-ring on the sh > eath if you want to tether the pin pointer, Thanx ScoTTT2 . Good info.by Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Question for you Deus & M1-6 users : - 3 years ago
Thanx coin-spader. Now I see the listing. At least for the Ukraine and Spain listing. I guess I failed to implement the adage of "google is your friend" :/ I dunno about ordering something from Spain or Ukraine. Like, I see on their "shipping" section, that they can't even quote a flat/firm shipping rate (go figure). But I don't see a UK listing on Ebay.by Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Question for you Deus & M1-6 users : - 3 years ago
Question for your Deus fans : For nearly 20 yrs. now, I've been a fan of the Explorer. And as you know, it's got the Sunray inline probe. So it has the perfect holster clips. And is connected by a chord, so you're never at risk of leaving it behind, ha Contrast to the Deus and M1-6 probe : I was warned to tether it. To cut down on the risk of loosing it. So I tetheredby Tom_in_CA - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum