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Yes, I have tried the olive oil, grape seed oil et al, and they only turn a crusty coin into a shiny crusty coin. But I realize that the grape seed oil is supposed to take a while to 'soften' the crust. I saw somewhere about electrolysis on coins and using a 120 volt to 9 volt transformer/adapter like ya charge cell phones with. I'll research further and post what I find. If I fin
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Kevin B
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
I have been using the full tones and no disc for two days now. I am growing to like it very much. I have been finding alot of good stuff embedded in the VERY dense square nails! Found a very old pocket watch today......minus the glass. I have been using the Deus with the wired back phones. I really like the wired backphones and especially the price knock-down.
I have two detectors now that
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Kevin B
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He certainly isn't the poster child for "How to retrieve relics from the ground after finding with a Metal detector" .....LOL. I already get a enough go-to-hades looks when I'm hunting in town and I do everything meticulously. If I don't......then it ruins things for all of us. It's another example of how one man's actions effects another's. What woul
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Kevin B
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Search and Recovery raises a very good question. Therefore, I am taking this post back to the top in hopes that someone will answer the question on "coin cleaning/ electrolysis how-to". I'd like to know myself. I have been digging some deep Indian heads with crusted backs/fronts.....as the case may be and would REALLY appreciate a few words on coin cleaning via electrolysis. Than
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Kevin B
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Okay, thanks TNSS. I have a new Deus with the Full Tones capabilty. I will try it out tomorrow on some hi tone targets and see what I learn. I just watched several youtube vids of people using it and it seems to be just what I would need in this area. Good night and thanks. Kevin
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Kevin B
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I know that I am showing my ignorance when I ask this question.......and the sad fact is that I have owned several Deus's. But I have never used Full Tones. I am going to go in there and read the instructions and all, but I have always hunted in 2 tone but I since I am hunting a VERY naily area right now (and it's producing everyday), I would like to have every advantage possible to m
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Kevin B
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I hope that everyone of you has an extremely good experience when swinging!!!!! Metal Detecting ain't about trying to find more than the next man. I reckon that is why I am so drawn to it. It's just a downright fun and VERY interesting pasttime. Good luck/skill guys, (and gals if there are any reading this). I wish that we could all find a pocketful of bullets, buttons, coins, or
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Kevin B
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Slip on the headphones. Tune the world out. Focus on tones. Picture the area as it might have been around 170 yrs ago. And swing the coil of your favorite detector over ground that has been trodden by humans for a century or more. The mystery, and intrigue, and even camaraderie, if hunting with a friend, makes it easy to step out of the rat race for a few hours. Whether it's Civil War
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Kevin B
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Keith Southern Wrote:
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> 2 tone high gain..
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> Ground tracking off..
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> stock coil or bigger..
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> Highest tone setting HZ wise to give the most
> delineation between the deeper tones..
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> Keith
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Kevin B
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Good Heavens Keith!!!! I knew I could count on you!!!! Yet, I do not want to take away the importance, to me, of the other replies and I appreciate them all. Especially that Google feature.
Keith, if I may ask, how does one learn about all of these weird iron objects/relics? I am just plain curious. How did you know? It baffles my mind and I am VERY grateful to you. It makes a find/rel
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Kevin B
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Made of iron and I have electrolysis-ed it. It was really a ball of rust. After it's bath......THIS popped out:
The hole in the center of the diamond piece of iron seems to be threaded. I'm sure that this thing isn't Civil War related but I like finding old relics from days gone by, such as old cloths irons that they would heat by the fireplace, etc etc. But I cannot th
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Kevin B
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Great finds, TNSS!!!! I have gone over my 1920 home-site (but there was an older house there before) so therefore, there is ALOT of square nails, pottery, old red brick, in the front yard. I used the Racer with 5 inch coil for several days going one way and then the other. The Deus produced some more goodies. But I wouldn't put much stock in my head-to-head testing as that wasn't orig
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Kevin B
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Keith Southern Wrote:
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> Nice Springfield Buttplate Kevin..
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> The button is geometric style...Civilian
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> Nice digs..
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> Keith
Thank you Keith, as always, for being so willing to share your experience!!!! I really do appreciate it!!!!!!
And thank the other forum members for you very nice comments. I t
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Kevin B
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Besides finding another Starr Carbine bullet (and giving it to the land-owners, who freaked out), I found a suspicious button of unknown origin and my last dig gave up the butt plate to some kind of.......musket? Has anyone here ever run across something like these? Thank you. And Happy New Year!
And here's the butt-plate:
This butt plate is made out of iron/steel. I al
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Kevin B
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There is a place that I am hunting by. The property that joins where I am hunting right now is owned, and has been owned, by the same family since the town was founded (1820). They have never let anyone onto their land to hunt. Sadly, there was an old building there (burned down by the blue coats) that was used as a spy station ( or whatever it's called) by the Confederate Soldiers/Office
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Kevin B
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I am starting to get that feeling again!!! Easily identified......it's a feeling that I have had to contend with on many an occasion: " I might just have to get me another Deus. With a 9 inch coil." Once that feeling hits me.....it takes control of ,y powers of logic. No amount of self control will stop me from hitting the PAY NOW button. I think I may need an intervention!!!!
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Kevin B
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Thanks guys. And thanks for the ID Keith. Very much appreciated!! And thanks Tom41 and Hungarian!!!!! Very nice comments. Ocassionally, if I have been on a dry spell for a length of tyme, I will find some relics in fairly quick succession and feel compelled to share them. The pats on the back are okay. Nothing wrong with having some encouragement that I can see. But mainly, when I see pics of
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Kevin B
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Keith, the war here started in 1862. And I appreciate everyone's replies. Keith, I found another bullet at the same place today....a Two Ringer. I have included the measurements and weights for it and for the bullet that I had already posted. My only database is the "19th Century Bullet Collection" database. I need, and have been looking for one of those Early Western Theatre p
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Kevin B
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
Starr Carbine bullet.(as close as I can get to a positive ID) And a Rimfire cartridge case that is .60" at the rim. That is the largest rimfire that I have ever dug. A clock key. An ornately decorated piece of brass. And a 1907 Indian Head penny. If anyone can ID the big iron piece that is V-shaped.....that would be great.
I had to do alot of swinging to acquire these targe
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Kevin B
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Thomas Dankowski Metal Detecting Forum
I notice alot of depth testing on Youtube. Oh, I enjoy watching them. But the other day, when I decided to stick an old square nail in the side of a hole (about 5" by 5" hole) with a 58 cal Minie Ball at the bottom......and then swing over it.....(no non-ferrous signal)......bullet was 5 inches deep. I was using a 5 inch (out of round) coil, I was shocked. I mean, I thought that th
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Kevin B
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Jack Flynn Wrote:
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> Kevin send me your address then Tom 41 wants to
> read it next, you can mail it to him. Then on and
> on.
PM Sent w/ address. Thank you Jack!!!! I'll treat it well and forward it to Tom41. Merry Christmas!!! ( I found a 1907 Indian Head this afternoon w/ the Racer with 11 inch coil). I'm giv
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Kevin B
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Jack Flynn Wrote:
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> The Racer book is definitely a good read and if
> you have not ran a Racer long it will help. I read
> mine all in one afternoon sit and learned a few
> things but like I said a new to the Racer person
> it will help. I've got one I'll pass along to
> whomever pm's me first if they
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Kevin B
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Thanks Keith! I'm glad that this one will never make it to a show. The man that brought it over didn't have a clue. He found it in the back of his recently deceased father-in -law's safe. He seemed to have some doubts about it. I quickly snapped a couple of pics and put it on here. I told him that there were several knowledgeable guys on here that have been detecting for 30 t
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Kevin B
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Yes, I kinda figured, when I saw all of those file marks, that it was a reproduction. I wonder why they (who-ever did it) filed such deep divets into it? Might have been a kid, I guess. Anyway, Merry Christmas. And thanks for the ID!!!!!! It was a favor for a friend who just lost their father-in-law. I bet that they thought that they had struck gold!!!!! LOL!!!!! There good people though, and
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Kevin B
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Hi guys, a friend found this in a safe and he asked me to confirm whether it's real or not. It has "SOLID BRASS" stamped on the back. But, as you can see, the back pieces are missing (puupy paws?). Can anyone please help.
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Kevin B
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