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I own an etrac and am quite happy with the coin results. I would also like to pick up a good jewelry detector. I am leaning towards an ATPro but would like some confirmation or other opinions. Thx Wisconsin Digger

Part 2 of my Dad's Log from 1976. I was a bit surprised that his finds were down from March and April and he stayed pretty close to home. It is still pretty interesting at what he found in areas I am still able to hunt and find a few things yet. May and June still did not show many really old...

Not much else to do in frigid Wisconsin so I thought I would post some finds from my Dad's log from the 70's. I wish I could of located all his journals but I still have two. My Dad would of been 100 this year and was the guy who got me into this great Hobby. I got out of the Hobby until last...

Already starting to miss swinging the coil and its only been a little over 1 week. Don't know if I'll ever duplicate this year but am hoping to find some older coins down the road. I'll admit my totals this year were drastically inflated by finding a Virgin Church grounds only 2 miles from my...

Finds from a few of my latest 1 hour hunts while the ground is still thawed. A Mercury and Rosie. Wisconsin Digger were found in an old park that was pounded 40 years ago and is still hunted today as evidenced by the poor plug fills. It amazes me how coins go undetected. These two were found...

Don't usually set to many goals other than silver total, but as the year progresses I look at what I've found and try and hit some goals from there(keeps me motivated) . As the year comes to a close I was hoping to hit 500 wheats and just made it at 501. Also wanted to hit some round numbers...

Trying to get in the last few hunts so I skipped the Football game Sunday and hit an old High School that was completely renovated a couple years back. Much of the landscape was removed and placed back so I have an unusual mix of deep new coins and shallow old coins. What happened Sunday was a...

Weather is turning fast and I don't think it will be long before the hunting season is over in Wisconsin, but in the mean time I continue to pick up a few silver. Today I hit a park I can't quite figure out. It almost looks like ground was removed from one area an placed as cover ground over a...

I read with interest Daddy Diggers account of his 1st Gold ring with his Etrac. I can relate as I have used the Etrac all summer and found NO gold until Tuesday. I was wasting some time waiting to pickup my son when I got the lousiest signal I've dug all year. I was finding some nickels with...

Last Sunday I was able to find my 300th Silver with a 1952 Rosie. With that done it was time to slow down and hunt for those deep ones. Spent the day yesterday in the old Church woods in hopes of finding some really old coins. Had a very slow start with few signals but did manage a deep wheatie...

Coins and ring photos

Went on two searches yesterday and today and the first search resulted in a Gold Ring (I think). I do not find many rings and I never found a 18KT but the name of the Ring has me thinking fools gold. The ring name is Karatclad and after the 18kt it has 3 letters HGE. Could be owners initials or...

Have been very fortunate since getting back into the hobby last year to have a lot of places to hunt. I especially enjoy hunting the areas I used to hunt with my Dad 40+ years ago. I marveled at his log books on the 2 year period where he found over 500 silver. I figured finds like that were no...

I seen others who have found Old Dog Tags but I never found one with any age. Today I dug a lower signal (10-30 Range) and came up with a 1927 Dog Tag. Also found a deep Buffalo I thought was a smoothie, but actual had a decent date (1915 D) Last good find was a pretty nice 1939 Washington. Good...

Inspired by the 4 Indians I found Weds. I went to the only old place I know and did some detecting. The place is a Church woods that was used for picnics. Normally I do not hunt this place once school starts back up but I thought a Saturday hunt would be OK. The church sets up benches for some...

Detected a lake property I found a Seated Dime at last year and found a foreign coin I have NO idea what it is (etrac 12-21). Also managed to find 4 nice Indians (oldest a 1876) along with a '28 Buffalo. Any help on the coin is appreciated. My sister said the neighbors are Jewish so maybe it was...

Hit a Park I hunted pretty hard last year in hopes of finding my 40th Silver nickel. 2nd signal of the day was a Silver Washington. With a good start I hunted 3 hours and did manage to hit my 40th Silver Nickel as well as my 41st. For the year now I have found 41 Silver Nickels and 42 Buffaloes...

Had a nice hunt at a new locale (for this year but hunted before) that turned out to be way better then planned. Found a Barber dime to surpass the $30 mark in silver. Found a Merc to reach 200 silver dimes for the year and then found a Rosie to reach my 3rd dime Trifecta for the year. Nice hunt...

I was fortunate to find an unexpected virgin Church grounds and the really fortunate thing it is less than 2 miles from my house. I have hit it hard all summer and believe it is pretty well depleted (always a coin or two to be found yet). The summary for the park was: 1018 total coins of which...

Though the big finds are slowing I have managed to plug away enough to hit 261 silver today. Found 2 Merc's in a Park I used to hunt with my Dad in the 70's. Next goal is 400 wheats. Been a great year with the Etrac. Hope the weather holds as this is the best time of the year to hunt in...