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I hunted a park that Guvner and I have HAMMERED over the last couple of years...and it has a very NASTY iron patch.

It's uncovering something like this that just simply makes me stop....shake my head...smile...and say THANK YOU MINELAB.



Yes the rare bust coin find is great....seated coin finds are great....big silver is great. Heck a couple wheaties are nice...but finding something in this manner is the biggest part of what it's all about for me. As I began to uncover and remove the muck...I realized how LONG this iron piece was.



Next to finding the peace and solace I search for....and the precious dime around my neck...a find like this lights up my face like a Christmas tree...and I'm a little kid all over again.



Because this little silver critter was engulfed by the iron...it gave off just a tiny sweet warble through the dead null. I was creeping with the SE though as I always do...so the warble sounded through the silence.



Just a very common and simple Merc but it was buried under the iron. I'm stoked... because it's easy to see why it was walked over for all those years....PLUS it just looks COOL.



Thank you MINELAB for the many smiles and memories you have given me over the last few years.

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Here's the link to my field test post containing over 60 different hunts of various coil tests...comparisons...nicer finds...etc..:
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,1055627,1055627#msg-1055627

Been swingin' the coil since 1972
Started out in 1972 with a Jetco Detector...then the late 70's with a Whites 6000....then in 1981 went to a Bounty Hunter VLF TR 840...then in the early 1980's I went to a Whites 6000 Di Pro...mid 80's I went to a Whites Eagle II SL...Late 80's/Early 90's I went to the Whites XLT...1990's I used the Fisher CZ5, CZ6, CZ7, 7aPro, and CZ70Pro...Started using Minelabs in 1999
with a brief stint on the Musketeer while also using the CZ's...then in 2002 I switched to the Minelab Explorers and currently use an Explorer 2, SE, SEPro, and E-trac with an arsenal of coils

Here's the story of my BEST FIND EVER.:
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?19,876944,876944#msg-876944

"Metal detecting is an escape for me and allows me to find some much needed peace and solace.
Being able to clear my head...even if only for that short while...is much more meaningful than any amount of finds that end up in my pouch" "Quote ME"



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 03/15/2011 01:44PM by Bryce-IL.

Totally wow.
I wish I could hear the sweet wobble you are talking about.
I might have to start listening more closely when the machine nulls out, and it does where I hunt.
Congratulations on the find.
Thanks for the pictures, it helps to drive home an important point too.
Been hunting for years, but now I'm a newbie again with my SE PRO.

Wow impressive find, you are a SE master

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Minelab Explorer SE Pro, Sunray X-1 probe
Looking for keepers in Big Sky Country
ATC Rocks!

But that one sure has a rust stain on it... Mud looked worse then usual to for that place. Great find though. I guess we'll find out later if it was a 16 D or not...

G..

Nice going Bryce. Silver is silver and iron is iron and you just proved that once again those Minelabs can certainly sniff out the silver even when there is iron in the same hole. HH.

Eddie

So what is it...a Merc?

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2013 digs :

Silver - 3
Wheats - 11

Northern Minnesota
Minelab Explorer SE Pro
Garrett AT Pro

Ahhh...silver and man's best friend. Love the picture with Herky Bryce!

I can see why you are stoked Bryce. To hear a slight warble like that and then
find a Merc dime hidden under the iron has got to be totally satisfying for a SE
user like you. Post some info on the date, mint and ETC. when you find out .
Great find/score!! WTG and thnx for sharing. Gold Nuggets

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Minelab Explorer SE with Pro coil and X-1 probe,
Minelab Excal 2 (1000)

that's unbelievable!..(hot damn!)..i guess more and more hunters are really beginning to realize just how good
multi-frequency minelabs really are!.".outrageous" find!

(h.h.!)
j.t.

Wow Bryce now that's really neat finding that dime under that old iron, you sure know how to use that detector. I beginning to wonder when you put on your headphones if they don't make a direct connection to your brain. Good Job.....

great find Bryce, these machines are awesome, I have total respect for their capabilities in iron country!

amc

WTG Bryce !!! Finds like that sure make up for all the other Iron nails that end up in our pouch !!!!! LOL Come on down and hunt the fair grounds by me !!! LOL That place sure does suck on nails LOL Congrats on a great find...

WTG Bryce! Congrats!!

A great find Bryce! I am really enjoying my SE! They're awesome detectors and I'm just now beginning to learn mine! Planning to hunt 3 to 4 hours before working tomorrow afternoon. Have a good one friend!

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BMoyers

thats a cool story inspiring of the se,s capabilitys i,ve done well with my se got some nice silver last fall but what i like most is how it finds colonial copper in iron constant null in conductive sounds or low burbs in ferrous still sniffs out that nice high copper for me most excellent adventure

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vermont detector minelab se pro garrett at pro whites xlt