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This is an Open Forum to discuss any metal detecting questions or subjects. Please feel free to discuss any metal detecting subject, in good taste and with due respect to all users. Thomas Dankowski frequents this forum and is happy to share his knowledge and experience about metal detecting to answer questions along with many other metal detecting experts who frequent this forum.
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Please note that Dankowski Detectors now has Terms of Use provisions. Nothing has really changed, its just now everything is written down for the sake of those who in the past liked to argue. To view, CLICK HERE. If anybody sees anything unreasonable or disagreeable in the Terms of Use, please let me know.
Re: What are steel bottle caps really made of? - 4 years ago
I know its nerdy, but I like learning stuff like this. Thanks for posting it, Rick. (and in the spirit in trying to contribute something, I learned yesterday that EPNS on a hallmark means ElectroPlated Nickel Silver, which actually has no silver except in the plating. the base metal is Copper, Nickel and Tin)by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Happy 4th July everyone... - 4 years ago
Happy INDEPENDENCE DAY to all!by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Let’s talk videos - what do folks think is ok to video. - 4 years ago
Only thing I can add to the first post is audio quality. Sometimes wind noise makes it difficult to hear what the detectorist is saying. Good Summary!by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: US Detector Companies - 4 years ago
But how many components of anything are made where? "Assembled in USA" is more common nowdays, but how much is it really an American product when only 5-10% of the value comes from the US?by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Anyone have any idea what these lead things are??? - 4 years ago
The reason you don't find them is that the person would save them to remelt and pour more.by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Anyone have any idea what these lead things are??? - 4 years ago
Definitely sprues.by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Long Range Locaters? - 4 years ago
Picketwire Wrote: >..... Happy Hunting and signing out. And I fell for it.................by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Long Range Locaters? - 4 years ago
"... I have found tests that go both ways ..."by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Long Range Locaters? - 4 years ago
This thread is hilarious. And sad at the same time.by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Long Range Locaters? - 4 years ago
Picketwire, we wouldnt know you by another name here, would we........?by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Backpacking Metal Detectors - 4 years ago
I use a milsurp medium pack for longer trips. For shorter ones, I use a Camelbak daypack. Most of my gear is on my belt fwiw.by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Long Range Locaters? - 4 years ago
I've said it before and I'll throw it out there again: I had a prof in college that taught us how to use bent coat hangers as 'divining/dowsing rods" to fool the rubes. Its all in how you hold them and how you contract your hand muscles- and you Cannot see me do it. If I was dishonest, I could fool the lower end of the Bell Curve into thinking I can find water or whatever. (aby Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Long Range Locaters? - 4 years ago
*****text deleted by author because it was too mean spirited***** There is no convincing True Believers and it is a waste of time to even try to educate one. And I guess that's true of a lot of things.by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Somebody’s pop’in off on Findmall..... - 4 years ago
Kraemer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Find mall ...... Absolutely no nonsense allowed! Except to allow scams to separate the intellectually challenged from their money. So long as they are a paid advertiser, that is. Sorry, but I will not stand by and let pseudoscientific nonsense go unchallenged. Especially when someone is getting ripped off.by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Somebody’s pop’in off on Findmall..... - 4 years ago
marcomo, you are dead on. I had multiple PM's here that I hadn't noticed dating back to last year. My apologies to you and others for my oversight! I will correct that immediately. And yes, Ron Stone was a great guy to deal with. My post of "Surprised" (or something like that) on the posting of the lrl was just that. Was happy to learn that Ron had nothing to do with it.by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Somebody’s pop’in off on Findmall..... - 4 years ago
GreenMeanie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Findmall deletes and bans everyone he will be gone > soon enough. Man, that's the truth. I got the hook for calling out Windy City Detectors for selling long range locators. Not on the forums, but IN A PM! Apparently WCD's new owner went tattling to mommy when I called him out privately.by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Coming soon in USA it seems -History Channel. - 4 years ago
I just hope Beau doesn't sell out his ethics for TV like others have done before him.by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Beach Poll - Saltwater or wet sand? - 4 years ago
Both + dry; completely depends on what the lay of the land is and what the sand is doing.by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Came across an awesome research book I'll sell - 4 years ago
What? Tom doesn't have any holdings in 3rd world countries?by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Friendly Forum down? - 4 years ago
Dead to me too since last evening..by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Seems White’s went poof over at ‘other’ forum. - 4 years ago
silverfiend Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Champ Ferguson Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > > > I bet the number even approaches the number of l > os > > t posters at Tnet that their senile mod (the one > t > > hat's good buds with the former kellyco owners) &gby Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Seems White’s went poof over at ‘other’ forum. - 4 years ago
marcomo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A lot of the White's threads are still up over the > re under the Main Comparison Detecting Forum. > > Champ makes a good point about when companies cut > ad budgets but I think it's also possible Whites d > ecision to drop sponsorship at Finds was primarily > driven by how much traffiby Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Seems White’s went poof over at ‘other’ forum. - 4 years ago
goodmore Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That forum is business to the owner. Simple as tha > t. The Guv has little tolerance for BS. His way or > the highway. I would love to know the number of pe > ople booted from that forum since he has owned it. > I bet the number is impressive. I bet the number even approaches the number of lost posby Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Seems White’s went poof over at ‘other’ forum. - 4 years ago
Cutting the ad budget is generally a bad sign of things to come.by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Have You Found More Gold Rings Above Or Below The Conductivity Of A Nickel? - 4 years ago
Below nickel range in the dirt. Womens w/ stones.by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: Documentary - 4 years ago
I thought the couch potatos had lost interest in the detecting/treasure hunting programs since they can only "find" obviously planted items. My read is that this 'producer' needs to buy a Clue somewhere.by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: The fate of Tesoro? - 4 years ago
I wouldn't trust KC to tell me if its daytime or not. Anyone with the morals to sell "LRL's" to suckers is someone who will look out for their own interests ahead of everything else.by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Re: deleted. - 5 years ago
Findmall, heck. Try the idiot mods at Treasure net. All you have to do is disagree with the senile old coot and you get dumped.by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Cheap scoops cost more in the long run - 5 years ago
I lived in SE TX back in the 80s and fished Lake Travis more than once. Get one with a nice point, SS, personal preference as to angle ( I rec 20 degrees), and 7" or 9" opening. Several good ones out there, but you will never go wrong with a Sunspot Stealth. Read their warranty- thatll clinch it for you. + they have absolutely the best customer service of anyone I have dealt with ever.by Champ Ferguson - Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
