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Sunday I went to an old school that I was at last week and they are still using this school. I'm guessing it was built in the very early 1900's. When I was there last I found a 1867 IH and a 1892 worlds fair token/medal and both of them were a good 8" to 9" deep and I was only there for about a 1/2 hour because it started to rain so I needed to come back to check it out a lil better. Well Sunday I went back and I am glad I did. Everything in the pictures come from this school except for the Rosie, I found that at a park that I stopped at on the way to this school. all the coins and the 2 silver rings were at least 8" deep and a few of them were a good 10" deep. With the ground being as dry as it is a round here I had to swing the coil real slow so that I could hear the real faint signals and I mean faint. I played a round with the GB a few time to see if I could get a lil more power to make those coins stand out a lil better but that didn't help. The only thing I could do was swing super slow and run the Sen at max and check out every faint signal and if it repeated and showed max depth, dig it because most times it was a nice old coin. I was there for about 5 hours and only worked an area about 30' x 50', that's how slow I was going. The next time I go back to this school I am going to take my friend with me. He has a Etrac and I would like to see what the Etrac pulls out of this place.

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HH
Mark

X-505
10.5 DD 7.5 coil

WOW very nice finds. My buddy and I spent a couple hours at one of our older local schools one day but didnt have the kind of luck you had. Nice finds!!

Some real nice finds Mark.........always nice to see the Barbers and Injuns, but especially nice to see the seated lady

Hawkeye Jim

PS: I'm glad I'm your friend!

That is a super day of detecting! I might have to invest in that 10.5 coil! You're killin it! Congrats!

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Ontario, Ohio

Awesome day at the school.I would be back very soon.

Been a slow year for me. Its nice to see some one is doing well. I have to get out some more.

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TURNMASTER
Does "Just my two cents" have the same meaning on a treasure hunters forum?
X-Terra 705 & AT Pro

Oldest coin; 1895 Indian Head Penny

Nice finds...a very rewarding hunt...

Super finds, like the little rabbit ring.

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Happy Hunting
Bill C - Central Delaware
WHITES M6
MINELAB XTERRA 70
MINELAB QUATTRO
BOUNTY HUNTER LANDSTAR

Great hunt Mark. You definitely know how to make that 505 walk-the-walk! Those are days you won't soon forget. Congrats! HH Randy

P.S. Don't you and Jim be finding all the good stuff before I get up that way!

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You'll never know for sure......unless you dig it! HH "Digger"

Rats...Pennies are the only thing I have ever found in a school yard. Those finds are beautiful!! Keep it going.

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Great hunt Mark. You definitely know how to make that 505 walk-the-walk! Those are days you won't soon forget. Congrats! HH Randy

P.S. Don't you and Jim be finding all the good stuff before I get up that way!

Yea Randy me and the X505 with the 10.5 MF DD coil seem to get along pretty good. It finds the good stuff and I dig it, lol

Also Thanks everyone for the great replies

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HH
Mark

X-505
10.5 DD 7.5 coil

I will be happy if i ever learn my 505 close to that. Seeing finds like that will keep me trying to get better. Nice job and very helpful.

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I will be happy if i ever learn my 505 close to that. Seeing finds like that will keep me trying to get better. Nice job and very helpful.

Oh I'm sure you will do just fine with the X505. The more you use it the better you will get. The X505 is easy to figure out, the problem is figuring out how it reacts to all the different types of soils that you will run in to and that can take a lil time.

Good Luck and have fun

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HH
Mark

X-505
10.5 DD 7.5 coil

Congratulations! I'm still waiting on my first seated.

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Pittsburgh, PA
Minelab X-Terra 705
Coils: 9" Stock (MF), 6" DD (HF), 10.5" DD (MF&HF)
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Seeing the world a half a step at a time.

Wow way to work that 705.