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Howdy folks, Just wanted to drop an update. Went through my interview at the museum today for the docent position and everything looks great! Got the personal tour of some areas of special exhibits and shown some of the "hidden" features of the displays. I've got orientation scheduled for...

I did it, now a happy owner of a GPX 4800 with lots of extras!

Hi all, Hot out to the beach today for maybe a half hour for a test run of my new 17x13 nugget finder coil on the TDI. All I can say is WOW, what a beast! Articles I read elsewhere pretty much all say that you can't use big coils on the TDI sl because there isn't enough power to drive them...

Looks to me like half an old style large lobster claw snap hook. As for the name, I've known a few odd dog names like "gum" and "divot".

Hey all, Just thought I would let everyone know I put together another video previewing my Florida trip. Leaving in 2 weeks from today! Let me know what you think about the video since it's my first try using a high end (and expensive!) Android editor. Thanks! https://youtu.be/VGh2JF-qYrM

Hi all, In case you didn't see on my previous post, the video has been fixed and is uploaded. Here's pics of the Merc for anyone interested. Also the lone wheat I got. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

Hi all, Just recently got back from a members only after hours event at the museum where we got to see special displays not normally seen by the public, plus the opportunity to speak with curators and staff. So I had the great opportunity to not only meet the curator who specializes in...

Hi all, Got out for a couple short hunts at the one zoo again and managed to pull a couple more silvers. I also got approached by one of the areas less than stable folks who kept asking if I was his angel. What the heck? At that point I thought it best to cut the hunt short and head out. It...

Just heard about a new machine coming out from Nokta the Invenio. It's like their normal detector on steroids, coupled with a ground imaging system. Price I heard is going to be around $10k. Ouch! Here's a video link to a demo: https://youtu.be/ojTMRnqjebo

I was just shopping around to see what was available for my TDI SL because I wanted something deeper and more stable than the stock dual field for beach hunting. I looked at the big Miner John, but wasn't overly impressed. While researching I found a 10 coil test garden comparisom, and nothing...

Hi all, Got out for about a half hour before work to the old zoo. Tried to get out the prior morning but had some issues with my machine. Didn't find a lot, but did dig a silver Rosie. One more for the silver count! I also took my new camera out for the hunt as a test run. Works great and...

Hi all, Finally got my video posted. Took me a while to no only figure out what editor to use cheaply with most of the features I needed, and then guess how to use it. It's not perfect, so please don't beat me up too bad! lol :bop: Still need to make some fine changes to the intro, and the...

Hi all, Well, I finally got in to meet with the local coin dealer and PCGS rep. The guy is amazing, to say the least! So I'll start with the good. I did VERY well with my fractional coins. Very good to exceptional condition and quite rare. One he's pretty sure was polished at one time, so...

Hi all, Since I've been working so many hours almost all my coin hunting has been done on E-Bay. (Have to do something at work between calls, right? Lol ) So anyway, been looking at coins that I will likely never see dug. This beauty arrived today- an 1875 S twenty cent piece with mint...

Finally got out for about 30 minutes before work tonight at the old zoo. Most of the snow is gone and the ground is soft enough to dig. I went over an area I've been before looking for those faint signals and it paid off in 2 silvers! Not bad for a half hour in my opinion! Sent from my SM-N950U...

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has ever hunted the treasure coast area of Florida? I was thinking about vacationing down there once the work load settles down and I get the house back in order. Hoping to find out what it's like hunting there and if there's any special laws or regulations I...

Hi all, Just wanted to show the final 3 coins that arrived that complete the set I wanted to make. My goal was to have one of each denomination gold coin up to $5. Of course the $4 Stella will never be part of that since the only one I saw for sale was listed at $80k. Way out of my league! It...

Actually been doing some hunting on EBay since the ground is still frozen and I'm currently working almost 90 hours a week. So I decided to pick up some sample coins for testing my machines with as well as collection value. Of course I made sure to only get the ones far below actual value which...

I know the detecting community always is buzzing about the "latest and greatest" machine to hit the market. Today it's the Equinox, next week it might be something else. But are the new machines being introduced really that much of an improvement over the last? From everything I have seen is...

The past couple days I've been checking into information about my local museum and found out things have changed a LOT since my last visit back in the 70's. I was planning to finally make a visit this Saturday for a date so was checking out admission prices when I discovered they have actual...