This machine did exactly what I needed it to do. I lost my wedding ring while working in the yard. It was the second time I had lost my wedding ring. The first one was lost while canoeing with my husband. We capsized in the river. The ring came off as I was flailing for footing. I never went back to look for it. We bought a new one. My husband said if I didn't find this one we were not getting a third one. So, I did a little research and decided choose http://www.spamdetector.com TX-1001B Hand Hold Security Metal Detector was just the thing for the job. I ordered in from spamdetector point com. It arrived promptly. I took it outside, turned it on and started looking. I hit on a lot of iron and steel in the yard and knew that wasn't what I wanted. Then, after about 20 minutes of looking, I heard a different sound in the headphones. I did a little digging in a pile of mulched up leaves and there it was. I am very pleased with the machines performance. I think that when the weather warms up I will do some metal detecting for old coins and artifacts here. We sure have plenty of places to look. Maybe I'll even go and try to find my first ring in the river.
I don't believe you found anything with a $20 Chinese security-wand-style detector. Your post is nothing but spam.
I visited the school site today for the first time in 30 days. I dug a 1943-P War nickel, a 1943 Mercury dime, and a 1936 Buffalo nickel. I also dug four wheat cents, the oldest of which was a 1930. The silver coins both look like they were dropped when close to mint condition.
I went back to the school today and dug almost exactly the same mix of coins as yesterday: a 1942-P War nickel, a 1950-D dime, and a 1937 Buffalo nickel. I also dug a total of three wheat cents today.
There was a 1957-D wheat cent in the hole with the Buffalo nickel. I guess they circulated until at least the late 1950s.
There was a huge quantity of iron in the hole with the 1950-D dime, a big nail and lots of wire segments. I could just barely hear a two way peep through the iron. I'm not sure I would have found the dime in the plug without my Sun Ray probe, probably would have assumed the signal was iron falsing and moved on.
congrats on the milestones. Have you found more mercs than Roosevelts? Seems like that's usually the case. I guess mercs had more time to circulate. I remember one hole a year or two I dug that had a merc in it... also had some iron in it. It was a good feeling to have the detector be able to pick it out.
congrats on the milestones. Have you found more mercs than Roosevelts? Seems like that's usually the case. I guess mercs had more time to circulate. I remember one hole a year or two I dug that had a merc in it... also had some iron in it. It was a good feeling to have the detector be able to pick it out.
I have found more Mercury dimes than any other type of silver coin. I think another factor other than duration of circulation is that the Roosevelt dimes were dropped later, and thus were presumably shallower and easier for the 1960s to 1980s detectors to find.
I lined up a new permission today where I had high hopes of some good finds. I couldn't find any deep targets there, probably the result of fill dirt and/or excessive EMI. I went home disappointed, but, managed to find a 1935 Buffalo nickel in the hunted out park.
Do you do manual sensitivity? You could try lowering it until the EMI stops. Might be able to squeeze out a couple keepers that way. I was talking with WhiteTornado a year or two ago and he mentioned to give it a shot. I lowered the sensitivity in an area right under the power lines, and got a clear signal I missed before. Turned out to be a KG II copper.
That 'hunted out' park just continues to produce..... Cheers, RickO
I saw a guy in the hunted out park the other day with a Garrett detector. He packed up and left after only 5 or 10 minutes, presumably due to the scarcity of good signals. He's at least the fifth guy I've seen hunt this park.
I went to the school site today. I scoured the place with my stock coil and couldn't find anything old. I switched to my oversize coil and then managed to find a wheat cent. While I was using the oversize coil, a boy about 11 years old approached me. He asked if I had found anything good. I told him that I hadn't found any old coins today. He then revealed that I wouldn't find anything good because he had searched the property recently with a cheapie metal detector and only found a couple of modern quarters. I kept a straight face and answered some questions for him.
After the kid left, I switched to my six inch sniper coil. Right away I found a clad dime that was partially masked by a pull tab ring in the hole, not what I was seeking but a good example of the virtues of a small coil. I dig a lot of low tones at the school, hoping for a Buffalo nickel or War nickel, because the high tones are pretty much gone. When I was about ready to leave, I got a deep low tone. The numbers weren't great, think it hit 19-13 once; but, I liked the depth, about two thirds of the way down the meter. I dug a six inch deep plug, and my pinpointer said the target was still in the hole, a good sign. I pried another three inch thick chunk of dirt out of the hole and as I did, saw a nickel fly through the air and land near my detector. It was an 1898 Liberty nickel, the oldest nickel I've ever found.
congrats on your oldest nickel. Sounds like getting a sniper coil helps unearth some hidden goods. Do you think it has the same depth as the stock coil, or is depth hurt a little due to the smaller size?
congrats on your oldest nickel. Sounds like getting a sniper coil helps unearth some hidden goods. Do you think it has the same depth as the stock coil, or is depth hurt a little due to the smaller size?
A smaller coil will lose some depth, but, will more than make up for it by finding coins that would otherwise be masked.
rocking the wheat cents lately. I hit a park yesterday and found 10 wheat cents and no silver. Couple older ones. Too bad about your turn of the century place. Do you think it's been hit hard by others, which caused the less-than-desired results?
I went to the school site today and again sought older nickels with my sniper coil. I dug a 1944-P and then a 1943-P. I tried to keep the war nickel streak going; but, instead got a 1946 and 1947 before it was time to go home.
congrats on the couple war nickels. I just got one a few days ago. first one in a while. At the silver beach I've had a lot of close calls like yours. Early 40s and even late 40s, but a gap from 42 to 45.
Yesterday I searched Craigslist for metal detectors. I happened to see an ad offering a $50 reward for a person with a metal detector to find a lost gold wedding band. I didn't really need the $50, but was mildly intrigued and called the guy. He said he knew the approximate location of the ring in his front yard and had only lost it the day before. The house was at least 70 years old and wasn't terribly far away. I told the guy I'd give it a shot, secretly hoping he'd let me search the entire yard for old coins regardless of whether I could find the ring.
I got to the guy's house around noon today. He then told me that he hadn't actually dropped the ring. Instead, he got mad at his wife, took off the ring, and threw it in the yard. Apparently they subsequently made up, lol. I started searching with my 11 inch stock coil. There was so much junk in the yard that I couldn't hear my threshold at all. I switched to my 6 inch sniper coil and was then able to get a consistent threshold. I dug all manner of junk in the front yard, including the backplate of a pocket watch. I figured this remnant of a pocket watch was a good sign for finding some oldies in the yard.
After almost two hours I finally found the ring. It wasn't exactly in the area where the guy believed it to be. I collected my $50, and then asked if I could hunt the entire yard. The guy said he was a renter and didn't own the house; so, dig away.
I headed toward the old farmhouse windmill in the backyard. I found an old ceramic lined zinc mason jar lid, but, no old coins. The backyard was just as junky as the front yard. I got discouraged and was about ready to leave. This property has a circular driveway and on the way back to my car, I searched the grassy area within the circular driveway. I got a deep signal within six feet of my car. It was a coin spill consisting of a nice condition 1945 Mercury dime, plus 1934 and 1945 wheat cents. I decided to search all around both sides of the driveway. I walked the entire circle, both sides of the driveway, and finally found a 1936 Mercury dime within ten feet of the coin spill.
I found a total of four wheat cents today, plus an old cap pistol that I believe is complete.
The girlfriend and I happened to be near the school site today. She "let" me hunt for an hour or so. I didn't have enough time to find anything old. I consoled myself by ordering an XP Deus this evening, a machine that I have long been curious about trying.
I had a great day at the hunted out park today, best accumulation of finds from there in recent memory. I dug a 1942-P war nickel, two Buffalo nickels, and two wheat cents.
This is the nicest war nickel I've ever seen dug, full mint luster and full steps. One of the Buffalo nickels needs a chemical cleaning to show a date. The other looks to be 1927.
The Deus is supposed to arrive tomorrow. I'm curious to see what it can do at this park.
Edit: That second Buffalo nickel is a 1914-S, a semi-key date. I wish it were in better condition.
can't wait to see what the Deus does in your hunted out spots. I'd love to try it at some of my spots as the CTX barely gets a signal in a couple places
I am far from mastering the XP Deus; but, I have tried it out a couple of times now. Yesterday I took it to a place where I have consistently found relatively deep clad in the past. I wasn't finding much at first, but, then came upon a place with lots of coin signals in a very small area. The Deus with 9 inch coil was great about separating these signals and picking out individual coins. I didn't check, but, suspect that on past visits my Etrac blended all these signals into one signal that I presumed was large junk.
Here's how good the Deus was on separating coins. My girlfriend was swinging the machine and told me she had a dime signal. She handed the machine back to me so I could pinpoint the coin. I swung over the spot and got both a dime and nickel signal. I told her, "there's a nickel and a dime together" and that's exactly what I dug up. The Etrac would have just given me one signal on a dime and nickel together, probably a signal that I would have presumed was a Zincoln.
The tones on this machine can be programmed, i.e., you can set a different tone for up to five types of signals. My future ambition is to hunt with no discrimination while having iron signals report as very low tones and silver report as high tones. I've heard about guys doing this with the Makro Racer 2, but, didn't realize the Deus had this feature.
The machine is very light, feels like a toy. I think an old and frail person could use it. It collapses into a very convenient size for travel. My only major concern at present is that I'm not finding anything particularly deep; however, I haven't learned to ground balance the machine yet and imagine this is almost certainly a contributory factor.
Ideally, if your GF can swing the e-trac and you the Deus, you can live test both then and there. I've always wanted to try that with the CTX and ETrac, or CTX with TDI
I went to the school site today with the Etrac, looking for war nickels and Buffalo nickels. I dug 26 nickels today, which I believe is a one day record for me. The oldest was a 1947, lol. I also dug four wheat cents today.
I played around with the Deus today and managed to find my first old coin with it, a 1951-D wheat cent. It was about five inches deep and had a 1959-D cent right next to it in the hole.
The weather was nice and cool today; so, I took the Etrac to the school site. I found a 1945 Mercury dime, a 1952-D dime, and two wheat cents.
That makes 58 silver coins from the school. This makes me think back to July 2nd of last year, when I ran into another guy with an Etrac at the school site. I had found 29 silver coins there as of that date, and figured the place was close to hunted out. I'm glad that I was so wrong.
I went back to the school site today for a quick hunt with the Etrac. I found a 1908 Liberty nickel and a wheat cent. The nickel was only about three inches deep in hard soil. It gave a consistent 9-13 signal.
That school site is amazing. Just keeps producing. Wonder if the other e-trac guy found anything when he went. Maybe not if you haven't seen him back there.
Are you putting the Deus on the back burner for now?
That school site is amazing. Just keeps producing. Wonder if the other e-trac guy found anything when he went. Maybe not if you haven't seen him back there.
Are you putting the Deus on the back burner for now?
The Etrac guy claimed he had never found a silver coin at the school; but, I suspected he was lying at the time. I saw him get fooled by iron falsing more than once and never saw him there again; so, maybe he was truthful after all.
I'm still playing around with the Deus, but, don't have confidence to find deep nickels with it, unless I'm willing to dig a lot of junk. I also prefer the depth meter on the Etrac. The Deus depth meter maxes out at 5 or 6 inches.
I decided to end my brief flirtation with the XP Deus and sold it earlier today. I bought it used; so, I didn't take a hit on the sale and may buy another one to play with someday.
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This machine did exactly what I needed it to do. I lost my wedding ring while working in the yard. It was the second time I had lost my wedding ring. The first one was lost while canoeing with my husband. We capsized in the river. The ring came off as I was flailing for footing. I never went back to look for it. We bought a new one. My husband said if I didn't find this one we were not getting a third one. So, I did a little research and decided choose http://www.spamdetector.com TX-1001B Hand Hold Security Metal Detector was just the thing for the job. I ordered in from spamdetector point com. It arrived promptly. I took it outside, turned it on and started looking. I hit on a lot of iron and steel in the yard and knew that wasn't what I wanted. Then, after about 20 minutes of looking, I heard a different sound in the headphones. I did a little digging in a pile of mulched up leaves and there it was. I am very pleased with the machines performance. I think that when the weather warms up I will do some metal detecting for old coins and artifacts here. We sure have plenty of places to look. Maybe I'll even go and try to find my first ring in the river.
I don't believe you found anything with a $20 Chinese security-wand-style detector. Your post is nothing but spam.
suspects, you are a spammer, then please do not return. Cheers, RickO
There was a 1957-D wheat cent in the hole with the Buffalo nickel. I guess they circulated until at least the late 1950s.
There was a huge quantity of iron in the hole with the 1950-D dime, a big nail and lots of wire segments. I could just barely hear a two way peep through the iron. I'm not sure I would have found the dime in the plug without my Sun Ray probe, probably would have assumed the signal was iron falsing and moved on.
congrats on the milestones. Have you found more mercs than Roosevelts? Seems like that's usually the case. I guess mercs had more time to circulate. I remember one hole a year or two I dug that had a merc in it... also had some iron in it. It was a good feeling to have the detector be able to pick it out.
I have found more Mercury dimes than any other type of silver coin. I think another factor other than duration of circulation is that the Roosevelt dimes were dropped later, and thus were presumably shallower and easier for the 1960s to 1980s detectors to find.
That 'hunted out' park just continues to produce..... Cheers, RickO
I saw a guy in the hunted out park the other day with a Garrett detector. He packed up and left after only 5 or 10 minutes, presumably due to the scarcity of good signals. He's at least the fifth guy I've seen hunt this park.
After the kid left, I switched to my six inch sniper coil. Right away I found a clad dime that was partially masked by a pull tab ring in the hole, not what I was seeking but a good example of the virtues of a small coil. I dig a lot of low tones at the school, hoping for a Buffalo nickel or War nickel, because the high tones are pretty much gone. When I was about ready to leave, I got a deep low tone. The numbers weren't great, think it hit 19-13 once; but, I liked the depth, about two thirds of the way down the meter. I dug a six inch deep plug, and my pinpointer said the target was still in the hole, a good sign. I pried another three inch thick chunk of dirt out of the hole and as I did, saw a nickel fly through the air and land near my detector. It was an 1898 Liberty nickel, the oldest nickel I've ever found.
congrats on your oldest nickel. Sounds like getting a sniper coil helps unearth some hidden goods. Do you think it has the same depth as the stock coil, or is depth hurt a little due to the smaller size?
A smaller coil will lose some depth, but, will more than make up for it by finding coins that would otherwise be masked.
I haven't detected hardly at all this month; but, I did buy an old Minelab Explorer II to use as a backup for my Etrac.
I got to the guy's house around noon today. He then told me that he hadn't actually dropped the ring. Instead, he got mad at his wife, took off the ring, and threw it in the yard. Apparently they subsequently made up, lol. I started searching with my 11 inch stock coil. There was so much junk in the yard that I couldn't hear my threshold at all. I switched to my 6 inch sniper coil and was then able to get a consistent threshold. I dug all manner of junk in the front yard, including the backplate of a pocket watch. I figured this remnant of a pocket watch was a good sign for finding some oldies in the yard.
After almost two hours I finally found the ring. It wasn't exactly in the area where the guy believed it to be. I collected my $50, and then asked if I could hunt the entire yard. The guy said he was a renter and didn't own the house; so, dig away.
I headed toward the old farmhouse windmill in the backyard. I found an old ceramic lined zinc mason jar lid, but, no old coins. The backyard was just as junky as the front yard. I got discouraged and was about ready to leave. This property has a circular driveway and on the way back to my car, I searched the grassy area within the circular driveway. I got a deep signal within six feet of my car. It was a coin spill consisting of a nice condition 1945 Mercury dime, plus 1934 and 1945 wheat cents. I decided to search all around both sides of the driveway. I walked the entire circle, both sides of the driveway, and finally found a 1936 Mercury dime within ten feet of the coin spill.
I found a total of four wheat cents today, plus an old cap pistol that I believe is complete.
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Cheers, RickO
This is the nicest war nickel I've ever seen dug, full mint luster and full steps. One of the Buffalo nickels needs a chemical cleaning to show a date. The other looks to be 1927.
The Deus is supposed to arrive tomorrow. I'm curious to see what it can do at this park.
Edit: That second Buffalo nickel is a 1914-S, a semi-key date. I wish it were in better condition.
Here's how good the Deus was on separating coins. My girlfriend was swinging the machine and told me she had a dime signal. She handed the machine back to me so I could pinpoint the coin. I swung over the spot and got both a dime and nickel signal. I told her, "there's a nickel and a dime together" and that's exactly what I dug up. The Etrac would have just given me one signal on a dime and nickel together, probably a signal that I would have presumed was a Zincoln.
The tones on this machine can be programmed, i.e., you can set a different tone for up to five types of signals. My future ambition is to hunt with no discrimination while having iron signals report as very low tones and silver report as high tones. I've heard about guys doing this with the Makro Racer 2, but, didn't realize the Deus had this feature.
The machine is very light, feels like a toy. I think an old and frail person could use it. It collapses into a very convenient size for travel. My only major concern at present is that I'm not finding anything particularly deep; however, I haven't learned to ground balance the machine yet and imagine this is almost certainly a contributory factor.
Looking forward to more reports.
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That makes 58 silver coins from the school. This makes me think back to July 2nd of last year, when I ran into another guy with an Etrac at the school site. I had found 29 silver coins there as of that date, and figured the place was close to hunted out. I'm glad that I was so wrong.
Are you putting the Deus on the back burner for now?
That school site is amazing. Just keeps producing. Wonder if the other e-trac guy found anything when he went. Maybe not if you haven't seen him back there.
Are you putting the Deus on the back burner for now?
The Etrac guy claimed he had never found a silver coin at the school; but, I suspected he was lying at the time. I saw him get fooled by iron falsing more than once and never saw him there again; so, maybe he was truthful after all.
I'm still playing around with the Deus, but, don't have confidence to find deep nickels with it, unless I'm willing to dig a lot of junk. I also prefer the depth meter on the Etrac. The Deus depth meter maxes out at 5 or 6 inches.