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    One good targe - 1850 Large Cent

    Went out this morning for a few hours... working different areas of town... on my second stop at a park, I nailed a nice signal which gave me a nice Large cent... I haven't cleaned it but it looks either 1850 or 58.. either way.. a nice surprise.
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    HEEEEELP!!! LOST EEPROM HI-PRO Program on DFX

    OY! What a day... I was out in the field and was tweeking my EEPROM HI-PRO Program on my DFX when I inadvertantly save a different program in the HI-Pro slot crying01.. .does anyone by chance have the program to send me?? :-\
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    I FINALLY PULLED THE TRIGGER ON AN E-TRAC

    I have been hyming and Hawing over whether or not to get an e-trac for the past year. Not so much I didn't know if it was a good move or not, with Angel,George and others finding such great finds with theirs, but it came to price... I finally found an e-trac, brand new in the box, 3 year...
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    Short Hotel Hunt - GOLD!

    Went up to the old hotel site for a couple hours this morning.. I've gone over the areas that hasn't been disturbed by bulldozer several times... so this time up I dug every remaining target regardless of VDI. 10 minutes into the hunt, I get a 31-35+ vdi at 6 inches... dug the hole and out...
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    More Silver & Ring at the Hotel site

    Went back to the Hotel site this afternoon for a couple hours.. pulled up 10 more wheaties, 2 Barber Dimes (1903 & 1916) , a Rosie (1948), another War Nickel , and an infants silver ring. The owners of the property just had a newborn, so I am going to get this ring cleaned up and give it to them...
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    Great Hunt at Hotel - Silver + a first for me

    Went back to the site of the hotel on my friends property for few hours this afternoon. The weather was great, sunny & mid 60s... and it was, to me, a nice hunt. The EMI was still high, I brought the sensitivity down to 62 and still was getting a lot of noise.. so I did the best I could with the...
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    Deer Hunting for MD Hunting Silver, IH & More

    As return favor for setting up my friend to go deer hunting at my parents house in Nebraska, he allowed me to go metal detecting on 3 acres of prime real estate. The property he owns use to be a site of an hotel, then later on used as a boarding house , then burnt to ground in early 70's It was...
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    Sunday Hunt - Silver + Fat IH

    Went to a park up north of me that I had discovered earlier this year, which use to be the fairgrounds during the late 1800s... during my first 2 trips there I did manage to find some mercs, + Silver quarters... This time, well, not as good as I had hoped for, 1 rosie, a few wheaties, and a 1861...
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    Park Hunt w/ Hockeyguy & friend - Silver + stuff

    Well as you know I went hunting yesterday for an all day'er with Hockeyguy and another friend of ours... Went back to the park that we took Del & Coinnut to.. The weather was perfect, not to cold, not to hot... it could of been better but I manage to find stuff through out the day... My takers...
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    Scarey hunt

    For those of you on the forum who have gone hunting with me, know how easily I get startled when someone walks up to me when I am MDn and in the zone. Usually my startleness comes with a YELP.... :embarrassed: Anyways, I was out MDn at a local park, I was on my knees over the hole concentrating...
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    No idea what it is.. but Scottie likes

    Went out for a couple hours this morning.. went to a lot which I've found large cents, silvers and other old stuff.. .today using Del's program, I hit a target about 8 deep, when I dug it up at first I thought I may had found a USA revolutionary button.. but it is lead.. and have no idea what it...
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    Short Hunt - Buff's & Silver - Thanks to Del

    I went to a local park that both myself and Hockeyguy had beat to death... earlier this year Dan (Del)gave me a program to try so.... I thought I would give it a whirl.. Oh My!!! I was planning on going for a long hunt for 2 or 3 hours, but it was cut short to only an hour due to rain... but...
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    12 Super coil - what are the applications for a big coil

    Hey folks, so I've been in the market for Inline Pinpointer for the my DFX, I happened to find an auction which not only has the inline pinpointer, but also comes with a 12 super coil.. I'm thinking of selling the coil to offset the cost of the pinpointer, but now I am thinking maybe its...
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    Back to the Old fairgrounds - Silver

    My folks left Monday mid-morning, and decided to take advantage of the nice day and went to the old fairgrounds across the river to see if I could squeeze out a few more silvers.. Since the fair was just earlier this month the grounds were extremely hard, but I did manage to pick up a few...
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    Quick Hunt - Silver SLQ

    Got an email yesterday from Coinnut with a new program to try.. so I plugged into the DFX and went out for a quick hunt today.. I figured the best way to really test out the program was by going to a park that both myself and Hockeyguy have hunted to death.. Wasn't getting much at all for the...
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    Truth Or Myth? Rechargable batteries vs Replaceable batteries

    Yesterday I was at a Pig roast and a couple Metal Detectorists were there that I knew.. we were doing the usual MD talk, and some how came upon the topic of batteries.. Now these two guys use replaceable batteries, (duracell) and swear that using replaceable batteries makes the machine perform...
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    2 day hunt @ High School - Silver and other goodies

    I went out yesterday with Aaron at our local High School, as most of you already read.. he really cleaned up! This morning I headed back to the School for a few hours.. my finds for the 2 days were 18 Wheat pennies, the oldest being 1918 1895 Indian Head, ?? unknown date Indian Head 1917 Merc...
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    Weekend finds - Silver & Washington got shot

    Started this weekend meeting up with Hockeyguy , didn't find much, except for an 1894 Indian Head Penny, religious medal & a lead Middletown/Erie railroad Security seal. Sunday I did a quick 1 hour hunt over at the local HS, found a few wheaties, 1911 Barber & 1943 War Nickel. Also found a Clad...
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    Short hunt - Silver

    Went out yesterday for a short hunt, about an hour or so.. found my 60th Silver for the year, 1964 Washington.. I nearly passed this one by, as this silver was in between 2 shallower coins and the dfx kept wanting to pinpoint to them.. but I could hear a higher tone in my sweep, so I just dug...
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    Short hunt between Rain Storms

    We had a break in the rain this afternoon, after checking the Radar online, I thought maybe I would get a couple hours to hunt. Off I went and 45 minutes later it poured.. but I managed to get an Indian Pendant of some sort, a couple wheaties and a 195:clapping: Rosie...

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