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Half cents are far more elusive for me Jeff Maybe around 6 and for some reason they are all draped bust types , the 99 tone for the copper was just too good of a sound to pass up on from all angles.

Jeff i think the very high VDI was a result of the high frequency i was running (53khz) , I usually hover around 28 to 33khz . as for coppers ... I've never had a 10+ coppers day , a few 8's and even more 7's and 6 copper days . Dan

yes I heard both the Etrac and CTX struggle with small gold , they also struggled in freshly disturbed soils like construction sites . we had detected with a gentleman who managed to find a cache of 11 counterfeit 8 reales at a base of an old stone wall . George's machine failed to find this (as...

Goerge and I hit a lot of sites back around 2005 to 2010 we were also working for the museum back then down in mystic

Sterling and Voluntown are some of my favorite places to detect , I usually do pretty well around there the coin is in great shape . congrats and the weather has been almost perfect for hiking in the woods

The Etrac had a flaw in its software programing and large silver coins (silver dollars , buckles of the like) or multiple ones of them didn't have an actual designated vdi or tone and is confused the machine and defaulted these targets as undesirables with junky broken up tones and erratic ID...

I agree big silver is always fun to find

I got out this past Monday with a couple of friends (Jim and Ron) and hit western Massachusetts , it was a cool day in the Berkshires and great for some hiking and detecting . The Deus II and I haven't been one like my previous machines but the latest update and the new HF coil seemed to be...

The one good thing about these type of forums over the popular social media platforms is there is far less drama (fakers who plant their own coins to find to promote themselves or their video subscriptions , constant arguments between people for one reason or another and yes some jealousy ) . We...

Great to hear from you Drew , I hope you and your family have been well .

great buckle probably dates earlier than the Hibernia (y)

Awesome coins and relics and great post !

Jeff , that shoe buckle would of been quite the "looker" , I just received my HF coil and the weather is getting nice to get out .

congrats on the "toony"

Hello and welcome to American Detectorist , the xlt is still a good detector and I used one for a number of years and then got a DFX (dual frequency xlt) . these detectors had some of the most accurate target id'ing and depth reading . Great contact info on repairs . Thanks , Dan