Went out today with my New DFX
madmacabre
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I bought a new Detector last week and couldn't wait to use it. I bared the cold winds and headed out to a spot where an old school stood up until two years ago where it was torn down. I'm having a huge learning curve with this thing yet im very impressed with its performance so far.
I plan to be posting more often with my finds this summer and hopefully ill be learning alot more as well.
1969 Hot Wheels "lotus turbine"
I plan to be posting more often with my finds this summer and hopefully ill be learning alot more as well.
1969 Hot Wheels "lotus turbine"
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Thanks for sharing and keep us informed on that learning curve with the DFX.
You have a GOOD start on nice finds!
Jerry
As to the "star" token, there were a number of those made in the 1940s. What yours is I cannot say until you clean it up, though.
I've had good results with a soft wire brass brush on crusty aluminum like that. And on nickel and copper, too. Wouldn't use the brass brush on silver, though. Toothpaste is good for silver. Or if the staining is really set in on silver, a little baking soda paste often does the trick. Your Merc and your medal would probably respond well to toothpaste, or baking soda if the toothpaste ain't enough. I just rub the toothpaste or baking soda on with my thumb and finger, under running water, then wipe clean with a soft cloth.
Not recommended practice for non-dug coins, but everybody understands that dug coins need a little cleaning sometimes. Besides, after eight or ten years in my albums, some of the silver I cleaned back when I found it has picked up some really pretty secondary toning, with faintly iridescent golds and pastel colors.
It just dawned on me that this was your first outing with a new machine.
Gotta say, for a first outing, that ROCKS. Your future looks promising.
<< <i>You will love the DFX ! ! !
You have a GOOD start on nice finds!
Jerry >>
I agree,super machine.
<< <i>Its nice to get out and especially find silver... >>
I tried going out tonight to an old 18th century house but all the dirt was plowed up to huge piles and the house was demolished early today. It made me P'd off
<< <i>I tried going out tonight to an old 18th century house but all the dirt was plowed up to huge piles and the house was demolished early today. It made me P'd off
DETECT THOSE PILES OF DIRT!!!!
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<< <i>I tried going out tonight to an old 18th century house but all the dirt was plowed up to huge piles and the house was demolished early today. It made me P'd off
DETECT THOSE PILES OF DIRT!!!! >>
There like 1o feet high with huge rocks so I dont think its possible
<< <i>There like 10 feet high with huge rocks so I dont think its possible
I don't know.... I'd stand at the base of the piles and run my detector all around them. You just never know. 18th century home sites with access don't come along everyday...at least not for me. The relic hunter in me would be all over it.
Our good friend Zot bagged some decent finds from dirt piles in Round 11 of the Virtual Treasure Hunt III.
Digger: Zot
Date dug: January 27, 2007
Site: Dirt piles from road works, near Dublin, Ireland
Detector: White’s MXT
121. 1921 British predecimal large penny
122. 1976 Irish decimal twopence
123. 1974 Irish decimal penny
124. 1971 Irish decimal halfpenny
125. 1964 Irish predecimal halfpenny
126. Brass key
127. 1968 Irish predecimal shilling, copper-nickel
128. Man's wedding ring, nongold
129. Cufflink with bullfighter design
130. 1938 British predecimal threepence, .500 silver
131. Gold-colored "Walkin' Charlie's" arcade token
132. Old button