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As long as I have been in this hobby, I'm about to sound like a newby. I have hunted just about everywhere, parks, lawns, woods, and water/beaches, you name it. I have not however hunted farm fields and really don't know why. So with that I have a question for those of you that do. How do you...

Last year the city tore up the main drag and side walks to put in the new water and sewer system. It was my golden opportunity to find things that have been covered for a very long time. During the whole process I made a lot of great coin and relic finds, but my favorite was a button. I was...

Not new, it's just been a very long time since I have been here. It will be good to chat with ya'll once again.

Wanted to wish you all the happiest of holidays. May 2011 find you all in good health, and knee deep in outstanding finds. :drool: <: :beerbuddy:

To make a long story short my machine shut down on me the other day after several hours of hunting and the display said overvoltage. I tried turning it on twice with the same results. Went back to the car and installed the rechargable pack and it fired right up. Yes I was using AA alkaline. I...

This weekend the wife and I will be driving back to the Owasippe boy scout camp we hunted this spring. We will be hunting both Sat. and Sunday all day, and then on Monday we will be hitting a couple of local parks in that area. Didn't find any silver there in April so we hope to get into it this...

For the most part I use the rechargeable pack that came with my Etrac, and it works well for me. However I also use the replaceable pack when I am out for a long period of time and those AA's can add up in cost. I was at Sam's club last weekend and they had their own brand of batteries called...

A couple of years ago we had a forest fire here that almost got into Grayling. Some homes were lost in that fire. Well today we have another one going on east of us and is heading southeast of Grayling. A large forest fire is burning in the southeast corner of Crawford County and residents are...

I was hunting in the woods a week ago getting a few coins here and there when I got a strong quarter signal. Maybe a silver say's I. I dug down about six inches and in the bottom of the hole I see something shiny and gold in color, and round. :shocked04:I'm thinking a gold coin :drool:. Until I...

I woke up a little late this afternoon (I'm working graves) and the weatherman said rain for today. I looked outside and it had not strated yet so I decided to try my luck for a couple of hours or until I got chased off from the rain. I hunted a house I had done before with the DFX and wanted to...

I was wondering if the rest of you that swing the Etrac have the same trouble I have around, and fairly near larger metal objects. I can't get closer than two feet from metal fence posts, chain link fence, and farther away if I'm at a metal frame tot lot. I used to sneak in rather close with the...

Went to a spot in town I have been hunting and after an hour of clad I finally hit a piece of silver. It looks like a very old military ring that would have had either some kind of stone, or unit emblem but has long since been lost. Shortly after I got a very deep signal and it turned out to be...

Woke up early today ( I'm on nites) and the weather was just right for a couple hour hunt. I got permission to hunt an older home in town and once there I set off with the lawn first then the curb strip last. My first hit turned out to be the Merc. 1916 but so badly worn you can't see the mint...

Patti and I went north yesterday just to get away and of course we took our machines. We hit a very large sports park thats not very old but it contains a lot of clad. Its a real good place for Patti to practice with her new machine. Total for the day was over a hundred coins. When we got home I...

I live just a stones throw away from the Michigan National Guard camp here in Grayling. Since 911 they have put the camp off limits to civilians. I have contacted the base commander to see if there was some way for me to get a pass to do a little hunting on the base proper, but unfortunately he...

Boy what a difference a day can make. Friday the temps were in the 80's and sunny. T-shirt weather to hunt in. However yesterday was a whole different ballgame. 34 and SNOWING :shocked04: >:\ I got permission to hunt a park like area owned by one of the dentists here in town. He said sure, but...

Today the F2 came via UPS and after putting it together Patti and I went to the woods to see how it performed. I do believe she is gonna like this machine a lot. Its easy to use and lightweight. I turned her loose and she was off and running. :shocked04: lol Once she gets used to the machine she...

Was very busy this weekend so my hunting was limited. Too_Pointer and I did get out today for a couple of hours and headed for the woods. The pickins were slim though. We got some clad and I found this solid brass buckle. Thing does have some weight to it. We decided to get out of the woods and...

Friend of mine at work sent this to me. I had never heard of this before and I thought I would share it with ya'll. Leave it to the Scots to come up with something like this. Falkirk Wheel

I want to get the wife her own machine and I am torn between the Ace 250, and the F2. She likes the Ace but has a rough time pinpointing with the eliptical coil. I believe a concentric coil would serve her better thats why I leaning towards the F2. Also the F2 has a faster recovery time compared...