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  1. 07-31-2015, 09:35 PM #1
    Hiluxyota
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    New to American Detectorist from Illinois

    Hello everyone. New to americanDetectorist and joined. Digger don and Digger al referred me to this site. Been detecting steadily for the past four years , and this year is my first time filming my hunts. Hope to make some new friends here on this forum , and seeing some of everyone finds as well as advice,tips,and any questions I may have. Still trying to figure out how to get to the profile to fill that out !!
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  2. 07-31-2015, 09:56 PM #2
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    Welcome. Where in Illinois are you at? Close to Don and Alec?
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  3. 07-31-2015, 10:19 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by DaddyDigger View Post
    Welcome. Where in Illinois are you at? Close to Don and Alec?
    my guess is that while he was hunting the river, I was one street to the east door knocking. I thought I smelled Silver.
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  4. 07-31-2015, 10:26 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hiluxyota View Post
    Hello everyone. New to americanDetectorist and joined. Digger don and Digger al referred me to this site. Been detecting steadily for the past four years , and this year is my first time filming my hunts. Hope to make some new friends here on this forum , and seeing some of everyone finds as well as advice,tips,and any questions I may have. Still trying to figure out how to get to the profile to fill that out !!
    Glad you decided to come check us out. There's a lot of friendly and knowledgeable people here. Welcome..
    Go to settings, you can edit your profile from there.
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  5. 07-31-2015, 11:05 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by DaddyDigger View Post
    Welcome. Where in Illinois are you at? Close to Don and Alec?
    I'm in minooka. I'm pretty close to them.
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    Welcome from Washington state. Looking forward to see some of your finds.
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  7. 08-01-2015, 07:23 PM #7
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    Welcome to the group! The Illinois gang has some formidable detecting skills. I look forward to your posts
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  8. 08-01-2015, 08:50 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Skamaniac View Post
    Welcome from Washington state. Looking forward to see some of your finds.
    Thank you. I enjoy watching others videos and pics of finds also.
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  9. 08-02-2015, 02:03 PM #9
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    Welcome to the forum Hiluxyota , Glad you joined up .

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  10. 08-03-2015, 06:58 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by del View Post
    Welcome to the forum Hiluxyota , Glad you joined up .

    Dan
    Thank you. Just looked at your finds. I wish some of those early silvers were around where I'm at !!! Nice collection.
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  11. 08-03-2015, 08:49 PM #11
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    Welcome to the forum from SE Wisconsin. It is always nice to welcome a fellow Midwesterner, GL and HH.


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  12. 08-12-2015, 04:45 PM #12
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    Welcome from western MA. DiggerDon and DiggerAl are a duo that find some amazing items. Glad your here and looking forward to seeing your finds.
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