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Recent content by B-Ruce

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    How many of you include '42 - '45 nickels in your silver count?

    I'm curious as to how many of you include 'silver war' nickels in your silver count. During World War II, from 1942 to 1945, nickels were made with 35% silver - far less than most other silver coins that contain 90% silver. I hemmed and hawed around, and finally decided that I would include them...
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    Ace 250 or 350 ?

    I started detecting with an Ace 250 and sold it to pay for my current E-Trac. After three years, I still love my E-Trac, but I miss my Ace, too. I miss coin shooting - the E-Trac is great for finding old coins, which is my main goal, but when I don't have likely old-coin territory to detect, I...
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    Barber gets a Green Customer

    Got in a two hour hunt before it rained. I went to a park that I tried detecting a few years ago when I had my first detector - an Ace 250. At that time I spent a morning at that park and found exactly one coin - a memorial Lincoln. Since I got my E-Trac, I figured there had to be something...
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    Unusual Packaging for Rosie

    I was out detecting this afternoon when I got a somewhat funky, semi-repeatable signal. It was showing 8" deep, so I thought I'd check it out and see what it was. I cut my initial plug and flipped it back. At the bottom of the plug - about 4" down, I saw a button peeking out. I pulled the button...
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    Coin Values vs Price of Silver

    Silver closed at $40.60 per ounce yesterday; up 2.67%. This is a 30+ year high. I did a little calculating to see what silver coins are worth. I multiplied the weight of silver in each coin by the spot price of silver and got the following values: Silver War Nickels: $2.28 each Silver Dimes...
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    Foolproof Tip

    I was out detecting in a local park yesterday afternoon when a seven or eight year-old boy walked up and asked what I was doing. I replied that I was looking for metal. "Oh, you mean treasure? You're looking for treasure!" he said. Then he went on, "On Sponge Bob - I watch Sponge Bob - the...
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    How Is This Even Possible?!?

    I got permission to detect an 1890 farm house that is in the process of being torn down. Within the first few minutes, I dug my first coin, a 1939 wheatie, that was only about an inch and a half deep. I thought I was on my way to a great day. Over the next three hours, I proceeded to dig another...
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    Why Not Use 'Trash Density - High' All The Time?

    If setting Trash Density to High allows 'see through' of desired objects, why not leave it set at high all the time? My understanding is that if Trash Density is set to low, the signal will lock on the strongest target, regardless if it is discriminated out or not. But if the strongest target is...
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    A twist on the pinpointing difficulty question - What technique do you use to pinpoint?

    I have been reading the replies to the post asking if anyone is having difficulties pinpointing with the E-Trac. I have had my E-Trac for a couple of weeks, and have definitely had better luck pinpointing with it than with my Ace 250 (the only other detector I have had experience with). I wonder...
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    Greetings!

    Hi Everybody! I am fairly new to findmall. I have been reading posts about E-Tracs and reading Andy's book until I finally got my new E-Trac this past Saturday. I am upgrading from my Ace 250 which I have been using for the past year and a half. I live in central Iowa, and am now in the process...
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