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I have been getting out a few times but have'nt been finding anything old, or any good jewelry items. Today was a very good CLAD day..... for a change..........got 118 coins........ Had 5 coin spills of 3 or more coins [attach=1] and ended up with 118 clad coins in the 2 1/2 hours I...

It's been a while since I posted some of my outings.....haven't been out much this year yet... I can count the number of times on 1 hand...without using my thumb...... Welll this morning, I took my Fisher F5 out to an old school area built in 1918. The original building was razed and rebuilt in...

Got my 2nd article published in Western & Eastern Treasures-------------page 18 of the Feb. 2012 issue. Just hit the news stands.....I bought all 5 copies they had..........I just couldn't wait for my subscription copy lol lol <: <: <: :happydance01: :happydance01:

I hope everyone has had a good year--2011, and wishing that next year, 2012 will bring great items under your coil when you go out detecting, and good health and better times for you, your family and friends. :yes: :yes: :yes:

for this year...got other things to do tomorrow. Got out this morning with my F5 to 2 school yards trying to up my clad count a little more. No pics ( you have all seen dirty clad before :cheesysmile:) but I got 17 quarters, 22 dimes, 6 nickels and 6 copper Memorial cents--didn't dig the Zinc...

Took my F5 to a park 2 1/2 miles from my house. Wanted to check an area that was just cleared of some dead trees ( from our drought this year). Many park areas have lost trees due to lack of rainfall this year. One of the largest park areas in the central area of Houston has lost over 6,000...

Took the F5 out for a 2 hour totlot hunt and dug a toy car--it was deep for a totlot----7 inches( all the way to the cloth base) [attach=1] I also got a nice James Avery silver ring...........( quarter signal) [attach=2] And another silver ring marked 925. ( dime signal) [attach=3] and...

In the last few days I took my F5 back to the gun club area. I dug a wheat( 1920) and an Indian Head ( 1906---- both were very corroded) on Saturday, and went back this morning and scored a Merc , a wheat and some more lead from the same section the IH was dug. A very nice morning hunt ...

Took my F5 to a totlot and got a good amount of clad and a gold colored ring. Unmarked on the inside---nothing at all........ I had tested all the gold plated rings( 30 of them) I had dug, and the lowest they tested on my F5 was at VDI 31. The smallest I had----A 14 K plated size 8 read at 31...

Took the F5 back to the gun club site and dug up more lead, a good count of wheats and 2 nice silver coins. Most all of the items were 4 inches and deeper.............almost time to bring the AT Pro there to get the deeper signals......... :grin: [attach=1] and a closer look at the...

At the site of a old gun club 1870-1940 I dug this one up. What is this one:huh: Most of the lead I have been finding is rifle lead from old 308's, 30-06, older .223 and .273's. I don't have any calipers to measure the exact size...but somebody must have found some like this one-----------...

I had used the AT Pro at the old German Gun Club location about 4 times and dug some nice silver,wheats and a handful of old rifle lead bullets. :cool: I took the Fisher F5 this morning to see how it would fare in the same location. As I was looking for more lead I searched in the area where the...

Got my oldest coin found while detecting this morning with the Fisher F5----and it was only 4 inches deep. Out to an area that Germans settled in the 1840's and built a church in 1848 that is still being used. By chance Google Earth showed a tiny park area next to a creek so I took my F5 to...

[size=1:crazy:t]Fisher F5 --------penny and nickel VDI test Scanned each coin under the coil, numerous times ( at least 10) for a consistant number. Most coins showed a single steady number. A few coins jumped down 1 number from the consistant base number but not very often. Wheat Cents ---45...

.... JUNK !!!!!!!That you don't want to hear all the bad target sounds:huh:thinkingabout: :( Neither does anyone else so they move to a different area that is cleaner with less trash.. That is GREAT news for some of us who occaisionally want to find older coins, in the older parks. :yes: Yes...

Spent some time at a schoolyard this morning digging up clad coins from the totlot and grass area with the Fisher F5. After 3 1/2 hours I had a decent clad day. [attach=1] And the F5 had wheaties............. [attach=2] It was a good day !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Took the F5 to a park I heven't been to since April and it had lots of coins for me to find. Also quite a few pulltabs. The 6 acre park has been in use since the early 1950's and is nice and quiet--especially at 7 am in the morning. It was in the low 60's and great. :grin: After getting my fill...

Tested different ring sizes--ALL of them silver .925 or Sterling--tested with Fisher F5 passing each ring at least 6 times under the coil for a consistant number. Items in the ground may read lower or higher on the screen, depending on soil conditions and how long item has been buried. Rings...

Tested different ring sizes--ALL of them gold plated-- marked with GE gold electroplate--tested with Fisher F5 passing each ring at least 6 times under the coil for a consistant number. Items in the ground may read lower or higher on the screen, depending on soil conditions and how long item...

Took the Fisher F5 out to 2 park areas and hit the totlots trying for more clad-- and maybe a jewelry item or 2. Success !!!!!!!!! Rounded up exactly 100 clad coins for a total of $10.54, a Mexican coin...... [attachimg=1] and dug this out of the woodchips--it was about 4 inches deep...