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    Elite Member Digger Don's Avatar
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    Digger Al did good, Again!!


    Friday, we got out for a couple hours before Al's arm cuff snapped off.
    We were doing an 1870s house that had almost no good signals, but as usual, Alec managed to sniff one out.
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    Nice shield nickel. What machine broke? Equinox or Garrett?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Donnie B View Post
    Nice shield nickel. What machine broke? Equinox or Garrett?
    Still swinging the e-trac !
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    Congrats again to Alec for another great find! I heard the arm cuff broke off his e-trac after you "accidentally" ran over it with the car!
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    Wow! That is the nicest dug Shield Nickel I've ever seen! Great detail on it and it even has rays. Gorgeous!

    Congrats, Alec!
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    Great shape for a Shield Nickel. Nice find WD
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    Ask him about his head phone.
    Quote Originally Posted by Full Metal Digger View Post
    Congrats again to Alec for another great find! I heard the arm cuff broke off his e-trac after you "accidentally" ran over it with the car!

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    That is one of the best I've seen.
    Quote Originally Posted by Digger Don View Post

    Friday, we got out for a couple hours before Al's arm cuff snapped off.
    We were doing an 1870s house that had almost no good signals, but as usual, Alec managed to sniff one out.

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    Way to sniff a keeper out of there Al!
    Congrats!
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    congrats Al. That cleaned up real nice!
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    That is a strong Shield nik! Good job.
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    Impressive coin!! Congrats to Al!
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    Beautiful Nickel!
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