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Wow; a fabulous find there Sheik, worthy of a display case! Thanks for showing! thumbsup01

Four months later, the prize goes to coinnut! I haven't been around much lately, but a new hunting friend determined what it was. It so happens he collects old toy and cap guns, so the relic is now...

What hath tampaminelab wrought? The second Tampa Bay area news piece (this one with video) today on detecting:

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tampaminelab, speak of the devil :shocked01:, or at least detectoring and Picnic Island together and what happens?

A friend in Tampa sends me this link:
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Welcome tampaminelab! I've been around this forum just a tad longer than you, reside in Virginia but am a Tampa boy by origin, having lived all but the last 6 of my 51 years in Tampa.

In my late...

Wow, I could've bought two screens for the price of the crummy-for-the-application protectors. I'm so used to getting took to the cleaners in so many areas that I'm surprised you can get any part for...

While not a gadget guy, I do protect any possessions that have a screen (MP3, camera LCD) with screen protectors, and am trying to find a pliable type for my MXT. I've used the Fellowes brand with...

Will do. This is the only place I've enquired, but will check with another forum that's heavily relic-oriented. I'm not expecting to get too far with it, but it's too early to conclude anything.
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Thanks Dan. Colonial? I could dig that with equal enthusiasm, and hope to get that chance some day. I'm not a coin collector by any stretch, but the only ones that strike my fancy enough to buy on...

Yeah, my pard and I are real new to this, and really haven't been using any kind of grid system to cover this area; more like we're wandering about without direction. We've got a good chunk of land...

You could be right about the toy gun. I think I originally considered that and then dismissed it due to its weight, but thinking way back to before the Age of Shoddy and Age of Plastic, I do recall...

Were you thinking Buck Owens, perhaps?

To accompany a Hotchkiss percussion fuse found last weekend, the mating piece of a Hotchkiss shell found yesterday. Actually the threaded insert that joined...

... of the field of battle, or at least retreat, but also an agricultural field for likely the last century. I'm guessing some kind of hinge, perhaps, off a piece of farming equipment or barn, gate,...

Thanks Dan. My coils may be in for a hard life, even with covers. We're dealing with a whole lotta rock around here. Yesterday the vast majority of our time was in farm fields where most of the rocks...

Thanks for all the input, fellas :clapping:. I figured there would different camps of opinion, and likely no definitive answer. I decided to seal it, both my MXT and D2 coil are new (one hunt thus...

Well, I'm certainly glad to hear that snow is hunting weather; I certainly enjoy getting out into it. I finally bought snowshoes last winter; I practically had no choice in the matter. What's the...

Thank you guys. Completely new to the game (one hunt under my belt), I'm trying to step off on the proper foot, but am mighty ignorant to a whole lotta things right about now.

Coinnut, your smiley...

A quick question- when using a coil cover, is it best to seal the joint with silicone or keep the cover removable? My best guess is keep it removable and keep it clean, but I recall reading, I...

Yeah, I was just funnin'. I figured it was literally grinning down a bear, but figured incorrectly that it would've been a Dan'l Boone episode. I can't say for certain that I ever saw the Davy...

RobW, if that's anything like grin and bear it, I can tell you it does work from a lifetime's experience, thus far. :shocked01:

RobW,

I live in Augusta County, about six miles from Waynesboro. Yes, Lexington is most special. I'm in the service industry and do quite a bit of traveling in roughly a six county area....

zrickkid, what could possibly be silly about GW as your personal hero? Excellent, possibly ultimate (short of Jesus Christ) choice in my book; we have his complete record, unlike the worshipped,...

RobW, I don't suppose I'm coming down to your level at all; I've got only one direction to go: UP! Unless I'm digging, then I guess I'll dig as long as I have a signal. I too regret you're no longer...

...I can't believe I'm posting in Relics, but for a slightly different reason. This is something I've only dreamt of since the invention of the internet and online forums; and dreamt of relic hunting...

Thanks for the encouraging welcome, pulltabsteve. You're right about Mr. Lowjiber- instant detailed results, just ask question! He's a great asset to this forum (no :embarrassed: allowed, Lowjiber). ...