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Hi Rusty,

I live just south of Elizabethtown in Rineyville.

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It may be a penny that was ground down and used in an old fuse box that had the old cylinder type ceramic fuse's (1900-1920's). I have seen my grandfather grind down pennies and use them in the old...

I have never owned an F75 but one of my MDing buddies has one and really does well with. I use a V3i and love it for the flexibility in it's programming for different sites. As to depth, I would say...

I would like to find a 1700-1800 coin at one of my colonial station sites. All I have found so far is just pieces of trade silver cut into small wedges. A whole coin would make my year.

I believe coinnut is dead on. FWIW, I have seen similar stone work in a well at a site that use to have an old trading station on it here in Kentucky from the 1760 - 1790. Who ever did that stone...

After the cost of the detector and coils, I would have to say batteries, research (books, copies at library) and gas are my largest yearly MDing expenses. I put a lot of miles on my SUV detecting. I...

Welcome Ron. I live in the Elizabethtown Kentucky area. Look forward to your posts on the forum.

I have a DX-1 on my V3i and I just push the trigger switch forward into pinpoint mode when I use the DX-1 and have never had any issue other than when I first got the DX-1 I forgot to switch it off a...

I tumble and cash my clad in at the local bank. I sell any silver separately and keep a fund going to pay back the cost of my detector.

They are great for field use. I have a similar one made by Maxpedition that I have used for several seasons, they hold up well.

I have both. I use my 4x6DD in real trashy tot lots and around swing sets. The 6x10DD is the best all around coil for parks ,yards, and thick woods. However, I use the 10DD for serious relic hunting...

Like Jack stated, this procreedure sent a lot of V3i's back to SweetHome after trying it (that's why White's pulled it from their site). I would advise calling White's technical service and see if...

I will hunt in a light rain as long as there is no lightning. When my V3i picks up a lighting buzz I leave.

I am a senior developer at a small software firm. I develop high end financial software for corporations and governments. I have been at this for 25+ years and am looking forward to being...

Hi Del,

You called that one dead on. Last night I found what appears to the remains of an old pewter cup that had been melted in a fire. But while digging out the slag cup I found two thick (1/4 -...

Have you ever found any glass on your sites in new england? We only find pottery here, no glass on pre 1800 sites.

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Hi Coinnut,

Thanks for the reply. I talked with a local archaeologist yesterday and he seemed to suggest that we may have come across the remains of a local cottage industry. Maybe they were...

I know that some of the people on this site hunt early frontier colonial stations (forts) sites. I have been hunting several early sites in central KY and have come up with lots of iron (cooking...

I agree with Jack. I have used a 12x15SEF coil and it works well, it gives really good depth in clean soil. However, it is hard to beat the target separation on the White's 10DD coil. Since I mostly...

Mel,

I agree with you. Having been a police officer for 11 years, I can attest to the amount of low-life crawling around out there. I am always packing (I have a valid CCDW permit). I never leave...

Yep! The old zinc caps will ping as a zincoln.

I agree with Toadman....it definately looks colonial (late 1700's?).

I really like my V3i. I like the fact that I can talior the settings to any ground type or hunting style that I need. White's hype about a turn-on & go machine for the V3i is really stretching things...

I don't know about the northern stations (stockades), Ours are kind of small. My brother was amazed at how small and compact the area encompasing the station really was. I had to remind him that...

Thanks for the tips Del & Coinnut. I will give them a try the next time I hunt that site. I will bring a camera with me this time. It is interesting to see how the old stations were laid out.
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