Recent content by midas

Under a new reg to take effect July 1, 2014, Metal Detecting is now banned at all MA State Parks and State Ocean Beaches. Except by issuance of a special permit to locate a lost personal article. Also banned is the carrying of firearms in most State Parks. Penalties include fines and...

Has anyone else been having problems with the White's TRX pinpointer. Sold 2 of them. Both came back with problems. 1st one would turn on, but no detect. 2nd one works only at sensitivity 1 or 2. At the factory setting of 3, it is unstable, sounding off even in the air. I hope it's not a...

For sale - Whites Coinmaster GT metal detector. New in box. $298 shipped. The Coinmaster GT combines simplicity with high-end features in a detector that excels at coinshooting and finding jewelry. Beach Mode, a 9” waterproof coil, and the water-resistant control box make it ready to explore...

Got out on Saturday at a park for a 4 hour hunt before the arctic blast hits on Sunday. Temps were in the 30's, wind chill in the 20's. It's always amazing to me how people for centuries can walk over these coins without any knowledge of what they are stepping over. Along with the usual clad...

Anyone have a Detectorpro Uniprobe POCKET pinpointer for sale? I tried the Pistol Probe. But trying to keep the button pressed is a real challenge. IMO All the other handhelds are junk. Garrett, White's, Minelab, Tesoro. They only detect a couple inches deep if that and are useless to...

Does anyone have a wiring diagram and pinouts for the ETrac showing exactly what wires go to what pins on the coil connector? Minelab was no help. Seems everything is proprietary. Evidently it is not a straight thru like on the White's machines. When I wire the new connector, there must be a...

It's really depressing with all this snow on the ground. See pic taken today. BUT, I do have an area to detect. The brown house in the photo has a dirt basement and was built in 1920. I've found a couple buffalo nickels and wheat pennies previously. There were 6 kids that grew up in the house...

Found these buttons on one of my hunts a couple weeks ago. Don't know what they are. The larger button with cross is the size of a half dollar. Was thinking of donating them to the towns Historical Society Museum.

Was going thru my junk buckets today and pulled these out. They look like roman coins, but need help identifying type and year, Etc. The four coins are about the size of a dime and nickel. The single coin is the size of a quarter.

Now that we are snowed in, ground is crusty or frozen and the forecast for the next week is temps in the 30's, night in the 10's, I couldn't go detecting the past 2 days, so I decided to post (rare for me) my 2012 park find totals for everyones amusement. In the pics you will not see common...

Went out to a site that I've hunted dozens of times in the past 40 years. The place has recently (past few years) been historically preserved by the town using state funds. Historically preserved means cutting trees, building a bandstand, bringing in dirt (up to 8 inches or more) and planting...

I noticed most use handheld pinpointers. I have the Sunray X1 and DX1 inlines for my machines and the depth and DISCRIMINATION is second to none. When I used the Whites TDI SL, I was forced to use a handheld pinpointer - Pro Pointer, Bullseye and Pistol Probe. Machines like the TDI, Etrac, CTX...

An unusual find after digging clad and the occasional indian penny and barber dime on one of my hunts. Pretty well preserved after 200 years in the ground.

One thing that has always bothered me in reading the postings of mainly beach hunters on the forums is: These people can't wait to get to Virginia Beach or other beaches after the swimmers leave to find the valuables they lost, hoping to find jewelry items worth hundreds of dollars. Very RARELY...

Got this awesome bank to deposit all my clad quarter finds into. I have it set for Poker, Slots and Keno. Besides the fun of finding, I get to win my own money.