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It finally arrived! I think I first mentioned I would be doing a display about 4-5 months ago when I found a couple small crotal bells at a field permission of mine. My wife has always wanted a milker. So this past spring I bought her a pregnant Jersey heifer and she was supposed to be due...

Labor Day marks the last day of summer for our household. So I usually detect all day and that is what I did yesterday. I journeyed to "Morgan" Park where I have found some ridiculous coins in the past. I have detected it with the Etrac, dEUS and the Equinox 800 and all have had some great...

August ended up being AMAZING for me but the first 3 weeks were some of the slowest detecting days I have experienced in years. I think all that I found were a handful of wheats, a buff and 1 war nickel. But that soon changed. Before I went on vacation I found a silver Rosie, the heel plate...

This past week I was able to do some side by side comparisons of the Equinox 800 and the Etrac. I have used the Etrac since 2012 and have done quite well with it over the past 6+ years and then this past Spring I bought the Equinox 800. I do not believe I know/understand half of the...

This past week I took my family up to our cottage near Mackinac Island. Lots of history there from the 1700's and early 1800's with the military fort located on that island. I have mentioned this before and will again...the occupants of Fort Mackinac often visited the area where my cottage is...

The other night I found an eagle button that still has a lot of the gold gilt on it. At first I was thinking and hoping it was from the 1800's but I am not so sure anymore. The back states "Waterbury Manufacturing" but the script seems a newer style to me. I tried googling it but I could not...

I have already showed a couple of my finds from this month but here are the rest of them. I made some quality finds in July. The Flying Eagle came one evening when I decided to go behind my house to a field permission that I just keep hammering. The wheat was harvested so I could detect...

Last night I found perhaps my bestest most beautifulest Seated. I was hunting a spot that dates to the 1850's. Been hitting this spot the 6 years with the Etrac and even the deus but more recently with the EQ800. Honestly I was just enjoying the perfect evening and digging every deep signal...

The other night I had a couple hours to kill and decided to go detecting. I was thinking about doing some door knocking but stopped at an old park first to check the ground conditions. As I suspected the ground was powder dry so door knocking was out of the question. So I decided to just stay...

Looking back at my June finds I am pleasantly surprised at what I managed to dig up. I have been detecting way less than I normally do with projects at home and other things going on. Most of the silvers were found during my lunch breaks back when the heat was not as oppressive. My best...

I found this last night at an old site and I knew right away it was old. When I got to my car I thought I could see arrows on it. Looking at it closer under my loop and giving it a peroxide bath I can see more of the wing and head of the eagle. It is a 1 pc convex style button. Now my...

I have not been out detecting since the beginning of May. I have been working on a project at home with the family...something for my crotal bell collection. Once it is completed then I will share it here of how I plan to display some of them...I doubt anyone will be able to guess. Anyways I...

I have not been out much in the last 3 weeks but I did get a field permission at a site I wanted to take DiggerDon and company to last fall. It is a site that is on the 1876 map but not on the 1897 map. This "collection" is from 4 hunts that totaled about 6 hours. This place is loaded with so...

Yesterday I spent the day with ScottyB at a spot where I found a Morgan Dollar and many other amazing old coins. I was hoping that the Equinox might have some success there. I was very successful especially in the nickel department with 3 V nickels (1889, 1898 and 1911). Also found a very...

The last week or so the weather here is SE Michigan has been colder and snowier than normal but I have managed to do quite well. I am fast becoming comfortable with the Equinox ... in fact I have not swung my Etrac since the Equinox arrived. I never thought that day would ever come. So a...

I am still excited about what I found yesterday during my lunch break. As most of you know I often go detecting during my lunch at one of about 4 or 5 nearby parks. I have made many great finds over the years but yesterday I found a dream coin. It is not #1 on my list (gold coin) but its way...

I received my Equinox 800 about 2 weeks ago but the weather has been really cold here and I have not been able to get out until this past weekend. I have an old home site in a field behind my house that I have hammered with the Etrac and deus and pulled a seated Q, couple 2 cents, Indians and...

Well my new Equinox 800 arrived yesterday. I am excited to learn what it can do. Since I am a huge fan of the Sunray in line probes I bought a clip for my Carrot pinpointer to mount onto the shaft of this machine. I think it will be easier than sticking it into the holster on my belt...

Last weekend I got out to the old home with ScottyB again. Still slim pickins but I did find another old merc. This one is a 1916 plain. There is more there for sure just have to work it real slow. With the warm temps I have been detecting during my lunch breaks and did quite well with a...

I met up with ScottyB last night for a quick hunt at a house he lined up that was built in 1868 or so. SE Michigan had about 2-3 inches of rain recently that melted all of the snow we had. This site is a tough one with all of the iron in the ground but if the Equinox can do what Minelab says...