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That is precisely why I love digging these old relics. Knowing that there is a high probability that I was the next person to touch that bullet or knapsack hook, after the soldier who dropped it. It really is intriguing!!! It is like having a tangible touch with history. I just love it. I wish you AWESOME success!!!!! search and recovery Wrote:
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Kevin B
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
"If the South Woulda Won We'd A Had It Made!!" Hank Williams Jr. !!!!! No, Search and Discovery, I'm just yanking your chain. I ain't got no fight in that battle anymore. But I AM sincerely happy that ya made some great finds!!!! I know that feeling (as most of us do on here) or opening p up a plug, and the heart just melts. And it sounds like that Vista Gold is pul
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Kevin B
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Thanks guys. I am gonna go with the GPX4500. I appreciate everyone's feedback. I just gotta know what Pulse Induction is about. Plus, one day, maybe, if I am lucky, I might get to hunt in Virginia, where the soil is red and water is pure.
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Kevin B
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Daniel Tn Wrote:
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> Look at it this way.
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> At best, with all stars aligned perfectly, all
> settings correct, you might get a diggable signal
> on a minie ball at 12-13 inches in good soil with
> a good VLF machine. Most likely, the easy
> detectable ones are 8-10 inches.
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> With a PI machine, someone
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Kevin B
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Thanks Sven1 and Des D. Yes, I have about made my mind up. I mean, I have some bullets buried outside (and the ground here at home is not nearly as mineralized as my favorite sites) and my Makro Racer is 'iron grunting' on an 8 inch bullet. Please don't get me wrong, I have had my Racer almost a year now. My Deus, not near as long. But right now, the VLF's are still findi
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Kevin B
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Guys, (and gals, if there are any), I have been experimenting with the Goldfield Program on the Deus. I dropped the frequency to 12 khz. The threshold easily wavers on my deepest bullets (in my puny test garden). I am gonna try it out in the woods on Sunday afternoon (Good Lord willing).
It seems to have all of the good attributes of an F-75 in All Metal mode. The Goldfield Program is simply
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Kevin B
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Please forgive my creating a second thread, but there is a battle going on inside my head. My metal detecting sites are moderately mineralized. I DID hunt a site the other day that was bordering on extreme mineralization. A field that was drilled with soybeans, but they have been harvested. I have a strong feeling that the chemicals that they spray on that field caused the extreme mineralizatio
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Kevin B
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deathray Wrote:
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> Hey Kevin,
> If you want to try a gp extreme cheap,let me know
> by pm. I haven't used mine since summer....your
> thread made me realize I really dont need it,lol.
Man, I sure appreciate your trust in me to even offer such a awesome chance. Please let me pick your brain. In most of the areas tha
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Kevin B
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Daniel Tn Wrote:
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> If you aren't going to buy that 4500 for that
> price...let me know where it is and I will buy
> it!! As a courtesy for a finders reward, I will
> send it over to you and let you give it a whirl.
> I need one for the March DIV hunt.
Okie Doke.
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Kevin B
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
First, I appreciate everyone's replies. You have given me a mound of food for thought. I can get the GPX4500 brand new for a good price. Below 2000 bux.
Tennessee Sharpshooter, yes, the GoldField program on the Deus is an All Metal w/ threshold. I tried it on my deepest bullets and it easily sounded off on them (the threshold wavered distinctly.......I guess that's what I'm t
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Kevin B
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
It uses a threshold-based (I don't really know how to describe it).....tone?.....to tell you if there is metal in the ground or not. I have simply been using two or three tone with zero disc to hunt a campsite where there are several ration cans, the odd square nail, but otherwise, not too messy with ferrous stuff. Has any Deus Civil War relic hunters tried the threshold-based Goldfield pr
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Kevin B
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I took my Deus out yesterday, and after watching Aquachiggers Minelab GTX videos....alot of them...., I set up my Deus on Zero Disc, and two tones which is as close to an All Metal as I can get. Everything rings in at one tone, since the DISC is set at zero. It worked pretty good, I was able to find countless 36 cal balls, 3 of the 69 caliber balls, and a 58 cal Minie ball at decent depths....
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Kevin B
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If this has been recently covered, please forgive me. The ice has me home-bound and I am trying to improve my technique. I like to carry two bottleos of water, snacks, batteries, plus a scap-finds pouch, plus a Lesche knife and a pin pointer....into the field. Right now my set up is a Garrett scrap finds pouch and it's nylon belt and plastic buckle. I thread my Lesche holster and PinPointe
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Kevin B
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deathray Wrote:
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> Nice finds for sure Kevin! I'm back to the Deus
> also, 11 incher this time ( don't believe what she
> tells ya, SIZE matters, lol!)
LOL! Thanks for your reply Deathray!!! (Yes, I am pondering getting an 11 inch coil for the woods and fields)
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Kevin B
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tnsharpshooter Wrote:
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> Kevin B Wrote:
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> > I appreciate it Forum Friends!!!! This is the
> time
> > of year when I get it bad!!!! Going tomorrow
> > afternoon to (hopefully) a super-duper spot!!!
> > Hope I can get some sleep tonite!
&g
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Kevin B
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tnsharpshooter Wrote:
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> Kevin B Wrote:
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> > I appreciate it Forum Friends!!!! This is the
> time
> > of year when I get it bad!!!! Going tomorrow
> > afternoon to (hopefully) a super-duper spot!!!
> > Hope I can get some sleep tonite!
&g
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Kevin B
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Keith, you have done your homework...and then some. If anyone deserved to be rewarded with a piece like that, it is you. I can hear the sentimentality in your writing. My hat is off to you for the homework that you have done. It must be immensely satisfying to see all of that reading and poring over maps come to fruition. Yes, I would say that the gold pen is a museum piece and the plaque undern
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Kevin B
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I appreciate it Forum Friends!!!! This is the time of year when I get it bad!!!! Going tomorrow afternoon to (hopefully) a super-duper spot!!! Hope I can get some sleep tonite!
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Kevin B
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
I would like to build/own a crusty coin cleaner. Something that will quickly remove the crust that is found on old pennies and nickles. About the only thing that I have found that softens the crust is a wire brush mounted on a side grinder.....LOL!!!!!! And then, it is even MORE worthless than it was before I started dickering with it. (I only did it once......to a V nickel.) I ain't THAT
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Kevin B
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Tom41 Wrote:
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> Group them together all ya want...would say many,
> to include myself are living vicariously through
> others hunts and YouTube vids. Weather hit again
> today and not looking good temp wise for a while
> yet. Got a question, heard it many times but
> never checked it out....what makes a IH a "
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Kevin B
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Keith Southern Wrote:
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> Hey Kevin is that Indian a Fatty?
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> Could be!!Hope SO!!
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> Keith
Hi Keith! Your post didn't show up yesterday. That's why I didn't reply. My computer is on the brink of being replaced!!! The Indian head is a 1906 model. This year, I just cannot seem to find a coin that is
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Kevin B
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
You've likely been detecting for far longer than I have....it's still a mystery to me exactly how all of this stuff works. LOL Still, I wish you well and hope that you can find a unit that you like. A wired Deus might very well be a good idea and one that XP should look into. It's difficult to dish out $1000 for a detector, especially in times like these. And yet, I feel that we
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Kevin B
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Thanks Tom41. The Starr Carbine bullet and the Sash buckel where found here in town a couple of days before the other finds. I threw them in there to kinda show how the Deus has been treating me, and to get some more folks fired up to go digging. Thanks for you kind comment. And here's hoping that you will make a great find really soon!!! kevin
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Kevin B
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Yes, TNSS, when I am in heavy iron (a literally thick blanket of square nails) I have been having great success in full tones. I was using 2 tone when I found the ring but I was hunting in low trash area. But Full Tones has been a really awesome discovery. I must again say thanks for opening my eyes to it. I can imagine that there are other little secrets about this machine that I have yet to
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Kevin B
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
I was a bit strapped for cash this December so I purchased a Deus with wired headphones. It really helped. It's a decision that I was glad that I made. The reactivity (speed) of the Deus is adjustable and is very fast. A cable from coil to control box would likely slow things down and attract unwanted EMI issues. But......I am not a scientist...or an engineer, so I cannot back up what I j
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Kevin B
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Went relic hunting with my buddy and had a great time!!! Great fellowship. Great finds. The gold wedding band (14K) was 4 inches deep. There is no name on it. Plus a few finds from trip. Except for the sash buckle and Indian Head. I found it in a site in town with the Deus. (9" coil)
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Kevin B
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Bill Ladd Wrote:
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> I've been playing with one at work. Seems like a
> really solid unit. Some of the Racer complaints
> have been addressed. Thick coil ears, longer
> stronger coil bolt, and a noticeable, pleasant
> difference in how the S-rod handle curves....
> With no nuggets here in New England, I've be
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Kevin B
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